The profession with the most open job ads was retail salespersons, with 1,616.
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Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2026
In 2025, a staggering 623,000 people claimed to be home health and personal assistants, making it by far the biggest occupation in the state, far outstripping retail salespersons, nurses or cashiers and waitresses.
The Velvet Gang’s members are Black, and their heists involve the partnership of a white woman who serves as a decoy, by monopolizing salesclerks’ attention and leaving the threesome free to slip out with loads of merchandise.
So were several lawyers and the election clerks of two of Utah’s twenty-nine counties.
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Barton Gellman,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2026
Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, said that the clerks who didn't comply with the government's demands could face prosecution as well.
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