Unemployment Rate | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.7% | -0.1 | +0.1 |
California | 4.9% | +0.1 | +0.8 |
Bakersfield | 8.5% | 0.0 | +1.4 |
Unemployment Rate: Bakersfield, California, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Bakersfield, California Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Bakersfield peaked in April 2020 at 70,571. There are now 36,706 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 25,892 in May 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 7,973. Bakersfield employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Bakersfield, California) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Bakersfield | 33,865 | +317 | +5,888 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Bakersfield, California Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployment Rate |
Bakersfield Unemployment Rate |
Bakersfield Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2023 |
3.7% | — | — | — |
November 2023 |
3.7% | 4.9% | 8.5% | 33,865 |
October 2023 |
3.8% | 4.8% | 8.5% | 33,548 |
September 2023 |
3.8% | 4.7% | 8.4% | 33,289 |
August 2023 |
3.8% | 4.6% | 8.4% | 33,292 |
July 2023 |
3.5% | 4.6% | 8.3% | 32,923 |
June 2023 |
3.6% | 4.6% | 8.2% | 32,659 |
May 2023 |
3.7% | 4.5% | 8.0% | 31,811 |
April 2023 |
3.4% | 4.5% | 7.7% | 30,425 |
March 2023 |
3.5% | 4.4% | 7.5% | 29,693 |
February 2023 |
3.6% | 4.4% | 7.3% | 28,822 |
January 2023 |
3.4% | 4.2% | 7.1% | 28,077 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩