San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Diego fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Diego peaked in January 2010 at 10.6% and is now 1.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Diego unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
California	11.1%	-0.2	-1.4
San Diego	9.3%	-0.3	-1.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: San Diego, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Diego, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Diego peaked in February 2010 at 165,347. There are now 18,008 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Diego employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Diego, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Diego	147,339	-3,524	-17,079

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Diego, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	11.1%	9.3%	147,339
November 2011	8.7%	11.3%	9.6%	150,863
October 2011	8.9%	11.7%	9.8%	154,940
September 2011	9.0%	11.9%	10.0%	156,691
August 2011	9.1%	12.1%	10.1%	158,468
July 2011	9.1%	12.0%	10.1%	158,564
June 2011	9.1%	11.8%	10.0%	156,481
May 2011	9.0%	11.7%	9.9%	154,996
April 2011	9.0%	11.8%	10.1%	156,616
March 2011	8.9%	12.0%	10.1%	158,054
February 2011	9.0%	12.1%	10.2%	159,323
January 2011	9.1%	12.4%	10.4%	161,881