San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Francisco fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.2 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Francisco peaked in January 2010 at 10.5% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Francisco 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 Francisco	8.9%	-0.2	-1.4

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 Francisco, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Francisco, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Francisco peaked in February 2010 at 234,664. There are now 35,519 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Francisco employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Francisco, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Francisco	199,145	-4,780	-31,120

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Francisco, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Francisco Unemployment Rate	San Francisco Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	11.1%	8.9%	199,145
November 2011	8.7%	11.3%	9.1%	203,925
October 2011	8.9%	11.7%	9.4%	209,057
September 2011	9.0%	11.9%	9.5%	211,433
August 2011	9.1%	12.1%	9.6%	214,058
July 2011	9.1%	12.0%	9.7%	214,580
June 2011	9.1%	11.8%	9.6%	212,307
May 2011	9.0%	11.7%	9.6%	211,672
April 2011	9.0%	11.8%	9.7%	214,451
March 2011	8.9%	12.0%	9.8%	217,378
February 2011	9.0%	12.1%	9.9%	220,186
January 2011	9.1%	12.4%	10.2%	225,955