San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Jose 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 Jose peaked in September 2009 at 11.7% and is now 2.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Jose 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 Jose	9.3%	-0.3	-1.8

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 Jose, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Jose, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Jose peaked in January 2010 at 105,311. There are now 19,697 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Jose employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Jose, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Jose	85,614	-2,000	-14,155

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Jose, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Jose Unemployment Rate	San Jose Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	11.1%	9.3%	85,614
November 2011	8.7%	11.3%	9.6%	87,614
October 2011	8.9%	11.7%	9.8%	89,497
September 2011	9.0%	11.9%	9.9%	90,225
August 2011	9.1%	12.1%	10.1%	91,204
July 2011	9.1%	12.0%	10.1%	91,741
June 2011	9.1%	11.8%	10.1%	90,837
May 2011	9.0%	11.7%	10.1%	90,405
April 2011	9.0%	11.8%	10.2%	91,701
March 2011	8.9%	12.0%	10.4%	93,065
February 2011	9.0%	12.1%	10.5%	94,666
January 2011	9.1%	12.4%	10.8%	97,387