San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Luis Obispo fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.0 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Luis Obispo peaked in February 2010 at 10.2% and is now 1.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo	9.1%	-0.3	-1.1

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 Luis Obispo, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Luis Obispo, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Luis Obispo peaked in March 2010 at 13,937. There are now 1,654 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Luis Obispo employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Luis Obispo, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Luis Obispo	12,283	-372	-1,487

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Luis Obispo, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Luis Obispo Unemployment Rate	San Luis Obispo Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	11.1%	9.1%	12,283
November 2011	8.7%	11.3%	9.4%	12,655
October 2011	8.9%	11.7%	9.6%	13,040
September 2011	9.0%	11.9%	9.7%	13,104
August 2011	9.1%	12.1%	9.8%	13,199
July 2011	9.1%	12.0%	9.8%	13,205
June 2011	9.1%	11.8%	9.6%	13,083
May 2011	9.0%	11.7%	9.5%	12,891
April 2011	9.0%	11.8%	9.6%	13,072
March 2011	8.9%	12.0%	9.8%	13,238
February 2011	9.0%	12.1%	9.9%	13,340
January 2011	9.1%	12.4%	10.1%	13,579