San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Antonio fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in San Antonio peaked in September 2011 at 7.9% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Antonio unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Texas	7.8%	-0.3	-0.5
San Antonio	7.3%	-0.3	-0.3

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 Antonio, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Antonio, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Antonio peaked in September 2011 at 79,120. There are now 6,283 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Antonio employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Antonio, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Antonio	72,837	-2,904	-2,682

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Antonio, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	San Antonio Unemployment Rate	San Antonio Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	7.3%	72,837
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	7.6%	75,741
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	7.9%	78,722
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	7.9%	79,120
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	7.8%	78,130
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	7.7%	77,406
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	7.6%	75,643
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.4%	74,032
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	7.4%	73,229
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	7.4%	73,511
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	7.5%	73,956
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	7.6%	75,020