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San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Antonio rose 0.6 percentage points in June 2010 to 7.7%. 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 April 2010 at 8.3% and is now 0.1 percentage points lower.

Unemployment Rate June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
National 9.5% -0.2 0.0
Texas 8.2% -0.1 +0.4
San Antonio 7.7% +0.6 +0.4
Note: Metro level data is not seasonally adjusted.1

Unemployment Rate: San Antonio, Texas, National

San Antonio, Texas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Antonio, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Antonio in June 2010 is at a new high of 75,549. San Antonio employment and jobs data is also available.

Unemployed Persons June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
San Antonio 75,549 +5,976 +4,589

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Antonio, Texas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Texas
Unemployment Rate
San Antonio
Unemployment Rate
San Antonio
Unemployed
June
2010
9.5% 8.2% 7.7% 75,549
May
2010
9.7% 8.3% 7.1% 69,573
April
2010
9.9% 8.3% 7.3% 71,440
March
2010
9.7% 8.2% 7.3% 70,884
February
2010
9.7% 8.2% 7.4% 71,955
January
2010
9.7% 8.2% 7.7% 75,281
December
2009
10.0% 8.2% 6.9% 67,297
November
2009
10.0% 8.2% 6.9% 66,954
October
2009
10.1% 8.1% 7.0% 67,783
September
2009
9.8% 8.1% 7.1% 69,262
August
2009
9.7% 8.0% 7.1% 68,858
July
2009
9.4% 7.9% 7.3% 70,992
June
2009
9.5% 7.8% 7.3% 70,960

1. Metro area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted while state and national rates are. In practice this means the metro rates may be noisier on a month-to-month basis than the state and national series due to seasonal effects. It's probably better to use year-over-year comparisons.