El Centro, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Centro fell 0.3 percentage points in February 2018 to 18.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 14.1 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in El Centro peaked in November 2010 at 30.0% and is now 11.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare El Centro unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
California	4.3%	-0.1	-0.8
El Centro	18.4%	-0.3	-4.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: El Centro, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

El Centro, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in El Centro peaked in November 2010 at 23,859. There are now 10,423 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. El Centro employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Centro, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Centro	13,436	-200	-3,584

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Centro, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	El Centro Unemployment Rate	El Centro Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	4.3%	18.4%	13,436
January 2018	4.1%	4.4%	18.7%	13,636
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	20.0%	14,795
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	21.3%	16,046
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	22.4%	17,163
September 2017	4.2%	4.5%	23.4%	18,231
August 2017	4.4%	4.6%	24.0%	18,657
July 2017	4.3%	4.7%	23.3%	17,839
June 2017	4.3%	4.8%	22.4%	16,897
May 2017	4.3%	4.9%	21.8%	16,277
April 2017	4.4%	5.0%	22.2%	16,699