El Centro, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Centro rose 0.4 percentage points in October 2018 to 17.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 13.7 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in El Centro peaked in November 2010 at 29.9% and is now 12.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 15.9% in April 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.9 percentage points. You can also compare El Centro unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
California	4.1%	0.0	-0.4
El Centro	17.8%	+0.4	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November 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 23,814. There are now 10,628 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 11,314 in April 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,872. El Centro employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Centro, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Centro	13,186	+344	-372

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Centro, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	El Centro Unemployment Rate	El Centro Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	4.1%	17.8%	13,186
September 2018	3.7%	4.1%	17.4%	12,842
August 2018	3.9%	4.2%	17.3%	12,667
July 2018	3.9%	4.2%	17.0%	12,360
June 2018	4.0%	4.2%	17.6%	12,815
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	16.4%	11,770
April 2018	3.9%	4.2%	15.9%	11,314
March 2018	4.1%	4.3%	17.4%	12,607
February 2018	4.1%	4.3%	17.9%	12,985
January 2018	4.1%	4.4%	17.9%	12,980
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	18.3%	13,237