Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Los Angeles fell 0.0 percentage points in June 2019 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Los Angeles peaked in August 2010 at 11.9% and is now 7.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.1% in May 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Los Angeles unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	June 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	+0.1	-0.3
California	4.2%	0.0	0.0
Los Angeles	4.1%	0.0	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with June 2019 data as July metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Los Angeles, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Los Angeles, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Los Angeles peaked in October 2010 at 772,978. There are now 496,610 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Los Angeles employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Los Angeles, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	June 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Los Angeles	276,368	-2,878	-7,528

Number of Unemployed Persons

Los Angeles, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployed
July 2019	3.7%	—	—	—
June 2019	3.7%	4.2%	4.1%	276,368
May 2019	3.6%	4.2%	4.1%	279,246
April 2019	3.6%	4.3%	4.2%	284,277
March 2019	3.8%	4.3%	4.2%	287,716
February 2019	3.8%	4.2%	4.2%	287,684
January 2019	4.0%	4.2%	4.3%	291,276
December 2018	3.9%	4.1%	4.3%	289,468
November 2018	3.7%	4.1%	4.3%	289,373
October 2018	3.8%	4.1%	4.2%	288,204
September 2018	3.7%	4.1%	4.2%	285,951
August 2018	3.8%	4.1%	4.2%	284,065