Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Los Angeles fell 0.1 percentage points in May 2018 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Los Angeles peaked in November 2010 at 12.0% and is now 8.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in March 2018, 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	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.1	-0.5
California	4.2%	0.0	-0.7
Los Angeles	4.0%	-0.1	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2018 data as June 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 November 2010 at 776,968. There are now 504,942 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 270,918 in March 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,108. Los Angeles employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Los Angeles, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Los Angeles	272,026	-3,338	-30,165

Number of Unemployed Persons

Los Angeles, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployed
June 2018	4.0%	—	—	—
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	4.0%	272,026
April 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.1%	275,364
March 2018	4.1%	4.3%	4.0%	270,918
February 2018	4.1%	4.3%	4.2%	281,055
January 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.1%	279,132
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.1%	278,573
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.1%	280,488
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.2%	282,350
September 2017	4.2%	4.5%	4.3%	288,466
August 2017	4.4%	4.6%	4.4%	294,364
July 2017	4.3%	4.7%	4.4%	295,801