Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Los Angeles fell 0.0 percentage points in July 2019 to 4.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.0 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	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
California	4.1%	-0.1	0.0
Los Angeles	4.1%	0.0	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August 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 499,440 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	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Los Angeles	273,538	-3,317	-9,794

Number of Unemployed Persons

Los Angeles, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployment Rate	Los Angeles Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	4.1%	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	4.1%	4.1%	273,538
June 2019	3.7%	4.2%	4.1%	276,855
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