Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Riverside fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2018 to 4.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Riverside peaked in December 2009 at 14.1% and is now 9.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.4% in November 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Riverside 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
Riverside	4.5%	0.0	-0.9

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: Riverside, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Riverside, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Riverside peaked in March 2010 at 257,768. There are now 165,890 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 89,424 in November 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,454. Riverside employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Riverside, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Riverside	91,878	-492	-16,346

Number of Unemployed Persons

Riverside, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Riverside Unemployment Rate	Riverside Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	4.3%	4.5%	91,878
January 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.5%	92,370
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.5%	91,501
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.4%	89,424
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.8%	97,053
September 2017	4.2%	4.5%	5.3%	108,213
August 2017	4.4%	4.6%	5.6%	111,644
July 2017	4.3%	4.7%	5.3%	106,094
June 2017	4.3%	4.8%	5.2%	104,158
May 2017	4.3%	4.9%	5.1%	101,124
April 2017	4.4%	5.0%	5.2%	104,665