San Diego-Carlsbad, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Diego rose 0.1 percentage points in March 2019 to 3.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Diego peaked in January 2010 at 10.8% and is now 7.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.2% in July 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare San Diego unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	0.0	-0.2
California	4.3%	+0.1	0.0
San Diego	3.5%	+0.1	+0.1

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

Unemployment Rate: San Diego, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Diego, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Diego peaked in October 2010 at 163,436. There are now 107,703 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 51,124 in August 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 4,609. San Diego employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Diego, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Diego	55,733	+1,311	+1,767

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Diego, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployed
April 2019	3.6%	4.3%	—	—
March 2019	3.8%	4.3%	3.5%	55,733
February 2019	3.8%	4.2%	3.4%	54,422
January 2019	4.0%	4.2%	3.3%	53,635
December 2018	3.9%	4.1%	3.2%	52,010
November 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.2%	51,935
October 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.2%	51,631
September 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.2%	51,276
August 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.2%	51,124
July 2018	3.9%	4.1%	3.2%	51,316
June 2018	4.0%	4.2%	3.3%	51,823
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	3.3%	52,498