San Diego-Carlsbad, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Diego fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2018 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 March 2010 at 10.9% and is now 7.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.5% in November 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare San Diego 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
San Diego	3.5%	0.0	-0.8

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: San Diego, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Diego, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Diego peaked in March 2010 at 163,877. There are now 108,416 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 54,663 in November 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 798. San Diego employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Diego, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Diego	55,461	-68	-11,213

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Diego, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	4.3%	3.5%	55,461
January 2018	4.1%	4.4%	3.5%	55,529
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	3.5%	55,224
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	3.5%	54,663
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	3.8%	59,722
September 2017	4.2%	4.5%	4.2%	66,177
August 2017	4.4%	4.6%	4.3%	67,958
July 2017	4.3%	4.7%	4.2%	65,174
June 2017	4.3%	4.8%	4.1%	63,927
May 2017	4.3%	4.9%	4.0%	62,690
April 2017	4.4%	5.0%	4.1%	64,430