San Diego-Carlsbad, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Diego fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2019 to 3.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 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 3.1% in August 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare San Diego unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
California	4.2%	0.0	-0.1
San Diego	3.5%	-0.1	+0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 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 163,899. There are now 107,595 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 48,907 in August 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 7,397. San Diego employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Diego, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Diego	56,304	-1,454	+1,731

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Diego, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployment Rate	San Diego Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	4.3%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	4.2%	3.5%	56,304
January 2019	4.0%	4.2%	3.6%	57,758
December 2018	3.9%	4.1%	3.4%	54,809
November 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.2%	52,421
October 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.2%	51,448
September 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.1%	50,203
August 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.1%	48,907
July 2018	3.9%	4.1%	3.2%	50,089
June 2018	4.0%	4.2%	3.4%	54,197
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	3.2%	51,471
April 2018	3.9%	4.3%	3.2%	51,421