San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Francisco fell 0.8 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.9 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Francisco peaked in April 2020 at 13.3% and is now 7.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Francisco unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
| California | 8.1% | -0.9 | +4.2 |
| San Francisco | 6.2% | -0.8 | +3.8 |
Unemployment Rate: San Francisco, California, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
San Francisco, California Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in San Francisco peaked in April 2020 at 328,915. There are now 172,970 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Francisco employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Francisco, California) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 155,945 | -23,666 | +92,479 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
San Francisco, California Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployment Rate |
San Francisco Unemployment Rate |
San Francisco Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 9.0% | — | — |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 8.1% | 6.2% | 155,945 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 9.0% | 7.0% | 179,611 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 11.1% | 8.6% | 211,164 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 11.2% | 8.6% | 210,489 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 13.5% | 11.2% | 278,327 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 14.9% | 12.5% | 316,109 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 16.4% | 13.3% | 328,886 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.4% | 13.3% | 328,915 |
| March 2020 |
4.4% | 5.5% | 3.4% | 86,300 |
| February 2020 |
3.5% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 65,023 |
| January 2020 |
3.5% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 64,361 |
1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩
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