San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Francisco fell 0.4 percentage points in May 2020 to 12.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.4 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Francisco peaked in April 2020 at 13.3% and is now 0.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Francisco unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
California	16.3%	-0.1	+12.2
San Francisco	12.9%	-0.4	+10.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

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 11,468 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	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Francisco	317,447	-11,468	+249,063

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Francisco, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Francisco Unemployment Rate	San Francisco Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	—	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	16.3%	12.9%	317,447
April 2020	14.7%	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	3.6%	3.9%	2.5%	64,361
December 2019	3.5%	3.9%	2.4%	63,403
November 2019	3.5%	3.9%	2.4%	63,466
October 2019	3.6%	3.9%	2.5%	63,708
September 2019	3.5%	3.9%	2.5%	64,127
August 2019	3.7%	3.9%	2.5%	64,770
July 2019	3.7%	4.0%	2.5%	65,695