San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Francisco fell 0.2 percentage points in July 2022 to 2.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Francisco peaked in May 2020 at 13.9% and is now 11.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Francisco unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | July 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 3.5% | -0.1 | -1.9 |
| California | 3.9% | -0.3 | -3.5 |
| San Francisco | 2.6% | -0.2 | -3.0 |
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 May 2020 at 338,256. There are now 272,593 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 | July 2022 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 65,663 | -5,373 | -71,876 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
San Francisco, California Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployment Rate |
San Francisco Unemployment Rate |
San Francisco Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 |
3.7% | — | — | — |
| July 2022 |
3.5% | 3.9% | 2.6% | 65,663 |
| June 2022 |
3.6% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 71,036 |
| May 2022 |
3.6% | 4.3% | 3.0% | 76,588 |
| April 2022 |
3.6% | 4.6% | 3.3% | 82,841 |
| March 2022 |
3.6% | 4.8% | 3.5% | 89,312 |
| February 2022 |
3.8% | 5.3% | 3.9% | 97,133 |
| January 2022 |
4.0% | 5.7% | 4.2% | 103,755 |
| December 2021 |
3.9% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 110,408 |
| November 2021 |
4.2% | 5.8% | 4.4% | 109,363 |
| October 2021 |
4.6% | 6.1% | 4.4% | 110,227 |
| September 2021 |
4.7% | 6.4% | 4.7% | 117,480 |
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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