San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Francisco fell 0.0 percentage points in April 2018 to 2.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Francisco peaked in December 2009 at 10.1% and is now 7.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.6% in March 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare San Francisco unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	-0.2	-0.5
California	4.2%	-0.1	-0.8
San Francisco	2.6%	0.0	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with April 2018 data as May 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 March 2010 at 234,734. There are now 167,743 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	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Francisco	66,991	-781	-21,920

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Francisco, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Francisco Unemployment Rate	San Francisco Unemployed
May 2018	3.8%	4.2%	—	—
April 2018	3.9%	4.2%	2.6%	66,991
March 2018	4.1%	4.3%	2.6%	67,772
February 2018	4.1%	4.3%	2.8%	73,139
January 2018	4.1%	4.4%	2.9%	74,819
December 2017	4.1%	4.5%	2.9%	76,162
November 2017	4.1%	4.5%	3.0%	76,658
October 2017	4.1%	4.5%	3.0%	78,068
September 2017	4.2%	4.5%	3.1%	81,168
August 2017	4.4%	4.6%	3.3%	84,152
July 2017	4.3%	4.7%	3.3%	85,441
June 2017	4.3%	4.8%	3.4%	86,308