San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Jose fell 0.6 percentage points in May 2020 to 11.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 5.0 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Jose peaked in April 2020 at 12.0% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Jose unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
California	16.4%	0.0	+12.3
San Jose	11.4%	-0.6	+8.8

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 Jose, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

San Jose, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in San Jose peaked in April 2020 at 127,612. There are now 8,263 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. San Jose employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in San Jose, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
San Jose	119,349	-8,263	+91,428

Number of Unemployed Persons

San Jose, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	San Jose Unemployment Rate	San Jose Unemployed
July 2020	10.2%	—	—	—
June 2020	11.1%	14.9%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	16.4%	11.4%	119,349
April 2020	14.7%	16.4%	12.0%	127,612
March 2020	4.4%	5.5%	3.3%	35,844
February 2020	3.5%	3.9%	2.5%	27,201
January 2020	3.6%	3.9%	2.5%	26,988
December 2019	3.5%	3.9%	2.4%	26,703
November 2019	3.5%	3.9%	2.5%	26,742
October 2019	3.6%	3.9%	2.5%	26,821
September 2019	3.5%	3.9%	2.5%	26,934
August 2019	3.7%	3.9%	2.5%	27,078