San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for San Jose fell 0.6 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.0 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in San Jose peaked in April 2020 at 12.0% and is now 6.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare San Jose unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
California | 8.2% | -0.8 | +4.3 |
San Jose | 5.2% | -0.6 | +2.7 |
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 71,426 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 | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
San Jose | 56,186 | -7,226 | +29,444 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
San Jose, California Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
California Unemployment Rate |
San Jose Unemployment Rate |
San Jose Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 8.2% | 5.2% | 56,186 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 9.0% | 5.8% | 63,412 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 11.1% | 7.1% | 74,312 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 11.2% | 7.0% | 73,174 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 13.5% | 9.3% | 97,681 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 14.9% | 10.5% | 112,919 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 16.4% | 11.5% | 121,287 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 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 |
3.5% | 3.9% | 2.5% | 26,988 |
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. ↩