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Santa Rosa, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Santa Rosa fell 0.6 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.5 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Santa Rosa peaked in April 2020 at 14.7% and is now 9.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Santa Rosa unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
California 8.1% -0.9 +4.2
Santa Rosa 5.6% -0.6 +3.1
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Santa Rosa, California, National

Santa Rosa, California monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Santa Rosa, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Santa Rosa peaked in April 2020 at 36,664. There are now 22,659 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Santa Rosa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Santa Rosa, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Santa Rosa 14,005 -1,839 +7,435

Number of Unemployed Persons

Santa Rosa, California Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 California
Unemployment Rate		 Santa Rosa
Unemployment Rate		 Santa Rosa
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% 9.0% — —
November
2020		 6.7% 8.1% 5.6% 14,005
October
2020		 6.9% 9.0% 6.2% 15,844
September
2020		 7.8% 11.1% 7.4% 18,533
August
2020		 8.4% 11.2% 7.4% 18,427
July
2020		 10.2% 13.5% 9.7% 24,379
June
2020		 11.1% 14.9% 11.6% 28,997
May
2020		 13.3% 16.4% 13.4% 33,074
April
2020		 14.8% 16.4% 14.7% 36,664
March
2020		 4.4% 5.5% 3.4% 8,926
February
2020		 3.5% 3.9% 2.5% 6,644
January
2020		 3.5% 3.9% 2.5% 6,620

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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