Yuba City, California Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yuba City fell 0.7 percentage points in May 2020 to 16.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the California rate. The unemployment rate in Yuba City peaked in April 2010 at 18.3% and is now 2.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 6.2% in December 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 9.9 percentage points. You can also compare Yuba City 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
Yuba City	16.1%	-0.7	+9.2

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: Yuba City, California, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Yuba City, California Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Yuba City peaked in January 2011 at 13,754. There are now 2,106 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,854 in December 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 6,794. Yuba City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yuba City, California) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Yuba City	11,648	-925	+6,473

Number of Unemployed Persons

Yuba City, California Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	Yuba City Unemployment Rate	Yuba City Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	14.9%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	16.4%	16.1%	11,648
April 2020	14.7%	16.4%	16.8%	12,573
March 2020	4.4%	5.5%	8.5%	6,690
February 2020	3.5%	3.9%	6.4%	4,977
January 2020	3.6%	3.9%	6.5%	5,007
December 2019	3.5%	3.9%	6.2%	4,854
November 2019	3.5%	3.9%	6.4%	4,946
October 2019	3.6%	3.9%	6.5%	5,030
September 2019	3.5%	3.9%	6.7%	5,103
August 2019	3.7%	3.9%	6.8%	5,147
July 2019	3.7%	4.0%	6.8%	5,159