California-Lexington Park, Maryland Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for California fell 0.2 percentage points in October 2018 to 3.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Maryland rate. The unemployment rate in California peaked in February 2010 at 6.8% and is now 3.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare California unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Maryland	4.1%	-0.1	+0.1
California	3.8%	-0.2	-0.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: California, Maryland, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

California, Maryland Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in California peaked in March 2010 at 3,600. There are now 1,512 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
California	2,088	-97	-114

Number of Unemployed Persons

California, Maryland Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Maryland Unemployment Rate	California Unemployment Rate	California Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	4.1%	3.8%	2,088
September 2018	3.7%	4.2%	4.0%	2,185
August 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.1%	2,294
July 2018	3.9%	4.3%	4.2%	2,352
June 2018	4.0%	4.3%	4.0%	2,207
May 2018	3.8%	4.3%	3.9%	2,166
April 2018	3.9%	4.3%	4.2%	2,315
March 2018	4.1%	4.3%	4.4%	2,465
February 2018	4.1%	4.2%	4.4%	2,431
January 2018	4.1%	4.1%	4.3%	2,372
December 2017	4.1%	4.1%	4.1%	2,274