Contra Costa County, CA Unemployment Rate Report

Contra Costa County, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Contra Costa County, California has ranged from 2.5% in December 1999 to 14.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Contra Costa County is 3.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Contra Costa County, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Contra Costa County, CA Current Unemployment - 3.3%

Contra Costa County, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	4.7%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.1%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.5%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.1%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.7%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.2%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.1%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.3%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	7.5%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.0%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.8%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.2%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.6%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.3%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.8%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.4%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.3%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.1%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.5%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	3.2%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.1%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.1%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.5%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.8%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.4%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.2%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.4%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.2%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.7%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.8%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.9%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	3.7%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.3%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.4%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.8%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.7%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.2%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.4%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.2%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.7%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.9%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.8%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.7%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	3.6%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.4%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.3%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.0%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.8%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.5%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.5%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.4%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.0%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.1%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.1%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.1%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	4.5%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.2%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.0%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.7%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.0%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.2%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.1%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.6%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.5%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.4%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.2%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	4.7%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.6%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.7%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.4%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.1%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.7%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.8%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.7%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.4%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.4%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.1%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.0%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	5.7%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.5%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.3%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.9%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.9%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.2%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.4%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.0%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.6%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.7%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.6%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.4%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	6.9%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.9%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.8%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.9%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.9%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.1%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.6%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.4%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.8%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.8%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.7%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.2%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	8.6%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.1%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.8%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.2%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.2%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.8%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.8%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.5%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.1%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.3%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.9%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.5%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	9.7%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.6%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.5%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.9%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.8%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.3%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.5%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.1%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.3%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.4%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.1%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.0%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	11.1%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.8%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.7%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.1%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.0%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.7%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.7%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.5%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.1%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.9%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.6%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.3%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	11.3%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.1%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.2%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.8%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.5%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.0%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.3%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.2%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.8%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.8%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.0%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.5%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	8.6%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.0%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.3%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.1%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.4%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.2%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.6%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.6%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.7%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.8%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.7%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.6%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	5.4%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.3%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.5%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.2%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.6%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.2%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.6%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.7%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.6%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.9%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.2%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.5%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	4.6%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.6%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.5%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.4%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.2%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.7%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.1%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.9%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.8%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.8%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.9%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.9%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	4.5%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.6%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.5%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.2%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.0%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.4%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.5%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.3%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.1%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.0%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.2%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.0%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	5.2%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.3%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.2%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.8%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.6%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.0%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.1%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.8%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.7%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.6%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.7%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.2%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	6.1%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.8%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.1%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.5%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.2%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.6%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.7%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.3%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.9%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.0%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.1%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.7%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	6.3%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.1%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.2%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.0%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.8%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.6%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.5%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.2%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.9%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.8%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.9%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.4%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	5.4%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.3%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.6%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.4%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.2%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.9%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.1%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.0%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.7%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.8%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.0%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.7%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	3.7%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.5%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.7%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.5%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.4%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.1%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.3%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.4%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.3%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.6%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.7%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.5%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	3.8%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.8%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.9%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.4%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.4%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.8%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.9%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.7%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.4%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.3%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.3%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	2.9%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	3.4%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.4%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.2%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.0%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.7%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.0%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.4%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.2%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.1%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.9%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.8%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.5%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	4.2%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.0%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.0%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.5%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.4%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.8%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.9%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.7%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.6%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.3%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.1%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.9%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	4.8%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.5%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.4%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.1%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.1%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.4%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.5%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.4%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.2%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.8%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.6%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.4%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	5.8%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.5%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.5%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.2%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.1%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.9%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.2%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.8%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.8%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.5%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.4%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.1%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	6.2%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.7%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.7%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.0%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.7%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.0%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.2%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.0%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.8%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.3%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.0%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.8%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	6.7%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.5%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.3%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.2%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.0%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.4%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.8%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.4%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.2%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.9%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.6%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.2%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	7.0%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.8%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.6%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.4%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.4%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.8%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.1%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.8%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.7%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.5%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.3%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.9%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	6.2%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.4%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.2%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.1%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.3%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.9%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.1%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.0%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.0%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.4%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.6%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.4%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	5.3%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.4%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.5%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.2%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.5%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.7%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.8%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.5%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.5%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.2%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.3%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.2%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Contra Costa County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	3.8%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.7%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.5%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.6%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.6%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.9%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.5%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.3%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.4%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.3%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.3%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.3%	6.6%	6.3%