San Luis Obispo County, CA Unemployment Rate Report

San Luis Obispo County, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in San Luis Obispo County, California has ranged from 2.1% in May 2022 to 14.6% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for San Luis Obispo County is 2.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

San Luis Obispo County, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

San Luis Obispo County, CA Current Unemployment - 2.7%

San Luis Obispo County, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	3.8%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.3%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.8%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.4%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.1%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.6%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.5%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.7%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	6.8%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.3%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.8%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.9%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.3%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.9%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.5%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.2%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.2%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.0%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.5%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.3%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	3.1%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.0%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.8%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.6%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.9%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.1%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.0%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.6%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.2%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.9%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.5%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.7%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	3.5%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.2%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.1%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.6%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.4%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.0%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.2%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.0%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.5%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.6%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.6%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.5%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	3.4%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.2%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.1%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.8%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.5%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.2%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.3%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.2%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.9%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.8%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.0%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	4.5%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.1%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.8%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.3%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.1%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.6%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.0%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.0%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.3%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.2%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.1%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	4.7%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.6%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.5%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.1%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.7%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.5%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.7%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.6%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.3%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.0%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	5.4%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.1%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.9%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.5%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.5%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.7%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.1%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.8%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.4%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.4%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.5%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.5%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	6.2%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.1%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.0%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.1%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.1%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.4%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.1%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.9%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.3%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.2%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.3%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.0%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	7.9%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.3%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.0%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.5%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.3%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.0%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.3%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.0%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.5%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.6%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.3%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.0%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	9.1%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.0%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.9%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.1%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.0%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.7%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.8%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.3%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.6%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.6%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.4%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.4%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	10.4%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.0%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.0%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.3%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.0%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.9%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.0%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.7%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.3%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.3%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.0%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.0%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	10.5%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.2%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.5%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.0%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.6%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.0%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.4%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.2%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.8%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.6%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.1%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.8%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	7.8%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.1%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.3%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.1%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.2%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.9%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.7%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.5%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.2%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.1%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.3%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.6%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	5.0%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.8%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.1%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.8%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.1%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.7%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.4%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.4%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.1%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.1%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.6%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.0%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	4.4%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.2%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.2%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.8%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.7%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.3%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.7%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.5%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.4%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.3%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.5%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.6%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	4.3%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.2%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.1%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.8%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.5%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.3%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.1%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.8%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.6%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.8%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.7%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	4.9%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.7%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.5%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.0%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.9%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.4%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.5%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.2%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.1%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.0%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.2%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.9%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	4.8%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.6%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.9%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.4%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.3%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.9%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.0%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.6%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.2%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.3%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.4%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.3%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	5.0%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.8%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.9%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.5%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.2%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.0%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.0%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.8%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.5%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.6%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.6%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.3%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	4.7%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.4%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.6%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.3%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.9%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.7%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.9%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.0%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.5%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.7%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.0%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.8%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	4.3%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.1%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.3%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.7%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.3%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.9%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.1%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.2%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.0%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.1%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.2%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.1%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	4.3%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.3%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.5%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.8%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.8%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.3%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.5%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.3%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.8%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.6%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.9%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.5%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	3.9%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.7%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.5%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.3%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.9%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.3%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.5%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.2%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.0%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.7%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.0%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.0%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	4.8%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.4%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.4%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.2%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.9%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.2%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.3%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.2%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.3%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.0%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.7%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.6%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	6.2%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.5%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.2%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.4%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.9%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.6%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.9%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.7%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.6%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.2%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.6%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.5%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	6.9%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.4%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.0%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.3%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.0%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.4%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.9%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.4%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.4%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.0%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.6%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.3%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	8.1%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.0%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.8%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.7%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.3%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.5%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.8%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.6%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.1%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.4%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.2%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.1%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	8.8%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.2%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.6%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.1%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.0%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.3%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.5%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.3%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.6%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.0%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.8%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.4%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	9.7%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.3%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.4%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.7%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.7%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.1%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.5%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.1%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	7.8%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.5%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.6%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.4%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	7.5%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.1%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.3%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.8%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.8%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.3%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.6%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.4%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.1%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.9%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.0%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.4%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	6.6%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.3%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.2%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.9%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.7%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.8%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.1%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.7%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.6%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.5%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.2%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.6%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Luis Obispo County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	4.2%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.8%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.7%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.8%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.0%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.4%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.0%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.9%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.1%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.1%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.7%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.8%	6.6%	6.3%