Gilroy, CA Unemployment Rate Report

Gilroy, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Gilroy, California has ranged from 2.5% in May 2019 to 16.7% in July 2009. The current unemployment rate for Gilroy is 2.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Gilroy, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Gilroy, CA Current Unemployment - 2.8%

Gilroy, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	5.2%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.5%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.9%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.4%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.7%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.9%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.7%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.8%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	7.7%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.0%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.8%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.4%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.9%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.1%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.9%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.6%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.7%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.4%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.1%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	3.5%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.1%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.2%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.0%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.6%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.1%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.3%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.1%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.2%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.4%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.5%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	3.9%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.8%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.7%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.0%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.5%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.9%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.0%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.9%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.5%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.6%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.5%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.7%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	4.0%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.0%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.7%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.9%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.3%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.2%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.0%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.6%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.8%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.1%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	4.9%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.8%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.4%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.7%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.8%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.8%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.3%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.5%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.6%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	5.2%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.3%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.4%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.9%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.1%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.4%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.5%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.4%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.2%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.3%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	6.2%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.8%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.7%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.3%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.3%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.6%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.8%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.4%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.1%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.2%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.1%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.9%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	7.5%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.5%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.5%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.4%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.5%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.7%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.2%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.9%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.3%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.3%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.2%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.6%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	9.6%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.2%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.8%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.2%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.1%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.7%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.8%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.5%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.0%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.1%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.7%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.2%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	11.2%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	11.0%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.9%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	10.1%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.1%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.6%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.8%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.3%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.5%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.5%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.3%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.1%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	12.9%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.6%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.4%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.9%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.7%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.4%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.4%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	12.1%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.8%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	11.6%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	11.3%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.9%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	14.2%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.0%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	14.1%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.5%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	13.1%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.4%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.6%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.4%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.0%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.8%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	13.1%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.4%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	13.4%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.3%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.2%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	15.1%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	15.5%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	16.5%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	16.7%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	16.7%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	16.5%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	16.6%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	16.2%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	16.0%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	7.8%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.6%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.0%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.5%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	8.2%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	9.1%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	9.6%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	9.8%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	9.7%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.2%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	10.8%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	11.4%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	7.2%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.0%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.9%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.7%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.5%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.3%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.7%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.5%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.4%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	7.3%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	7.4%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.3%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	7.4%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.4%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.2%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.7%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.4%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	7.0%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.4%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	7.0%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.7%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.5%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.7%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.2%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	8.9%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.0%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.8%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	8.1%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.7%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.3%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.4%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.9%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	8.0%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.7%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.8%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.9%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	11.4%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	10.8%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	11.1%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	10.1%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	9.5%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	10.1%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	10.0%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	9.3%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.8%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.7%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.7%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	8.2%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	13.6%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	13.2%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	13.2%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	12.6%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	12.2%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	13.5%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	13.0%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	12.5%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	12.0%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	11.6%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	11.5%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	10.4%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	12.3%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	12.1%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	12.3%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	12.2%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	11.7%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	12.7%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	12.7%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	12.8%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	12.6%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	12.9%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	13.1%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	12.7%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	4.6%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.5%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.3%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.7%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.0%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	7.5%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	8.3%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	9.4%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	9.6%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	10.7%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	11.1%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	10.6%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	5.4%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.4%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.4%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.8%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.8%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.2%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.3%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.0%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.5%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.3%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.1%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.7%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	6.1%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.9%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.7%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.5%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.9%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.5%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.5%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.0%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.0%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.6%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.2%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.7%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	5.0%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.9%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.1%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.7%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.7%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.4%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.8%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.1%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.3%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.2%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	5.8%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.2%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	6.0%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.7%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.6%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.3%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.1%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.3%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.5%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.2%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.2%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.6%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.3%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.1%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	6.9%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.5%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.4%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.2%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.0%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.0%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.4%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	6.0%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.1%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.9%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.7%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.2%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	9.5%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.9%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	8.8%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.1%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.5%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.5%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	8.9%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.0%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.7%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.1%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.7%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.9%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	11.7%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.3%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	11.1%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	10.9%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	10.3%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	10.6%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	10.9%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.4%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.9%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	9.5%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.9%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	8.1%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	11.7%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.8%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	11.4%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	11.3%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.1%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	11.7%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.9%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	11.4%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	11.3%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	11.2%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.7%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	10.0%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	10.8%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	11.2%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.1%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.8%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.0%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	11.8%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	11.6%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	11.2%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	11.4%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	10.8%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	11.2%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	10.8%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	8.9%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.1%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	9.3%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.0%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.2%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.8%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.9%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.3%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.5%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.4%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.6%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.3%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Gilroy, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	5.9%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.8%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.8%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.2%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.2%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.6%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.0%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.6%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.0%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	7.2%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.6%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.5%	6.6%	6.3%