Los Angeles County, CA Unemployment Rate Report

Los Angeles County, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Los Angeles County, California has ranged from 4.0% in December 2019 to 18.8% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for Los Angeles County is 4.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Los Angeles County, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Los Angeles County, CA Current Unemployment - 4.9%

Los Angeles County, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	6.1%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.4%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.7%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.5%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.2%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.0%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.9%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	12.7%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.9%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	10.9%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	10.3%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	9.5%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	10.0%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	9.6%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	8.9%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	7.6%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	7.1%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.2%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.6%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	4.9%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.7%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.6%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	18.2%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	18.8%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	17.8%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	18.2%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	17.5%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	13.2%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	12.0%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	11.9%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	12.3%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	5.0%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.6%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.5%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.1%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.1%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.5%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.0%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.8%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.3%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.3%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.1%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.0%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	4.9%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.7%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.5%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.2%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.2%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.8%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.1%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.0%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.6%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.6%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.4%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	5.2%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.9%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.7%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.4%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.4%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.8%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.4%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.8%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.5%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.3%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	5.7%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.4%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.2%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.0%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.8%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.4%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.8%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.6%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.4%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.2%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.8%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.7%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	7.8%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.3%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.0%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.6%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.8%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.8%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.2%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.6%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.2%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.9%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.7%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.5%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	9.0%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.8%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.6%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.9%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.0%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.3%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.9%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.6%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.0%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.8%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.7%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.3%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	10.8%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.2%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.8%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.4%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.5%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.2%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.5%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.0%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.5%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.3%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.9%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.6%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	11.8%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	11.5%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	11.2%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	10.6%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.7%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	11.1%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	11.8%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	11.2%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.4%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	10.4%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.0%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.1%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	12.7%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.3%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.0%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.7%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.8%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.4%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.0%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	12.8%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	12.4%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	12.0%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	11.6%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	11.5%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	12.8%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	12.4%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	12.3%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.0%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	12.0%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.3%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.2%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.1%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.6%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.4%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.7%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.3%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	10.8%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.9%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.1%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.9%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.2%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.7%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.4%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.3%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.1%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.0%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.9%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.9%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	6.3%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.1%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.3%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.1%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.7%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.3%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.2%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	8.5%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	8.4%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	8.6%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.0%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.5%	9.0%	7.3%

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

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	5.3%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.2%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.7%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.6%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.7%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.7%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.3%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.0%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.7%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.3%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.5%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.4%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	6.1%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.0%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.6%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.4%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.2%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.3%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.5%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.0%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.0%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.9%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.3%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.0%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	7.0%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.5%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.8%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.5%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.5%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.8%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.0%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.5%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.2%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.1%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.1%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.9%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	7.0%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.7%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.6%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.6%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.7%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.5%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.7%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.4%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.2%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.0%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.9%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.3%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	7.1%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.7%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.8%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.8%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.6%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.0%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.4%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.9%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.4%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.3%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.5%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.4%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	5.4%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.9%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.1%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.0%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.9%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.5%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.1%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.2%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.0%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.2%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.4%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.3%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	5.9%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.7%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.5%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.2%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.3%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.4%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.9%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.8%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.3%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.0%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.9%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.6%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	6.6%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	6.2%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.8%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.6%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.2%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.7%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.3%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.0%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.1%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.9%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.7%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.3%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	6.7%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.4%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	6.7%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.1%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.2%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	6.6%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.2%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.9%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.0%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	6.8%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.4%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.0%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	8.0%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.6%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.3%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.9%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.7%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.8%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.2%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	6.9%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	6.7%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.3%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.1%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.0%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	9.1%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	8.7%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.6%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.3%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.3%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	8.0%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.8%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	7.9%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.7%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	7.5%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	7.6%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.2%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	8.5%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.9%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.5%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	7.8%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	7.5%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	7.8%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	8.7%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.4%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.3%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	8.0%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.2%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.8%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	10.5%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	10.2%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.9%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.7%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.2%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.4%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.9%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	9.4%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	8.9%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	8.5%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.0%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.5%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	10.7%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	10.7%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.3%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.9%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	9.7%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	9.9%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	10.2%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	9.8%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	9.7%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	9.8%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	9.6%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.2%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	9.5%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.6%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.3%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.0%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.5%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.3%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	10.7%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	10.4%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	10.4%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.9%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.1%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.9%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	6.8%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.6%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.6%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.3%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.9%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.2%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.7%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.4%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.4%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.3%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.2%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.4%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	Los Angeles County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	6.0%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.7%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.4%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.6%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.5%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.3%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.2%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.1%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.2%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.0%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.3%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.4%	6.6%	6.3%