West Los Angeles, CA Unemployment Rate Report

West Los Angeles, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

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

West Los Angeles, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

West Los Angeles, CA Current Unemployment - 4.9%

West Los Angeles, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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	West Los Angeles, 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%