San Benito County, CA Unemployment Rate Report

San Benito County, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in San Benito County, California has ranged from 3.7% in September 2000 to 22.1% in January 1993. The current unemployment rate for San Benito County is 4.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

San Benito County, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

San Benito County, CA Current Unemployment - 4.2%

San Benito County, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	6.7%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.2%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.3%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.6%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.0%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.2%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.1%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.2%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	8.9%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.6%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.2%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.2%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.4%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.8%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.1%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.6%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.7%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.6%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.3%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.5%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	6.2%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.2%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.9%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	18.1%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.5%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.7%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.8%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.8%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.6%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.3%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.9%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.7%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	6.5%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.5%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.4%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.2%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.5%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.8%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.9%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.4%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.8%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.2%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.4%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.9%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	6.0%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.2%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.2%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.3%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.7%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.1%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.0%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.5%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.2%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.5%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.4%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	7.4%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.4%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.1%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.0%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.5%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.6%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.5%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.2%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.6%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.0%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.5%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	8.0%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.8%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.0%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.0%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	6.3%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.5%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.4%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.1%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.8%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.7%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.9%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.5%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	9.3%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.0%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.8%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.1%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.8%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.4%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.1%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.5%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.1%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.4%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.0%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.3%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	11.3%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.4%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.3%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.8%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	9.3%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.9%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	9.0%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.4%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.6%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.8%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.4%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.5%	6.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2013	13.5%	10.2%	8.0%
2 / 2013	13.0%	9.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.5%	9.4%	7.5%
4 / 2013	11.5%	8.7%	7.6%
5 / 2013	11.1%	8.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	11.0%	9.2%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.7%	9.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.1%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	9.5%	8.5%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.6%	8.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	10.2%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.4%	8.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	15.2%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	15.4%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	14.8%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	13.7%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	13.3%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	13.0%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.8%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	12.0%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.0%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	11.2%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	11.7%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	12.5%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	16.6%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	16.6%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	16.3%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	14.8%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	14.5%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	14.7%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	14.2%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	13.6%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	12.9%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	12.6%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	13.1%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	14.3%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	16.7%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	17.3%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	17.0%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	15.6%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	15.0%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	14.5%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	14.4%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	13.9%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	13.5%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	13.1%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	14.6%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	15.5%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	14.2%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	15.3%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.2%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	13.8%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	13.1%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	13.6%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.5%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.9%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.0%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	13.2%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	14.5%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	17.8%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	10.6%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.1%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	11.5%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.8%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	8.7%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	9.0%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.5%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.9%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.9%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	9.0%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.9%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.0%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	8.9%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	9.1%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	8.8%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.7%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.4%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.3%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.1%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.6%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.6%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.2%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	7.0%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.0%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	9.4%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	9.7%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	9.7%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.7%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.9%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.5%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.2%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.1%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.8%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.2%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.1%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.4%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	10.6%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	10.9%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	10.9%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	9.2%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	7.9%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.0%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.5%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.8%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.9%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.3%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.1%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	8.3%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	12.8%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	12.6%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	13.1%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	10.9%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	9.0%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.3%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.6%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.0%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.3%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	7.6%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.3%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	9.5%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	12.2%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	11.9%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	12.1%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	10.7%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.3%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	9.4%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.6%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.8%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.7%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.5%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	9.4%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	10.7%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	10.0%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	10.1%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	10.3%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	9.7%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	8.5%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.1%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.0%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.8%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.5%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.9%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	10.0%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.5%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	7.0%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.3%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.4%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.5%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.7%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.2%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.8%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.0%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.7%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.0%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.6%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.9%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	7.8%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	8.4%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	8.5%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	7.3%	4.8%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.6%	4.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.5%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.6%	5.3%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.2%	5.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.7%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.4%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.5%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.7%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	10.9%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	11.6%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	11.1%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	9.6%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.9%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.2%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	6.9%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.3%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.2%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	5.9%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.6%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	8.2%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	13.9%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	14.5%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	14.1%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	12.1%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	10.9%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	10.6%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	9.3%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.8%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.4%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	8.1%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.0%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	9.5%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	14.6%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	14.5%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	14.8%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	13.2%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	11.5%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	10.8%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.2%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.3%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.6%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.6%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.1%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	11.1%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	15.5%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	15.6%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	15.8%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	13.8%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	13.0%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	12.3%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.3%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.2%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	7.9%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.6%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	11.6%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	12.2%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	17.0%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	16.9%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	16.9%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	16.5%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	14.8%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	13.7%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	12.6%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	9.7%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	9.2%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.3%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	12.8%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	13.3%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	18.7%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	19.3%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	18.0%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	15.9%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	14.2%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	13.1%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	11.2%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.5%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.3%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	11.6%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	13.1%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	13.9%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	22.1%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	22.0%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	20.6%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	18.9%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	16.1%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	15.7%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	12.4%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	11.5%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	11.1%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	13.2%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	14.1%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	16.2%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	20.5%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	21.6%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	21.0%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	18.4%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	17.1%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	16.4%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	13.3%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	12.9%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	13.6%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	15.9%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	17.9%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	20.2%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	20.2%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	20.3%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	21.1%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	18.4%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	17.2%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	17.1%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	13.7%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	9.7%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.4%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	12.9%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	16.8%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	18.1%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Benito County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	12.8%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	13.1%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	14.5%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	13.9%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	12.5%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	12.4%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.6%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.1%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	8.2%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	12.0%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	15.7%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	16.1%	6.6%	6.3%