San Diego County, CA Unemployment Rate Report

San Diego County, CA Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in San Diego County, California has ranged from 2.6% in December 1999 to 15.2% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for San Diego County is 3.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

San Diego County, CA Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

San Diego County, CA Current Unemployment - 3.4%

San Diego County, CA Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2022	4.7%	5.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.0%	4.9%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.4%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.0%	3.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.7%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.2%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.1%	3.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.4%	4.1%	3.7%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2021	8.5%	9.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.2%	8.4%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.9%	8.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.3%	8.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.6%	7.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.3%	8.0%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.9%	7.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.5%	7.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.4%	6.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.1%	5.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.5%	5.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.1%	4.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2020	3.3%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.2%	4.3%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.2%	5.8%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.0%	16.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.2%	16.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.8%	15.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	12.4%	13.9%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.5%	11.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.9%	10.7%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.5%	9.0%	6.9%
11 / 2020	8.1%	8.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.0%	9.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2019	3.8%	4.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.4%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.5%	4.5%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.9%	3.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.8%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.3%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.6%	4.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.4%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.9%	3.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	3.7%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.9%	3.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.8%	3.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2018	3.7%	4.7%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.5%	4.6%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.4%	4.5%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.1%	4.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.9%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.6%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.7%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.6%	4.4%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.2%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.3%	4.0%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.3%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.3%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2017	4.7%	5.6%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.4%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.2%	5.1%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.7%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.2%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.4%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.8%	4.4%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.7%	4.3%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.6%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.4%	4.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2016	4.9%	5.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.8%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.9%	5.8%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.6%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.3%	5.0%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.0%	5.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.1%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.0%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.7%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.7%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.2%	5.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2015	5.9%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.5%	6.8%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.4%	6.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.0%	6.1%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.1%	6.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.3%	6.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.6%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.2%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.9%	5.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.0%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.9%	5.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.7%	5.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2014	7.2%	8.5%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.2%	8.4%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.1%	8.3%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.2%	7.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.2%	7.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.4%	7.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.9%	7.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.6%	7.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.1%	7.0%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.0%	6.9%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.9%	6.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.4%	6.6%	5.6%

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

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2012	9.9%	11.4%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.7%	11.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.6%	11.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.9%	10.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.9%	10.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.5%	10.6%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.7%	10.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.3%	10.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.6%	9.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.7%	9.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.4%	9.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.2%	9.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2011	10.8%	12.6%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.5%	12.2%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.4%	12.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.0%	11.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.0%	11.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.7%	12.0%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.9%	12.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.6%	11.9%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.3%	11.5%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.2%	11.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.8%	11.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.5%	11.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2010	11.1%	12.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.8%	12.6%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.0%	12.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.5%	12.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.3%	11.7%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.7%	12.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.1%	12.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.9%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.7%	11.9%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.7%	11.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.9%	12.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.4%	12.1%	9.3%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2009	8.3%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.5%	10.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.9%	10.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.6%	10.4%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.9%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.7%	11.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.9%	11.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.9%	11.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.9%	11.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.1%	11.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.0%	11.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.9%	11.8%	9.9%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2008	5.1%	6.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.1%	6.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.3%	6.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.9%	6.1%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.4%	6.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.0%	7.0%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.4%	7.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.5%	7.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.4%	7.7%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.8%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.0%	8.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.3%	9.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2007	4.4%	5.5%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.3%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.3%	5.2%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.1%	5.0%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.0%	4.8%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.6%	5.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.9%	5.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.8%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.7%	5.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.8%	5.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.9%	5.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.8%	5.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2006	4.1%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.1%	5.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.0%	5.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.7%	4.9%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.6%	4.5%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.4%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.1%	4.9%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.9%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.8%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.0%	4.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.7%	4.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2005	4.5%	6.2%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.6%	6.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.5%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.1%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.0%	5.0%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.5%	5.4%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.6%	5.5%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.3%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.3%	5.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.3%	5.0%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.3%	5.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.8%	4.9%	4.9%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2004	5.1%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.9%	6.7%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.2%	7.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.7%	6.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.5%	5.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.0%	6.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.0%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.6%	5.9%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.4%	5.6%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.5%	5.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.4%	5.9%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.1%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2003	5.4%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.2%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.3%	7.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.1%	6.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.9%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.7%	7.2%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.5%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.3%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.1%	6.5%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.0%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.0%	6.7%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.5%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2002	5.1%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.8%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.1%	6.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.9%	6.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.6%	6.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.3%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.5%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.4%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.1%	6.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.2%	6.4%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.3%	6.8%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.0%	6.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2001	4.0%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.7%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.9%	5.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.8%	4.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.5%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.3%	5.2%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.4%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.6%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.4%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.6%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.6%	6.2%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.4%	6.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 2000	4.0%	5.4%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.0%	5.4%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.1%	5.4%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.7%	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	3.9%	4.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.7%	4.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.6%	4.7%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.2%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1999	3.5%	6.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.3%	5.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.2%	5.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.0%	5.3%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.8%	4.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.3%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.4%	5.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.2%	5.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.2%	5.0%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.1%	4.9%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.9%	4.9%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.6%	4.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1998	3.7%	6.6%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.5%	6.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.6%	6.5%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.2%	5.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.2%	5.5%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.6%	5.9%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.9%	6.2%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.8%	5.9%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.8%	5.8%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.6%	5.8%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.3%	5.7%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.0%	5.4%	4.4%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1997	4.9%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.6%	7.2%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.6%	7.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.3%	6.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.1%	5.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.5%	6.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.6%	6.5%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.5%	6.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.4%	6.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.9%	5.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.6%	5.8%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.3%	5.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1996	6.2%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.8%	8.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.7%	8.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.5%	7.5%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.4%	7.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.4%	7.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.8%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.3%	6.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.2%	6.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.9%	6.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.8%	6.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.2%	6.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1995	6.6%	8.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.2%	8.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	6.1%	8.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.4%	8.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.2%	7.6%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.6%	7.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.9%	8.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	6.6%	7.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.6%	7.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.4%	7.5%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.0%	7.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.4%	7.3%	5.6%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1994	7.7%	9.9%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.4%	9.7%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.3%	9.4%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.2%	8.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.8%	8.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.3%	8.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.7%	8.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.4%	8.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	7.2%	8.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.8%	7.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.2%	7.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.7%	7.3%	5.5%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1993	7.9%	10.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.8%	10.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.6%	9.9%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.7%	9.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.6%	9.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.1%	9.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.4%	9.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.1%	9.2%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.1%	9.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.9%	9.2%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.5%	9.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.8%	8.7%	6.5%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1992	6.8%	9.2%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.8%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.7%	9.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.6%	8.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	6.8%	8.7%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.6%	9.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.8%	9.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.6%	9.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.7%	9.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.3%	9.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.6%	9.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.2%	9.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1991	6.0%	7.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.1%	7.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.1%	7.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.9%	7.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.2%	7.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.7%	7.7%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.8%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.3%	7.5%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.4%	7.5%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.3%	7.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.1%	7.9%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.0%	8.0%	7.3%

Month/Year	San Diego County, CA%	California%	National %
1 / 1990	4.0%	5.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.8%	5.6%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.7%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.0%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.1%	5.2%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.5%	5.3%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.1%	5.9%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.0%	5.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.4%	5.9%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.3%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.4%	6.5%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.3%	6.6%	6.3%