Moderate Unemployment Area
El Cajon, CA Current Unemployment - 4.0%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
El Cajon, CA Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2022
6.2%
5.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.1%
4.9%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.2%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.6%
3.9%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.3%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.9%
4.0%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.8%
3.9%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.0%
4.1%
3.7%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2021
10.5%
9.2%
6.3%
2 / 2021
9.5%
8.4%
6.2%
3 / 2021
9.6%
8.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
9.2%
8.1%
6.1%
5 / 2021
9.0%
7.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
9.9%
8.0%
5.9%
7 / 2021
10.0%
7.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.6%
7.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
8.1%
6.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.8%
5.8%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.4%
5.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.1%
4.8%
3.9%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2020
3.9%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.6%
4.3%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.6%
5.8%
4.4%
4 / 2020
18.1%
16.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
19.7%
16.0%
13.3%
6 / 2020
17.8%
15.1%
11.1%
7 / 2020
16.4%
13.9%
10.2%
8 / 2020
12.9%
11.3%
8.4%
9 / 2020
12.2%
10.7%
7.9%
10 / 2020
10.9%
9.0%
6.9%
11 / 2020
9.3%
8.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
10.2%
9.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2019
4.1%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
3.8%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
3.8%
4.5%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.3%
3.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.2%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2019
3.7%
4.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.0%
4.4%
3.7%
8 / 2019
3.9%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.3%
3.6%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.4%
3.7%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.3%
3.7%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.3%
3.7%
3.5%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2018
4.1%
4.7%
4.1%
2 / 2018
3.8%
4.6%
4.1%
3 / 2018
3.9%
4.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.5%
4.0%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.2%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.1%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.1%
4.5%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.0%
4.4%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.5%
3.9%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.7%
4.0%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.5%
4.0%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.5%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2017
5.0%
5.6%
4.7%
2 / 2017
4.7%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.6%
5.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.1%
4.7%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.0%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.7%
4.9%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.9%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.7%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.1%
4.4%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.2%
4.3%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.0%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
3.8%
4.3%
4.1%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2016
5.2%
5.9%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.0%
5.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.3%
5.8%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.0%
5.3%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.7%
5.0%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.5%
5.6%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.9%
5.8%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.6%
5.6%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.3%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.1%
5.3%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.8%
5.1%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.8%
5.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2015
8.4%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.9%
6.8%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.8%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.2%
6.1%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.3%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
7.6%
6.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.0%
6.5%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.5%
6.1%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.0%
5.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.2%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.0%
5.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.7%
5.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2014
10.3%
8.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.2%
8.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
10.1%
8.3%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.8%
7.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.9%
7.2%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.1%
7.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.8%
7.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.4%
7.6%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.7%
7.0%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.6%
6.9%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.4%
6.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.7%
6.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2013
12.4%
10.2%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.8%
9.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.4%
9.4%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.6%
8.7%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.7%
8.6%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.5%
9.2%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.7%
9.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.3%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.8%
8.5%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.9%
8.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.4%
8.3%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.8%
8.0%
6.7%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2012
13.9%
11.4%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.7%
11.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.5%
11.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.6%
10.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.6%
10.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.3%
10.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.7%
10.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.2%
10.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.2%
9.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.3%
9.7%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.9%
9.5%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.7%
9.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2011
15.1%
12.6%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.8%
12.2%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.6%
12.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
14.1%
11.5%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.0%
11.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
15.0%
12.0%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.2%
12.2%
9.0%
8 / 2011
14.9%
11.9%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.4%
11.5%
9.0%
10 / 2011
14.3%
11.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.8%
11.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.4%
11.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2010
15.5%
12.7%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.2%
12.6%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.4%
12.6%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.7%
12.0%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.4%
11.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
15.0%
12.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
15.5%
12.6%
9.4%
8 / 2010
15.2%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.9%
11.9%
9.5%
10 / 2010
15.0%
11.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
15.3%
12.3%
9.8%
12 / 2010
14.5%
12.1%
9.3%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2009
11.4%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.7%
10.6%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.2%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.7%
10.4%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.2%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.1%
11.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.5%
11.7%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.4%
11.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.4%
11.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.7%
11.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.6%
11.7%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.4%
11.8%
9.9%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2008
7.1%
6.4%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.0%
6.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.3%
6.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.8%
6.1%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.4%
6.4%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.3%
7.0%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.9%
7.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.0%
7.8%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.9%
7.7%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.3%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.6%
8.4%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.1%
9.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2007
6.1%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.0%
5.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
5.2%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.7%
5.0%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.6%
4.8%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.4%
5.3%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.8%
5.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.6%
5.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
6.6%
5.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
6.7%
5.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.7%
5.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.7%
5.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2006
5.6%
5.3%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.7%
5.3%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.5%
5.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.1%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.0%
4.5%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.7%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.1%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.7%
4.9%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.4%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.3%
4.5%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.5%
4.8%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.2%
4.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2005
6.3%
6.2%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.3%
6.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.2%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.7%
5.3%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.5%
5.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
6.2%
5.4%
5.0%
7 / 2005
6.3%
5.5%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.9%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
5.9%
5.1%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.9%
5.0%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.0%
5.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.3%
4.9%
4.9%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2004
7.0%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2004
6.8%
6.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.2%
7.0%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.5%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.3%
5.9%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.0%
6.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.9%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.4%
5.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.1%
5.6%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.2%
5.7%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.1%
5.9%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.7%
5.7%
5.4%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2003
7.4%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
7.2%
7.1%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.4%
7.1%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.0%
6.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.7%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.8%
7.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.6%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.4%
6.8%
6.1%
9 / 2003
7.0%
6.5%
6.1%
10 / 2003
7.0%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.0%
6.7%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.2%
6.2%
5.7%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2002
7.0%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
6.7%
6.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.0%
6.9%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.7%
6.6%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.4%
6.2%
5.8%
6 / 2002
7.3%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
7.6%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.5%
6.7%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.1%
6.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.2%
6.4%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.3%
6.8%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.9%
6.7%
6.0%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2001
5.5%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
5.2%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
5.4%
5.3%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.2%
4.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.9%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.9%
5.2%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.1%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.3%
5.7%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.1%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.4%
5.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.4%
6.2%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.1%
6.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 2000
5.6%
5.4%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.5%
5.4%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.7%
5.4%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.2%
4.8%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.3%
4.8%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.9%
5.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.2%
5.3%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.9%
5.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.4%
4.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.2%
4.5%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.1%
4.7%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.5%
4.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1999
4.2%
6.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
4.0%
5.9%
4.4%
3 / 1999
3.8%
5.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
3.7%
5.3%
4.3%
5 / 1999
3.4%
4.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.0%
5.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
4.2%
5.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
3.9%
5.0%
4.2%
9 / 1999
3.9%
5.0%
4.2%
10 / 1999
3.7%
4.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.5%
4.9%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.1%
4.7%
4.0%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1998
4.5%
6.6%
4.6%
2 / 1998
4.3%
6.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.4%
6.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
3.9%
5.7%
4.3%
5 / 1998
3.9%
5.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.4%
5.9%
4.5%
7 / 1998
4.7%
6.2%
4.5%
8 / 1998
4.7%
5.9%
4.5%
9 / 1998
4.6%
5.8%
4.6%
10 / 1998
4.4%
5.8%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.1%
5.7%
4.4%
12 / 1998
3.6%
5.4%
4.4%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1997
6.0%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
5.6%
7.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.6%
7.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.2%
6.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
5.0%
5.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
5.4%
6.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
5.5%
6.5%
4.9%
8 / 1997
5.5%
6.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
5.4%
6.1%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.8%
5.8%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.4%
5.8%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.0%
5.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1996
7.6%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.0%
8.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
6.9%
8.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
6.6%
7.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
6.5%
7.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
6.5%
7.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.1%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1996
6.4%
6.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
6.3%
6.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
6.0%
6.6%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.8%
6.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.1%
6.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1995
8.0%
8.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
7.5%
8.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.4%
8.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
7.8%
8.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.5%
7.6%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.0%
7.8%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.3%
8.3%
5.7%
8 / 1995
8.0%
7.8%
5.7%
9 / 1995
8.0%
7.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.7%
7.5%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.3%
7.7%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.5%
7.3%
5.6%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1994
9.3%
9.9%
6.6%
2 / 1994
9.0%
9.7%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.8%
9.4%
6.5%
4 / 1994
8.7%
8.9%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.3%
8.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.8%
8.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
9.3%
8.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
8.9%
8.4%
6.0%
9 / 1994
8.7%
8.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.2%
7.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.5%
7.8%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.9%
7.3%
5.5%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1993
9.5%
10.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.4%
10.3%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.2%
9.9%
7.0%
4 / 1993
9.2%
9.5%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.2%
9.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
9.7%
9.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.1%
9.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.7%
9.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
9.8%
9.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
9.6%
9.2%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.0%
9.1%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.2%
8.7%
6.5%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1992
8.2%
9.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
8.2%
9.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
8.1%
9.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.0%
8.7%
7.4%
5 / 1992
8.3%
8.7%
7.6%
6 / 1992
9.2%
9.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.4%
9.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.2%
9.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.3%
9.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.8%
9.2%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.1%
9.7%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.7%
9.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1991
7.2%
7.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
7.4%
7.9%
6.6%
3 / 1991
7.3%
7.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.2%
7.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
7.5%
7.5%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.1%
7.7%
6.9%
7 / 1991
8.2%
7.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.7%
7.5%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.8%
7.5%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.6%
7.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.4%
7.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.3%
8.0%
7.3%
Month/Year
El Cajon, CA%
California%
National %
1 / 1990
4.9%
5.7%
5.4%
2 / 1990
4.6%
5.6%
5.3%
3 / 1990
4.5%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 1990
4.9%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 1990
5.0%
5.2%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.5%
5.3%
5.2%
7 / 1990
6.1%
5.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
6.0%
5.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
6.5%
5.9%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.4%
5.9%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.6%
6.5%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.4%
6.6%
6.3%