Preliminary May labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties pegs the unemployment rate at 8.4%, 7.4% and 8.1% respectively, down 0.1 percentage points in San Francisco and San Mateo, down 0.2 percentage points in Marin.
On a revised basis, the number of unemployed in San Francisco fell by 800 in May (from 38,400 to 37,600) as the labor force contracted by 800 as well (from 450,200 to 449,400) and the number of employed was unchanged at 411,800.
Overall unadjusted California unemployment fell to 11.4% as the labor force contracted by 37,100 workers and the ranks of the unemployed fell by 49,400.
∙ Monthly Labor Force Data for Counties: May 2011 (Preliminary) [EDD]
∙ San Francisco County Unemployment Drops To 8.5% In April [SocketSite]