While the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck typically ticks up by a few thousand in October with seasonal hiring for the holidays, net employment actually slipped by 700 last month to 564,300. But with 700 people having left the local labor force as well,... Read More »

While the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck typically ticks up by a few thousand in September, net employment inched down by 600 last month to 565,200. But with 2,000 people having left the local labor force, the unemployment rate inched down from 2.3 to... Read More »

Having jumped in July, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased slipped by 800 in August to 563,900. As such, while there are now 40,500 more employed residents in the city than there were at the same time last year and 85,200 more... Read More »

Having slipped in June, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 9,800 in July to 564,200.  As such, there are not only 42,300 more employed residents in San Francisco than there were at the same time last year but 85,500 more employed... Read More »

Having inched up by an upwardly revised 1,800 in May, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck slipped by 3,000 in June to 553,800. And while it was a relatively minor move last month, keep in mind that employment typically ticks up in June.... Read More »

Having slipped in April, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck inched up by 1,100 in May to 556,100. As such, there are now 48,900 more employed residents in San Francisco than there were at the same time last year and 77,400 more than... Read More »

Having increased by 14,300 in the first quarter of 2022, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck ticked down by 2,900 in April to 555,100.  That being said, there are still 53,100 more employed residents in San Francisco than there were at the same... Read More »

Having increased by a (downwardly revised) 8,100 in February, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 6,800 in March to 557,600, representing 52,600 more employed residents in the city than there were in March of last year and 78,900 more than in... Read More »

Having been downwardly revised, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck actually slipped by a thousand in January but then rebounded by 8,500 in February to 551,200, representing 48,400 more employed residents in the city than there were in February of last year and... Read More »

While the number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area inched up in January to 36,803, which was still 24 percent higher than in January of 2020, prior to the pandemic having hit the local economy, the number of new claims filed in February dropped to 26,414,... Read More »