Bay Area Unemployment Claims Skyrocket, Over 330K in March
Having averaged a little over 3,500 new claims a month over the past five years, and with a total of around 5,600 individuals in San Francisco having qualified to receive…
Bay Area Employment Dropped by at Least 77,000 Last Month
Based on employment data through the second week of March, which predates the bulk of the ongoing economic impact caused by COVID-19, the estimated number of people living in San…
Bay Area Employment Held Last Month, But…
Having been downwardly revised by the State at the start of the year, the estimated number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck inched up by 1,100 in…
Bay Area Employment Revised Down, Prior to Any COVID-19 Hit
The estimated number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck slipped from a (downwardly-revised) record 578,100 in December to 573,000 in January with typical seasonality in play. But…
Bay Area Employment Slows Its Roll
The number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck was effectively unchanged from November to December and is now holding around a record 580,000 with an unemployment rate…
Bay Area Employment Slips, Unemployment Inches Up Anew
Having inched up in October, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck was unchanged in November and remains at a record 580,000 with an unemployment rate…
Bay Area Employment Slips, Unemployment Inches Up
Having benefited from a seasonal bump in the onboarding of new graduates in September, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck inched up by another 100…
Bay Area Unemployment Rates Drop to Record Lows
Benefiting from a seasonal bump in the onboarding of new graduates, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 7,100 in September and now totals…
Bay Area Employment Holds, Unemployment Rate Down
Having benefited from a seasonal bump in July, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck, which is now estimated at 573,600, was unchanged in August. But…
Bay Area Employment Gets a Seasonal Bump
Having dropped to a record low of 1.9 percent in May, the unemployment rate in San Francisco has since inched up to 2.4 percent. But with a seasonally driven bump…