While the unemployment rate in San Francisco returned to a record low 2.1 percent last month, the drop was driven by a reduction in the size of the labor force and the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck actually decreased by 5,700 to 566,200, which... Read More »

Having hit a record high in February, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck, which typically ticks up in March, actually decreased by 3,400 last month to 572,000 and the unemployment rate, which hit a record low of 2.1 percent at the end of last... Read More »

With 2018 having ended the year with Bay Area employment at an all-time high, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck has since inched up 700 to a record 574,900 while the unemployment rate in the city, which ended the year at a record low... Read More »

The number of people living in San Francisco with a job ticked up by 2,000 in December to a record 572,800, roughly matching the December increase in the labor force (1,900) which held the unemployment rate in the city, which hit a record low of 2.1 percent this past... Read More »

Having ticked up in October, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job increase by another 5,500 over the past month to a record 571,000 at the end of November and the labor force increased by 5,000 to 583,700, pushing the unemployment rate, which hit a... Read More »

Having jumped in September, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job ticked up by another 1,800 over the past month to a record 565,700 in October while the labor force increased by 2,200 to a record 578,900, pushing the employment rate up from 2.2 to... Read More »

Having dropped in August, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job increased by 7,900 over the past month to a record 577,500 in September while the labor force increased by 6,900 to 577,500 and the employment rate dropped from 2.4 percent to a near-record 2.2... Read More »

Having recorded an above-average bump in seasonal hires in July, the number of people residing in San Francisco with a job dropped by 3,000 over the past month to 557,200. But with the labor force having dropped by 3,300 to 570,900, the employment rate in the city dropped from... Read More »

With an above-average bump in seasonal hires, the unemployment rate in San Francisco dropped from 2.7 percent in June to 2.4 percent in July, with the labor force having increased by 8,700 to 574,400 and the number of people residing in the city with a job, including summer interns... Read More »

The unemployment rate in San Francisco jumped from 2.1 to 2.7 percent in June as the number of people living in the city with a job dropped by 1,600 to 550,600 while the labor force increased by 1,600 to 565,600. And while there are still 113,900 more people living... Read More »