Bay Area Employment Still Down by 400K, Labor Force Dropping
While the estimated number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 5,900 in August to 515,900, the labor force shrank by 7,800 to 565,700 for an…
Local Unemployment Claims Tick Up
While the unemployment rate in San Francisco declined in July, the number of San Francisco residents that filed a new/initial unemployment claim last month actually ticked up 5.3 percent to…
Bay Area Employment up by 63K in July, Down 440K YOY
While the number of San Francisco residents with a job increased by 12,400 last month, there are still 66,900 fewer employed people in the city (511,200) than there were prior…
Local Unemployment Claims Inch Up
Having dropped by nearly 60 percent in May, the number of San Francisco residents that filed a new/initial unemployment claim was effectively unchanged at 24,256 in June (versus having averaged…
114,000 Bay Area Residents Returned to Work Last Month, But…
While an estimated 16,000 San Francisco residents were either newly hired or returned to work last month, for a total of 499,100 employed, there are still 74,800 fewer employed people…
Number of Bay Area Unemployment Claims Hits a Million (YTD)
Having climbed to over 57,500 in April, the number of San Francisco residents that filed a new/initial unemployment claim dropped to 24,243 in May. That being said, the number of…
Bay Area Unemployment Rate Drops with Labor Force Decline
Based on employment data through the second week of May, the estimated number of San Francisco residents with a paycheck has dropped by over 92,000 over the past three months…
Bay Area Unemployment Hits 13 Percent, Labor Force Shrinks
Based on employment data through the second week of April, at which point the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was still picking up steam, the estimated number of San…
Bay Area Unemployment Claims Continue to Climb
Having already rocketed to over 44,300 in March, versus having averaged around 3,500 a month over the previous six years, the number of San Francisco residents that filed a new/initial…
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…