SAN DIEGO, CA – Unemployment in the city of San Diego during November 2023 showed an increase compared to the same period in 2022, according to data from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
The city showed an unemployment rate of 4.2%, up from 3.3% in November 2022. During the eleventh month of 2023, San Diego reached a labor force of 1,605,800 people. Of the total labor force, 1,537,900 were employed, while 68,000 were looking for work.
A year ago, San Diego recorded a labor force of 1,583,000, of which 1,530,100 had a job, while 52,900 were looking for a job.
Compared to the immediately preceding month, during October of this year, unemployment in the city of San Diego, California registered a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.2%, as reported by EDD.
California’s unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 4.9 percent in November 2023, despite the fact that the state’s employers added 9,300 nonfarm jobs to the economy, according to data released by EDD.
Since the current economic expansion began in April 2020, California has gained 3,240,500 jobs, which equates to an average gain of 75,360 jobs per month, and now stands at 485,900 jobs (or 2.7 percent) above the state’s pre-pandemic total.
The increase of 9,300 nonfarm jobs in California in November contributes to 11 consecutive months of employment gains in 2023 to date, following losses last December.
Six of California’s eleven industry sectors gained jobs in November, with Private Education and Health Services posting the largest gains with more than 10,500, the former thanks to above-average increases in the Nursing Facilities and Residential Care and Social Assistance industry groups.
The Leisure and Hospitality sector also recorded good gains with over 7,900 jobs and now has 25,800 (or 1.3%) more jobs than before the pandemic.
The increases in Information, by more than 1,900, were due, in part, to the end of the strike by the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, as striking workers returned to work.
The reduction in professional and business services by more than 11,100 job openings was largely due to above-average losses in the employment services, home and building services, and waste management and sanitation services industry groups.
