# Unemployment: San Francisco County/city, CA (U)

Unemployment: San Francisco County/city, CA (U) was up 9.7% year on year in September 2025, compared with 0.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 20,118 thousands.
That is the highest reading since July 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −59.3% (May 2022) to 541.2% (May 2020), averaging 19.6%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-CA-06075.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: thousands
- Coverage: 1990-01-01 to 2026-09-01 (440 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/unemployment-san-francisco-county-city-ca-u

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 20,118 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 21,104 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 19,830 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 18,809 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 16,689 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 17,704 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 18,676 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 19,934 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 20,266 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 19,423 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 20,990 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 21,735 thousands | 9.7 |
| August 2025 | 22,695 thousands | 0.7 |
| July 2025 | 22,149 thousands | −0.8 |
| June 2025 | 21,052 thousands | 3.6 |
| May 2025 | 18,928 thousands | 9.3 |
| April 2025 | 19,136 thousands | 5.8 |
| March 2025 | 20,362 thousands | 3.7 |
| February 2025 | 20,623 thousands | 2.8 |
| January 2025 | 21,064 thousands | 1.7 |
| December 2024 | 19,252 thousands | 1.9 |
| November 2024 | 20,466 thousands | 5.9 |
| October 2024 | 20,341 thousands | 2.5 |
| September 2024 | 19,814 thousands | 3.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06075.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-CA-06075.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```