# Unemployment: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U)

Unemployment: San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (U) was up 11.2% year on year in September 2025, compared with 2.7% in August 2025.
The level stood at 109,350 thousands.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −55.9% (May 2021) to 457.0% (Apr 2020), averaging 15.4%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (flat files)
- Makrognosis code: `US-41860.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-oakland-fremont-ca-metropolitan-statistical

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| September 2026 | 109,350 thousands | — |
| August 2026 | 113,289 thousands | — |
| July 2026 | 107,823 thousands | — |
| June 2026 | 102,218 thousands | — |
| May 2026 | 89,239 thousands | — |
| April 2026 | 95,354 thousands | — |
| March 2026 | 99,922 thousands | — |
| February 2026 | 106,388 thousands | — |
| January 2026 | 108,301 thousands | — |
| December 2025 | 103,703 thousands | — |
| November 2025 | 113,001 thousands | — |
| September 2025 | 117,234 thousands | 11.2 |
| August 2025 | 121,756 thousands | 2.7 |
| July 2025 | 120,278 thousands | 2.5 |
| June 2025 | 113,956 thousands | 5.8 |
| May 2025 | 99,714 thousands | 11.7 |
| April 2025 | 101,622 thousands | 9.3 |
| March 2025 | 107,079 thousands | 5.6 |
| February 2025 | 109,053 thousands | 4.0 |
| January 2025 | 110,617 thousands | 4.5 |
| December 2024 | 101,350 thousands | 5.0 |
| November 2024 | 108,318 thousands | 9.9 |
| October 2024 | 108,228 thousands | 7.0 |
| September 2024 | 105,453 thousands | 7.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41860.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US-41860.UNEMPLVL.M.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```