San Diego Job Growth Outpaces the National Average

Although nonfarm employment levels in San Diego fell by 1,200 in December, according to the latest jobs report from California’s Employment Development Department, the overall unemployment rate fell to a pandemic low of 4.2%. That compares to California’s rate of 5% and comes up short of the 3.7% unemployment rate for the United States. Even so, job growth in San Diego, at 4.9% during 2021, outpaced the U.S. average at 4.6%.