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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Western > California > San Diego

San Diego

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
San Diego Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2023
Western Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Nov 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in San Diego-Carlsbad — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Consumer Expenditures for the San Diego Metropolitan Area: 2020–21 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2022
CPI HIstorical Table - San Diego, CA (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - San Diego, CA (old base) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, San Diego Area — November 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2022
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average Consumer price indexes Factsheet Mar 2020
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA Economy at a Glance:
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
Data Series Back
Data		 Apr
2023		 May
2023		 June
2023		 July
2023		 Aug
2023		 Sept
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 1,598.9 1,595.0 1,591.6 1,596.6 (p)1,594.1  

Employment(1)

 1,546.1 1,539.3 1,528.2 1,533.7 (p)1,525.7  

Unemployment(1)

 52.8 55.8 63.4 62.9 (p)68.4  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.3 3.5 4.0 3.9 (p)4.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 1,572.2 1,576.9 1,582.3 1,564.1 (p)1,568.8  

12-month % change

 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.3 (p)2.2  

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)0.4  

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Construction(3)

 89.8 89.5 89.8 87.2 (p)89.0  

12-month % change

 3.1 2.1 2.0 -1.4 (p)0.3  

Manufacturing(3)

 117.7 117.0 117.8 118.7 (p)117.9  

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.2 0.4 0.6 (p)0.1  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 221.7 222.3 222.5 223.6 (p)223.6  

12-month % change

 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.7 (p)0.7  

Information(3)

 21.9 21.9 22.0 21.9 (p)21.8  

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -1.8 (p)-1.8  

Financial Activities(3)

 78.0 78.3 78.9 79.0 (p)78.4  

12-month % change

 0.5 0.5 1.8 1.9 (p)2.1  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 286.3 287.1 286.7 285.3 (p)286.0  

12-month % change

 0.2 1.2 1.4 -0.1 (p)-0.2  

Education and Health Services(3)

 238.3 240.3 241.1 239.6 (p)241.0  

12-month % change

 5.3 6.0 7.0 6.3 (p)5.7  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 205.8 206.1 209.8 211.7 (p)211.4  

12-month % change

 8.3 6.3 6.6 6.2 (p)5.2  

Other Services(3)

 58.0 58.7 59.1 59.8 (p)59.8  

12-month % change

 7.6 7.9 9.0 9.7 (p)9.1  

Government(3)

 254.3 255.3 254.2 236.9 (p)239.5  

12-month % change

 2.2 2.0 0.8 0.5 (p)1.2  

Consumer Price Index: San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

CPI-U, All items(4)

   361.339   362.412   367.185

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     5.2   4.3   4.7

CPI-W, All items(5)

   342.686   344.314   349.402

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     4.5   3.7   4.6

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary