Mayor Lee’s Statement on SF Unemployment Dropping to 7.6 Percent
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today issued the following statement on San Francisco’s unemployment rate dropping to 7.6 percent in December, based on preliminary unemployment numbers released by the State Employment Development Department (EDD):
“Job creation remains my highest priority. As today’s report from the EDD shows, we’re making progress putting people to work in our small businesses, technology companies and construction sites.
With an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent, the third lowest in the State, San Francisco is moving in the right direction, but our efforts to get people back to work isn’t done. I will continue to work every day to make sure San Franciscans have access to good jobs and we keep our economy growing.”
Since January 2011, the unemployment rate has dropped steadily from 9.5 percent to now 7.6 percent. This 1.9 percentage decrease in unemployment represents an additional 17,300 employed San Franciscans in a broad range of industries including professional, scientific, and technical service, construction, food service and healthcare. This steady increase in job growth ranked San Francisco in the top 10 percent of the country by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Job creation remains my highest priority. As today’s report from the EDD shows, we’re making progress putting people to work in our small businesses, technology companies and construction sites.
With an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent, the third lowest in the State, San Francisco is moving in the right direction, but our efforts to get people back to work isn’t done. I will continue to work every day to make sure San Franciscans have access to good jobs and we keep our economy growing.”
Since January 2011, the unemployment rate has dropped steadily from 9.5 percent to now 7.6 percent. This 1.9 percentage decrease in unemployment represents an additional 17,300 employed San Franciscans in a broad range of industries including professional, scientific, and technical service, construction, food service and healthcare. This steady increase in job growth ranked San Francisco in the top 10 percent of the country by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.