Overview

• California shed 6,100 jobs in June, pushing the state unemployment rate up to 5.4%, matching Nevada for the nation’s highest.
• Bay Area employers cut 6,800 positions, marking the region’s second consecutive month of declines across South Bay, East Bay and San Francisco–San Mateo.
• San Diego County’s jobless rate jumped to 4.9% as nonfarm employment slipped by 900 positions and professional and business services lost 2,800 roles.
• Tech sector layoffs—from companies such as Scale AI, Microsoft and Intel—continued to strain California’s largest metro economies.
• Healthcare and government sectors recorded modest job gains in June, but most other industries, including manufacturing and information, posted declines.