Unemployment rates were below five percent in all nine San Francisco Bay Area counties last month, data from the California Employment Development Department shows.
Bay Area July unemployment rates contributed to a statewide rate of 4.1 percent, a tie for the record low, according to EDD. The national rate was 3.7 percent.
San Mateo County had the lowest rate at 2.3 percent, followed by San Francisco County at 2.4 percent, Marin County at 2.5 percent, and Santa Clara County at 2.8 percent.
Solano County had the highest rate at 4.2 percent.
In Sonoma and Napa counties, unemployment was 3 percent. Alameda and Contra Costa counties reported unemployment rates of 3.3 and 3.4 percent respectively.
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Great! Will my taxes be lowered then? I’m tired of paying for the lazy.
You pay taxes because the rich dont, so use lower and middle class citizens must make up the difference. Think about it, Amazon is one of the most richest companies but paid $0 in taxes last year. Do you know what that means? It mean WE have to make up the difference. Some people really need to educate themselves, only a very small percentage of your tax is paying for unemployment and illegal immigrants.
44% of Americans pay no income tax at all, and they aren’t the rich people that you’re so jealous of, Comrade. The rich are the ones actually paying most of the taxes inn this country.
How much does Amazon pay out in wages every year that is then taxed? How much merchandise does Amazon sell that’s also taxed? Even if they don’t directly pay any taxes, they are certainly indirectly responsible for massive tax payments.
@Liar!,Liar!, maybe that’s because they are unemployed. Progressive taxation kept greed under control when it was used. But eventually the money junkies found ways around it.
We all know that unemployment figures are rigged to make things look better than they are. Unemployed over a year? You won’t be counted.
@Liar!Liar!, the majority of tax filers who don’t pay anything in federal income tax still pay federal taxes. They pay payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare. In fact, they pay a higher percentage of their income in payroll taxes than the rich do because Social Security taxes are only taken out on the first $128K in wages. About 7% of those earning between $86,000 and $150,000 don’t pay any federal income tax. About 1% of those making over $150,000 don’t pay any federal income tax.
This is great news for our state and country.
Thank you President Trump!
Keeping America Great…Trump 2020
This can not be true, a recession is coming.
@ Wizard
in June 2019 it was at 3.2% for Contra Costa County and now it is at 3.4% do you think the 0.2% is just normal fluctuation or do you think a 0.2% difference is significant?
JWB, not significant, don,t drink the Kool Aid…Trump 2020
@ The Wizard
I agree with you that these small changes are not significant wich means the Trump numbers are not significant different from the Obama numbers.
Did they include the homeless in the count? Nothing like the Obama recovery. Or was it the Joe Biden recovery? I forget.
I have a pulse. Hire me.
MAGA, all the way to the bank.
And a big round of applause for me (and everyone else) that gets their a$$ up and outta bed and goes to work every day! Woot Woot!
Did it for fifty years. Never thought much of it except it had to be done. Enjoyed most days. Funny thing is now when I see people commuting to work I think how can they stand it.
Yup. Started as a teen and worked until 50. Started freelancing. The husband started working summers as a child in his dads busness. Then at 16, with his uncle. 40 years. After that, the busness was a no brainer. Still at it and grateful.
So the California unemployment rate is 10% higher than the rest of the country and we still have 34% of all the people on welfare in the US. I see help wanted signs wherever I go and homeless wherever I go. Newsom/Brown syndrome making poverty a goal.
As a liberal, randy has a tough time typing the word “job.”
I think he’s allergic to work.
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