Employed residents in San Diego, CA

Employed residents in San Diego, CA was 719,289 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 285 cities in 2025.

2025, persons719,289

Change on 2024+0.3%

Rank2nd of 285Cities in California ranked

Series high719,2892025

Series low514,2451993

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Employed residents in San Diego, CA, 1990 to 2025

persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.

All 36 values

Period	persons
2025	719,289
2024	717,199
2023	711,265
2022	698,553
2021	656,457
2020	633,589
2019	693,271
2018	691,009
2017	681,087
2016	670,591
2015	660,821
2014	648,129
2013	636,938
2012	625,210
2011	609,492
2010	605,444
2009	633,825
2008	655,202
2007	652,344
2006	646,639
2005	640,390
2004	631,270
2003	618,431
2002	612,087
2001	602,991
2000	590,976
1999	599,923
1998	580,332
1997	559,124
1996	535,733
1995	524,852
1994	521,291
1993	514,245
1992	515,492
1991	518,639
1990	531,611

Rankings

US cities by employed residents 1706 places
Cities in California by employed residents 285 places

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, San Diego, CA, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, San Diego, CA, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/san-diego-ca. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, San Diego, CA, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/san-diego-ca.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, San Diego, CA, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/san-diego-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, San Diego, CA, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/san-diego-ca. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the employed residents in San Diego, CA?

Employed residents in San Diego, CA was 719,289 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 285 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in San Diego, CA?

719,289 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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