Employed residents in San Francisco, CA

Employed residents in San Francisco, CA was 485,622 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.6% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 285 cities in 2025.

2025, persons485,622

Change on 2024-0.6%

Rank4th of 285Cities in California ranked

Series high527,9932019

Series low370,7671995

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

Employed residents in San Francisco, 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	485,622
2024	488,700
2023	500,864
2022	505,438
2021	472,945
2020	476,420
2019	527,993
2018	515,569
2017	505,038
2016	496,449
2015	521,868
2014	504,501
2013	486,357
2012	473,400
2011	453,047
2010	442,615
2009	422,959
2008	437,476
2007	418,481
2006	401,532
2005	395,172
2004	395,838
2003	401,465
2002	417,829
2001	445,581
2000	457,222
1999	404,860
1998	399,231
1997	391,488
1996	378,392
1995	370,767
1994	375,391
1993	377,215
1992	376,937
1991	383,553
1990	394,331

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.

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.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

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 Francisco, 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 Francisco, 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-francisco-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 Francisco, 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-francisco-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 Francisco, 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-francisco-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{bureau_employed_residents_san_francisco_2025,
  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 Francisco, 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-francisco-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

TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, San Francisco, CA, 1990 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/san-francisco-ca
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/san-francisco-ca.
N1  - 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.
ER  -

Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Embed code

<iframe src="https://invokely.ai/embed/employed-residents/san-francisco-ca" width="760" height="440" title="Employed residents, San Francisco, CA, chart from Invokely" loading="lazy" style="border:0;width:100%;max-width:760px" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employed residents in San Francisco, CA? Cite the source.

get_value {"indicator":"employed_residents","place":"us-place-0667000"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employed_residents&place=us-place-0667000

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employed residents in San Francisco, CA?

Employed residents in San Francisco, CA was 485,622 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.6% from 2024. That is the 4th 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 Francisco, CA?

527,993 in 2019, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Employed residents elsewhere in California

Related statistics for San Francisco, CA

All statistics for San Francisco, CA | San Francisco, CA in figures