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Unemployed people in Salinas, CA

Unemployed people in Salinas, CA was 8,180 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 9.4% from 2024. That is the 12th highest of 285 cities in 2025.

2025, persons8,180
Change on 2024+9.4%
Rank12th of 285Cities in California ranked
Series high12,6862009
Series low6,3642022

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Unemployed people in Salinas, CA, 1990 to 2025

6,0008,00010K12K14K19901996200220082014202020251990: 7,202 persons1991: 8,471 persons1992: 9,539 persons1993: 9,951 persons1994: 9,399 persons1995: 9,307 persons1996: 8,722 persons1997: 8,623 persons1998: 8,545 persons1999: 7,844 persons2000: 7,254 persons2001: 7,838 persons2002: 9,158 persons2003: 9,247 persons2004: 8,405 persons2005: 7,369 persons2006: 6,900 persons2007: 7,182 persons2008: 8,831 persons2009: 12,686 persons2010: 10,578 persons2011: 10,412 persons2012: 9,601 persons2013: 8,577 persons2014: 7,620 persons2015: 6,778 persons2016: 8,063 persons2017: 7,580 persons2018: 6,941 persons2019: 6,886 persons2020: 10,289 persons2021: 8,063 persons2022: 6,364 persons2023: 7,215 persons2024: 7,480 persons2025: 8,180 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20258,180
20247,480
20237,215
20226,364
20218,063
202010,289
20196,886
20186,941
20177,580
20168,063
20156,778
20147,620
20138,577
20129,601
201110,412
201010,578
200912,686
20088,831
20077,182
20066,900
20057,369
20048,405
20039,247
20029,158
20017,838
20007,254
19997,844
19988,545
19978,623
19968,722
19959,307
19949,399
19939,951
19929,539
19918,471
19907,202

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Salinas, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Salinas, 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/unemployed-people/salinas-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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Salinas, 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/unemployed-people/salinas-ca.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Salinas, 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/unemployed-people/salinas-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the unemployed people in Salinas, CA?

Unemployed people in Salinas, CA was 8,180 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 9.4% from 2024. That is the 12th 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Salinas, CA?

12,686 in 2009, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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