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Unemployment rate in Brawley, CA

Unemployment rate in Brawley, CA was 18.8% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is unchanged from August 2025. That is the 2nd highest of 285 cities in August 2026.

August 202618.8% Provisional
Change on August 20250 pts
Rank2nd of 285Cities in California ranked
Series high33.4August 2016
Series low9.5May 2022

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

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Unemployment rate in Brawley, CA, January 2015 to August 2026

51015202530352015-012016-092018-052020-012021-092023-052025-012026-082015-01: 26.2 %2015-02: 24.9 %2015-03: 25.2 %2015-04: 26.9 %2015-05: 26 %2015-06: 27 %2015-07: 30.2 %2015-08: 29.8 %2015-09: 28 %2015-10: 27.3 %2015-11: 25.6 %2015-12: 24.3 %2016-01: 26.8 %2016-02: 26 %2016-03: 26.3 %2016-04: 29.2 %2016-05: 28 %2016-06: 30.2 %2016-07: 33.2 %2016-08: 33.4 %2016-09: 32 %2016-10: 30.6 %2016-11: 28.3 %2016-12: 26.2 %2017-01: 19.5 %2017-02: 17.6 %2017-03: 17.8 %2017-04: 15.7 %2017-05: 14.8 %2017-06: 16.7 %2017-07: 18.7 %2017-08: 19.5 %2017-09: 18.3 %2017-10: 16.8 %2017-11: 17 %2017-12: 16.5 %2018-01: 16 %2018-02: 13.6 %2018-03: 13.3 %2018-04: 12.1 %2018-05: 11.6 %2018-06: 13.8 %2018-07: 15.6 %2018-08: 17.6 %2018-09: 17.3 %2018-10: 17.1 %2018-11: 16.4 %2018-12: 16.1 %2019-01: 16 %2019-02: 13.9 %2019-03: 13.4 %2019-04: 12.3 %2019-05: 11.6 %2019-06: 13.3 %2019-07: 15.9 %2019-08: 17.1 %2019-09: 15.9 %2019-10: 16.4 %2019-11: 15.9 %2019-12: 15.9 %2020-01: 17.7 %2020-02: 16 %2020-03: 21.6 %2020-04: 23.7 %2020-05: 21.9 %2020-06: 20.9 %2020-07: 22.2 %2020-08: 19.4 %2020-09: 19 %2020-10: 18.3 %2020-11: 18.2 %2020-12: 17.6 %2021-01: 17.6 %2021-02: 17.2 %2021-03: 16.9 %2021-04: 16.1 %2021-05: 14.6 %2021-06: 16.4 %2021-07: 18.3 %2021-08: 18.3 %2021-09: 16.6 %2021-10: 15.8 %2021-11: 14.7 %2021-12: 14 %2022-01: 14.8 %2022-02: 13 %2022-03: 11.9 %2022-04: 10.6 %2022-05: 9.5 %2022-06: 11.2 %2022-07: 13.2 %2022-08: 14.8 %2022-09: 14.1 %2022-10: 15 %2022-11: 14.4 %2022-12: 13.9 %2023-01: 13.9 %2023-02: 13.4 %2023-03: 13 %2023-04: 11.2 %2023-05: 11.3 %2023-06: 12.7 %2023-07: 15.1 %2023-08: 16.6 %2023-09: 16.3 %2023-10: 17.4 %2023-11: 16.3 %2023-12: 15.5 %2024-01: 15.8 %2024-02: 15.7 %2024-03: 14.1 %2024-04: 12.8 %2024-05: 12.5 %2024-06: 14 %2024-07: 16.6 %2024-08: 18.1 %2024-09: 17 %2024-10: 18.4 %2024-11: 17.6 %2024-12: 16.5 %2025-01: 15.6 %2025-02: 14.2 %2025-03: 14.3 %2025-04: 14 %2025-05: 14.1 %2025-06: 14.8 %2025-07: 16.4 %2025-08: 18.8 %2025-09: 18.6 %2025-11: 17.7 %2025-12: 16.8 %2026-01: 16.9 %2026-02: 16.4 %2026-03: 15.6 %2026-04: 13.9 %2026-05: 13.6 %2026-06: 14.5 %2026-07: 16.8 %2026-08: 18.8 %0102030402015-012018-122022-112026-082026-08: 18.8 %
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 139 values
Period%
2026-0818.8 Provisional
2026-0716.8
2026-0614.5
2026-0513.6
2026-0413.9
2026-0315.6
2026-0216.4
2026-0116.9
2025-1216.8
2025-1117.7
2025-0918.6
2025-0818.8
2025-0716.4
2025-0614.8
2025-0514.1
2025-0414
2025-0314.3
2025-0214.2
2025-0115.6
2024-1216.5
2024-1117.6
2024-1018.4
2024-0917
2024-0818.1
2024-0716.6
2024-0614
2024-0512.5
2024-0412.8
2024-0314.1
2024-0215.7
2024-0115.8
2023-1215.5
2023-1116.3
2023-1017.4
2023-0916.3
2023-0816.6
2023-0715.1
2023-0612.7
2023-0511.3
2023-0411.2
2023-0313
2023-0213.4
2023-0113.9
2022-1213.9
2022-1114.4
2022-1015
2022-0914.1
2022-0814.8
2022-0713.2
2022-0611.2
2022-059.5
2022-0410.6
2022-0311.9
2022-0213
2022-0114.8
2021-1214
2021-1114.7
2021-1015.8
2021-0916.6
2021-0818.3
2021-0718.3
2021-0616.4
2021-0514.6
2021-0416.1
2021-0316.9
2021-0217.2
2021-0117.6
2020-1217.6
2020-1118.2
2020-1018.3
2020-0919
2020-0819.4
2020-0722.2
2020-0620.9
2020-0521.9
2020-0423.7
2020-0321.6
2020-0216
2020-0117.7
2019-1215.9
2019-1115.9
2019-1016.4
2019-0915.9
2019-0817.1
2019-0715.9
2019-0613.3
2019-0511.6
2019-0412.3
2019-0313.4
2019-0213.9
2019-0116
2018-1216.1
2018-1116.4
2018-1017.1
2018-0917.3
2018-0817.6
2018-0715.6
2018-0613.8
2018-0511.6
2018-0412.1
2018-0313.3
2018-0213.6
2018-0116
2017-1216.5
2017-1117
2017-1016.8
2017-0918.3
2017-0819.5
2017-0718.7
2017-0616.7
2017-0514.8
2017-0415.7
2017-0317.8
2017-0217.6
2017-0119.5
2016-1226.2
2016-1128.3
2016-1030.6
2016-0932
2016-0833.4
2016-0733.2
2016-0630.2
2016-0528
2016-0429.2
2016-0326.3
2016-0226
2016-0126.8
2015-1224.3
2015-1125.6
2015-1027.3
2015-0928
2015-0829.8
2015-0730.2
2015-0627
2015-0526
2015-0426.9
2015-0325.2
2015-0224.9
2015-0126.2

Compared with California and United States

PlaceAugust 2026
Brawley, CA18.8
California5.1
United States4.1

Rankings

Definition

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03) (Unemployment rate, Brawley, CA, 2015-01 to 2026-08) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Unemployment rate, Brawley, CA, 2015-01 to 2026-08. 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/unemployment-rate/brawley-ca. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Unemployment rate, Brawley, CA, 2015-01 to 2026-08. 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/unemployment-rate/brawley-ca.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Unemployment rate, Brawley, CA, 2015-01 to 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployment-rate/brawley-ca (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployment rate in Brawley, CA?

Unemployment rate in Brawley, CA was 18.8% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is unchanged from August 2025. That is the 2nd highest of 285 cities in August 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployment rate in Brawley, CA?

33.4% in August 2016, the highest value since January 2015 in this series.

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