San Marino-Area Unemployment Rate Worsened In June: Feds

SAN MARINO, CA — The U.S. pandemic economic recovery moved full steam ahead in July as employers added nearly 1 million jobs.

About 943,000 non-farm jobs were added in July and unemployment dropped 0.5 percentage points to 5.4 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. May and June employment figures were also revised upward, with both months now combined for 1.55 million additional jobs.

The latest available local unemployment figures are for June, which actually showed an increase over May in the San Marino area, according to BLS. Still, the unemployment rate is much lower than during the worst of the pandemic; and when July figures become available, they are expected to show further improvement in most parts of the country.

The Los Angeles County unemployment rate was 10.5 in June, up from 10.2 percent in May. That reflected significant improvement from June 2020, when the unemployment rate stood at 17.9 percent.

The June unemployment rate in Los Angeles County was higher than the California rate of 8.0 percent, according to the latest local figures from the BLS.

Nationally, total non-farm payroll employment is up 16.7 million positions since April 2020 but down 5.7 million (3.7 percent) from pre-pandemic levels.

Average hourly earnings increased by 11 cents to $30.54, marking four straight months of increases.

The leisure and hospitality industries once again had a stellar rebound in employment, with about 380,000 jobs added in July. Still, employment in the sector is down 10.3 percent from pre-pandemic levels.

Editor's note: This post was automatically generated using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. Please report any errors or other feedback to [email protected].