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San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

San Diego Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2026
Western Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Sep 2014
Western - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – West	Consumer price indexes	Table	Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2026
Consumer Expenditures in the San Diego Metropolitan Area — 2023–24	Consumer spending	News Release	Jan 2026
CPI HIstorical Table - San Diego, CA (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
CPI Historical Table - San Diego, CA (old base) (PDF)	Consumer price indexes	Table	Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, San Diego Area — May 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jun 2026
2018 CPI Geographic Revision Fact Sheet	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2018
Consumer Price Index Data Tables - Pacific Cities and U.S. City Average	Consumer price indexes	Factsheet	Mar 2020

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Economy at a Glance:

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
Data Series	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	1,651.5	1,668.0	1,663.6	1,653.9	1,644.1	(p)1,640.5
Employment(1)	1,574.4	1,592.3	1,592.2	1,585.8	1,580.1	(p)1,567.6
Unemployment(1)	77.2	75.7	71.4	68.1	64.0	(p)72.9
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.1	3.9	(p)4.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	1,563.5	1,565.3	1,573.0	1,580.6	1,584.1	(p)1,584.3
12-month % change	0.7	0.5	1.0	0.7	0.8	(p)1.1
Mining and Logging(3)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	(p)0.3
12-month % change	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)	85.7	85.5	85.8	86.4	87.2	(p)87.3
12-month % change	-3.2	-3.6	-1.9	-3.5	-2.6	(p)-2.8
Manufacturing(3)	109.4	109.5	109.3	109.2	109.3	(p)109.9
12-month % change	-1.1	-1.2	-1.2	-1.4	-0.7	(p)-0.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	218.6	216.7	216.0	216.4	215.8	(p)215.7
12-month % change	-1.0	-1.2	-1.0	-0.5	-0.5	(p)-0.4
Information(3)	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.0	17.0	(p)17.0
12-month % change	-7.5	-7.0	-5.5	-6.6	-6.1	(p)-6.6
Financial Activities(3)	72.2	72.4	72.5	72.4	72.3	(p)72.5
12-month % change	0.3	0.0	0.6	-1.4	-1.5	(p)-1.2
Professional and Business Services(3)	263.1	265.3	265.4	266.0	265.2	(p)264.9
12-month % change	0.1	0.7	1.1	0.5	1.0	(p)1.3
Education and Health Services(3)	282.8	281.5	285.3	287.3	287.1	(p)286.5
12-month % change	6.4	4.6	6.2	6.2	5.7	(p)6.6
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	201.7	203.7	205.2	207.7	211.2	(p)213.7
12-month % change	3.1	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.4	(p)3.5
Other Services(3)	59.1	59.5	59.5	60.1	60.3	(p)60.7
12-month % change	5.3	4.9	3.7	3.8	3.3	(p)5.2
Government(3)	253.3	253.7	256.5	257.8	258.4	(p)255.8
12-month % change	-3.2	-2.9	-2.9	-3.2	-3.0	(p)-3.2
Consumer Price Index: San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
CPI-U, All items(4)	391.981		397.284		401.605
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)	2.6		3.2		3.8
CPI-W, All items(5)	369.084		376.122		381.325
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)	2.1		3.2		4.1
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary