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SLO County unemployment rate continues steady decline

December 13, 2025

By KAREN VELIE

San Luis Obispo County’s unemployment rate fell slightly in September to 4.8%, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. During the same time, unemployment rates increased in both California and in United States.

The county unemployment rate fell from 5% in August to 4.8% in September.

During September, job gains were seen in the local government sector which gained 300 jobs and in the state government sector which garnered 100 jobs.

In the jobs losses category, the hospitality sector led with 400 jobs eliminated.

San Luis Obispo County is ranked 13th out of 58 California counties for lower numbers of unemployed workers. SLO County’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average of 4.3% and lower than the state’s 5.6% rate.

In California, San Mateo County at 4% has the lowest unemployment rate and Imperial County comes in on the bottom with an unemployment rate of 21.5%.

 


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Oh, those dang tarrifs!


Is that how this works, Libocrats?


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400 new government jobs, yeah those were needed, the government is doing things so much better now……..


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Funny. I paid more attention to the fact that we lost 400 jobs in hospitality sector. Which is directly tied to this government. A government that inspects 10 years of social media not for terror threats, merely for ideological ones, on inbound travelers will see a downturn in tourism. Neither small, conservative, nor efficient.


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Mental illness is real


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