San Diego County's unemployment rate was 10.6% in September, unchanged from August's revised level. Government gained 2,100 jobs from August, but leisure and hospitality, which had shown some strength in recent months, lost 1,300. Some of San Diego's main industries still show losses from a year ago, when some thought things couldn't get any worse. Construction jobs have gone down 0.9% from September of 2009; manufacturing is down 2% over the year, retail trade down 1.5%, financial activities down 1.9%, real estate & rental & leasing down 3.5%, government down 1.7%, and leisure and hospitality down 1.1%
San Diego County's unemployment rate was 10.6% in September, unchanged from August's revised level. Government gained 2,100 jobs from August, but leisure and hospitality, which had shown some strength in recent months, lost 1,300. Some of San Diego's main industries still show losses from a year ago, when some thought things couldn't get any worse. Construction jobs have gone down 0.9% from September of 2009; manufacturing is down 2% over the year, retail trade down 1.5%, financial activities down 1.9%, real estate & rental & leasing down 3.5%, government down 1.7%, and leisure and hospitality down 1.1%