Labor
Number of Workers in Family
The San Diego, CA has an average of 1.6 workers per family. This market subsequently ranks 26th in the number of workers per family across the 167 STI Markets. It has a location quotient of 1.04 time the national average of 1.5.
Labor Force
The San Diego, CA ranks 30th in labor force participation among the 167 STI Markets with 66.1% of those 16 plus in the labor force. Of those in the Labor force 5.3% are in the Armed Forces a value 6.89 times the national average resulting in an Armed Forces employment ranking of 7th across STI Markets.
In terms of overall employment size, the market ranks 142nd with employment of 1,710,224.
Unemployment Rate of 4.6%
With an Unemployment Rate of 4.6% the San Diego, CA currently ranks 38th in Unemployment among the 167 STI Markets.
UER Inequality - Moderate
The San Diego, CA can current be classified as having Moderate level of variation across its Census Tracts. This classification is based on the Gini Coefficient of the market which is currently 0.332. Low (0 to .3), Moderate (.3 to .4), High (.4 to .6), Extreme (.6 to 1). The Gini Coefficient is often used to classify inequality. Across all STI Markets the San Diego, CA ranks 157th. The interquartile range of the markets Census Tracts, that is its 25th percentile and 75th percentile values, are 2.5% and 5.9%, respectively.