More San Diego government jobs (Click here) were lost last month.
During July, California’s unemployment rate remained at 12.3 percent for the second consecutive month, which is higher than the national average of 9.5 percent. The San Diego area had a rate of 10.5 percent during June.
The San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area had a total non-farm employment of 1,212,900 workers during July, which is down from 1,226,000 workers during June and a .3 decrease from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.