as of September, 2021:
| County | Employment | Unemployment | Unemployment Rate | Labor Force |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 762,994 | 42,249 | 5.2 | 805,243 |
| Alpine | 438 | 38 | 8.0 | 476 |
| Amador | 13,868 | 842 | 5.7 | 14,710 |
| Butte | 88,420 | 5,379 | 5.7 | 93,799 |
| Calaveras | 20,805 | 1,036 | 4.7 | 21,841 |
| Colusa | 10,301 | 941 | 8.4 | 11,242 |
| Contra Costa | 507,622 | 29,805 | 5.5 | 537,427 |
| Del Norte | 8,945 | 586 | 6.1 | 9,531 |
| El Dorado | 87,039 | 4,505 | 4.9 | 91,544 |
| Fresno | 410,435 | 34,562 | 7.8 | 444,997 |
| Glenn | 12,138 | 733 | 5.7 | 12,871 |
| Humboldt | 57,622 | 3,061 | 5.0 | 60,683 |
| Imperial | 55,920 | 12,329 | 18.1 | 68,249 |
| Inyo | 7,842 | 406 | 4.9 | 8,248 |
| Kern | 351,475 | 33,621 | 8.7 | 385,096 |
| Kings | 51,858 | 4,485 | 8.0 | 56,343 |
| Lake | 27,435 | 1,824 | 6.2 | 29,259 |
| Lassen | 9,354 | 452 | 4.6 | 9,806 |
| Los Angeles | 4,621,494 | 413,027 | 8.2 | 5,034,521 |
| Madera | 58,064 | 4,543 | 7.3 | 62,607 |
| Marin | 129,104 | 4,840 | 3.6 | 133,944 |
| Mariposa | 7,292 | 442 | 5.7 | 7,734 |
| Mendocino | 35,055 | 1,900 | 5.1 | 36,955 |
| Merced | 108,567 | 9,751 | 8.2 | 118,318 |
| Modoc | 3,222 | 172 | 5.1 | 3,394 |
| Mono | 7,954 | 463 | 5.5 | 8,417 |
| Monterey | 212,570 | 12,791 | 5.7 | 225,361 |
| Napa | 68,028 | 3,282 | 4.6 | 71,310 |
| Nevada | 45,513 | 2,218 | 4.6 | 47,731 |
| Orange | 1,502,184 | 79,795 | 5.0 | 1,581,979 |
| Placer | 178,789 | 7,968 | 4.3 | 186,757 |
| Plumas | 7,461 | 533 | 6.7 | 7,994 |
| Riverside | 1,041,530 | 73,358 | 6.6 | 1,114,888 |
| Sacramento | 669,291 | 43,145 | 6.1 | 712,436 |
| San Benito | 29,720 | 1,890 | 6.0 | 31,610 |
| San Bernardino | 914,018 | 64,713 | 6.6 | 978,731 |
| San Diego | 1,448,595 | 86,140 | 5.6 | 1,534,735 |
| San Francisco | 535,682 | 23,128 | 4.1 | 558,810 |
| San Joaquin | 308,153 | 24,919 | 7.5 | 333,072 |
| San Luis Obispo | 124,997 | 5,975 | 4.6 | 130,972 |
| San Mateo | 422,588 | 16,800 | 3.8 | 439,388 |
| Santa Barbara | 211,056 | 10,295 | 4.7 | 221,351 |
| Santa Clara | 986,777 | 40,305 | 3.9 | 1,027,082 |
| Santa Cruz | 127,052 | 7,193 | 5.4 | 134,245 |
| Shasta | 70,812 | 4,164 | 5.6 | 74,976 |
| Sierra | 1,350 | 60 | 4.3 | 1,410 |
| Siskiyou | 16,160 | 1,077 | 6.2 | 17,237 |
| Solano | 189,740 | 12,825 | 6.3 | 202,565 |
| Sonoma | 238,404 | 11,162 | 4.5 | 249,566 |
| Stanislaus | 227,869 | 16,989 | 6.9 | 244,858 |
| Sutter | 42,907 | 3,269 | 7.1 | 46,176 |
| Tehama | 24,716 | 1,539 | 5.9 | 26,255 |
| Trinity | 4,512 | 223 | 4.7 | 4,735 |
| Tulare | 181,786 | 18,730 | 9.3 | 200,516 |
| Tuolumne | 18,679 | 1,219 | 6.1 | 19,898 |
| Ventura | 388,564 | 21,597 | 5.3 | 410,161 |
| Yolo | 102,166 | 5,087 | 4.7 | 107,253 |
| Yuba | 28,056 | 2,208 | 7.3 | 30,264 |