San Francisco's leading industries: jobs gained and lost
A diverging horizontal bar chart showing job changes across SF industries for two periods: year-over-year (May 2025–May 2026) in gold/yellow, and month-over-month (April–May 2026) in green. All jobs gained 6,400 year-over-year and 400 month-over-month. Leisure and hospitality led monthly gains at +2,000, driven by food and drink services (+700) and accommodations (+300). Private education and healthcare gained 4,100 year-over-year but lost 1,100 month-over-month. Information/tech added 900 year-over-year but shed 500 month-over-month. Financial administration lost 1,700 year-over-year with no monthly change. Professional and business services lost 400 year-over-year and 1,600 month-over-month. Government lost 1,900 year-over-year but gained 700 month-over-month. Chart by Jessica Blough; source: Employment Development Department.