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Comptroller office: San Francisco recovery continues but job losses persist in leisure and retail
Summary
Ted Egan, chief economist for the Office of the Comptroller, told the commission that total employment in the San Francisco metro area has dipped slightly (under 1%) year over year, with nearly 20,000 jobs still lost in leisure and hospitality and continuing weakness in retail and trade; downtown activity and apartment rents show signs of recovery.
Ted Egan, chief economist with the San Francisco Office of the Comptroller, presented a September 2025 economic update to the Small Business Commission, describing a mixed picture for the city's recovery.
Egan said federal data delays (a federal shutdown affected labor-market reporting) meant the office relied on August data and would reissue an updated report when Employment Development Department (EDD) numbers were…
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