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Controller: San Francisco job market shows slow recovery; downtown retail foot traffic still weak

San Francisco Small Business Commission · March 24, 2025
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Summary

Ted Egan of the Controller’s Office briefed the commission on economic indicators showing a gradual jobs recovery (unemployment 3.9%), improving transit ridership, but retail foot traffic and hotel revenues remain below pre-pandemic levels.

Ted Egan, chief economist at the San Francisco Controller’s Office, presented the office’s bimonthly economic indicators on March 24, describing a slow recovery with mixed signals across sectors.

Key takeaways: Egan said the city’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was about 3.9% and that employment has shown slow growth; retail foot traffic (Placer.ai data) was about 65% of normal as of…

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