The week in review: October 19–23
The week of October 19–23 on sfo.metrotrendlines.com, in 10 posts.
Monday, October 19 — Buy or rent: the San Francisco ratio, September 2026. The typical San Francisco-area home was worth $1,120,379 in September 2026, and the typical asking rent was $3,445 a month. Divide the first by a year of the second and you get the price-to-rent ratio: 27.1.
Monday, October 19 — San Francisco asking rents, September 2026. The typical asking rent in the San Francisco metro was $3,445 a month in September 2026, up 11.8% from a year earlier — a record in the dollars on the lease. The second chart takes inflation out.
Tuesday, October 20 — San Francisco’s home market, August 2026. Homes in the San Francisco metro sold for 105.3% of their list price on average in August 2026, against 102.4% a year earlier, and 54% of them sold above it. The most competitive month in this record was April 2022, at 115.3% of list.
Tuesday, October 20 — San Francisco wages after inflation, September 2026. Private-sector workers in the San Francisco metro averaged $50.70 an hour in September 2026. Adjusted for inflation that is $50.70 in today’s money, up 0.5% from a year earlier.
Wednesday, October 21 — San Francisco-metro manufacturing jobs, September 2026. San Francisco-metro manufacturers employed 128,100 people in September 2026, down 3.5% from a year earlier — 5.3% of all payroll jobs in the metro.
Wednesday, October 21 — San Francisco-metro payrolls, September 2026. San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont employers reported 2,422,500 nonfarm jobs in September 2026 (not seasonally adjusted), up 8,300 — +0.3% — from a year earlier.
Thursday, October 22 — San Francisco-metro construction jobs, September 2026. The San Francisco metro’s construction and mining employers had 115,000 jobs on payroll in September 2026, down 3.0% from a year earlier. That is 4.7% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 4.9% a year before.
Thursday, October 22 — Restaurant and hotel jobs, September 2026. San Francisco-metro restaurants, bars, hotels and venues employed 258,300 people in September 2026, up 2.3% from a year earlier — 10.7% of all payroll jobs in the metro. No other series on this site records 2020 as plainly.
Friday, October 23 — California jobless claims, week of Oct 17, 2026. California workers filed 38,585 initial unemployment claims in the week ending Oct 17, 2026; the steadier four-week average is 38,080, down 9.5% from the same weeks a year ago. Read the chart in two parts.
Friday, October 23 — San Francisco information-sector employment, September 2026. The San Francisco metro’s information sector employed 127,100 people in September 2026, down 3.6% from a year earlier. That is 5.2% of every payroll job in the metro, against 5.5% a year before.
The week in review: every post from October 19–23, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.