The week in review: October 19–23
The week of October 19–23 on sanjose.metrotrendlines.com, in 10 posts.
Monday, October 19 — Buy or rent: the San Jose ratio, September 2026. The typical San Jose-area home was worth $1,523,615 in September 2026, and the typical asking rent was $3,812 a month. Divide the first by a year of the second and you get the price-to-rent ratio: 33.3.
Monday, October 19 — San Jose asking rents, September 2026. The typical asking rent in the San Jose metro was $3,812 a month in September 2026, up 8.3% from a year earlier — a record in the dollars on the lease. The second chart takes inflation out.
Tuesday, October 20 — San Jose’s home market, August 2026. Homes in the San Jose metro sold for 102.0% of their list price on average in August 2026, against 101.9% a year earlier, and 51% of them sold above it. The most competitive month in this record was April 2018, at 111.6% of list.
Tuesday, October 20 — San Jose wages after inflation, September 2026. Private-sector workers in the San Jose metro averaged $53.28 an hour in September 2026. Adjusted for inflation that is $53.28 in today’s money, down 5.0% from a year earlier.
Wednesday, October 21 — San Jose-metro manufacturing jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro manufacturers employed 131,100 people in September 2026, up 2.0% from a year earlier — 11.1% of all payroll jobs in the metro. The sector peaked at 260,500 jobs in December 2000 and has shed roughly 50% of that since.
Wednesday, October 21 — San Jose-metro payrolls, September 2026. San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara employers reported 1,178,200 nonfarm jobs in September 2026 (not seasonally adjusted), up 19,100 — +1.6% — from a year earlier.
Thursday, October 22 — San Jose-metro construction jobs, September 2026. The San Jose metro’s construction and mining employers had 57,900 jobs on payroll in September 2026, up 7.4% from a year earlier. That is 4.9% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 4.7% a year before.
Thursday, October 22 — Restaurant and hotel jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro restaurants, bars, hotels and venues employed 105,200 people in September 2026, up 2.4% from a year earlier — 8.9% 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 Jose information-sector employment, September 2026. The San Jose metro’s information sector employed 97,000 people in September 2026, down 0.7% from a year earlier. That is 8.2% of every payroll job in the metro, against 8.4% 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.