The week in review: October 26–30
The week of October 26–30 on sanjose.metrotrendlines.com, in 9 posts.
Monday, October 26 — San Jose-metro education and health jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro education and health employers had 229,200 people on payroll in September 2026, up 5.1% from a year earlier. That is 19.5% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 18.8% a year before.
Monday, October 26 — San Jose-metro professional services jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro professional and business services employers had 277,600 people on payroll in September 2026, down 0.1% from a year earlier. That is 23.6% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 24.0% a year before.
Tuesday, October 27 — San Jose-metro finance jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro financial activities employers had 35,700 people on payroll in September 2026, down 1.9% from a year earlier. That is 3.0% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 3.1% a year before.
Tuesday, October 27 — San Jose-metro trade and transport jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro trade, transportation and utilities employers had 117,100 people on payroll in September 2026, up 0.9% from a year earlier. That is 9.9% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 10.0% a year before.
Wednesday, October 28 — San Jose-metro government jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro government employers had 99,400 people on payroll in September 2026, down 0.8% from a year earlier. That is 8.4% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 8.6% a year before.
Wednesday, October 28 — San Jose-metro other services jobs, September 2026. San Jose-metro other services employers had 28,000 people on payroll in September 2026, up 0.7% from a year earlier. That is 2.4% of all payroll jobs in the metro, against 2.4% a year before.
Thursday, October 29 — San Jose building permits, September 2026. The San Jose metro permitted 6,895 housing units in the twelve months through September 2026, up 42.1% from the twelve months before. The twelve-month total peaked at 10,397 in November 2014 and bottomed at 995 in December 2009.
Thursday, October 29 — 311 service requests in San Jose, August 2026. San Jose’s open-data portal lists 30,449 311 service requests for August 2026, down 1.2% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 28,760 a month.
Friday, October 30 — California jobless claims, week of Oct 24, 2026. California workers filed 39,628 initial unemployment claims in the week ending Oct 24, 2026; the steadier four-week average is 39,371, down 6.3% from the same weeks a year ago. Read the chart in two parts.
The week in review: every post from October 26–30, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.