News Release Connect with DOL at https://blog.dol.gov TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, June 4, 2020 COVID-19 Impact The COVID-19 virus continues to impact the number of initial claims and insured unemployment. This report includes information on claimants filing Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation claims. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 1,877,000, a decrease of 249,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 3,000 from 2,123,000 to 2,126,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,284,000, a decrease of 324,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 750 from 2,608,000 to 2,608,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 14.8 percent for the week ending May 23, an increase of 0.5 percentage point from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised down by 0.2 from 14.5 to 14.3 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 23 was 21,487,000, an increase of 649,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 214,000 from 21,052,000 to 20,838,000. The 4-week moving average was 22,446,250, a decrease of 222,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 53,500 from 22,722,250 to 22,668,750. 1 UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 1,603,000 in the week ending May 30, a decrease of 314,604 (or -16.4 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 102,045 (or -5.3 percent) from the previous week. There were 189,577 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In addition, for the week ending May 30, 36 states reported 623,073 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 13.2 percent during the week ending May 23, an increase of 0.3 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 19,295,200, an increase of 437,072 (or 2.3 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 145,864 (or -0.8 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.1 percent and the volume was 1,521,741. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending May 16 was 29,965,415, a decrease of 991,744 from the previous week. There were 1,534,449 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019. Extended Benefits were available in 22 states during the week ending May 16. Those states included Alaska, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 2,053 in the week ending May 23, an increase of 229 from the prior week. There were 1,414 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 201 from the preceding week. 2 There were 14,856 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending May 16, a decrease of 1,756 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 11,401, a decrease of 2,888 from the prior week. During the week ending May 16, 35 states reported 10,740,918 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 28 states reported 209,692 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending May 16 were in Nevada (24.9), Maine (22.9), Michigan (22.9), Puerto Rico (22.7), Hawaii (20.6), New York (19.2), Rhode Island (18.6), Washington (17.7), Louisiana (17.4), and New Hampshire (16.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending May 23 were in Maine (+11,941), Oklahoma (+10,274), Michigan (+7,859), Kentucky (+6,417), and Oregon (+4,913), while the largest decreases were in Washington (-90,683), Florida (-49,993), California (-41,169), New York (-34,875), and Illinois (-14,517). 3 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING Initial Claims (SA) Initial Claims (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) WEEK ENDING Insured Unemployment (SA) Insured Unemployment (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2 Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 May 30 1,877,000 1,603,000 2,284,000 May 23 2,126,000 1,917,604 2,608,750 Change -249,000 -314,604 -324,750 May 16 2,446,000 2,181,640 3,044,000 Prior Year1 220,000 189,577 217,000 May 23 21,487,000 19,295,200 22,446,250 14.8% 13.2% May 16 20,838,000 18,858,128 22,668,750 14.3% 12.9% Change +649,000 +437,072 -222,500 +0.5 +0.3 May 9 24,912,000 22,794,145 21,962,000 17.1% 15.6% Prior Year1 1,695,000 1,521,741 1,682,750 1.2% 1.1% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance May 30 623,073 May 23 1,295,048 Change -671,975 May 16 1,246,871 WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) May 23 2,053 1,414 May 16 1,824 1,213 Change +229 +201 Prior Year1 566 436 Change -3,936,591 -1,756 -2,888 +2,947,852 -12,608 +450 -1,220 +15,017 -991,744 Prior Year1 1,506,500 6,939 5,781 NA NA 1 6,002 9,226 1,534,449 PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN ALL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Regular State Federal Employees Newly Discharged Veterans Pandemic Unemployment Assistance3 Pandemic Emergency UC4 Extended Benefits5 State Additional Benefits6 STC / Workshare 7 TOTAL8 May 16 18,788,626 14,856 11,401 10,740,918 209,692 1,381 4,603 193,938 29,965,415 May 9 22,725,217 16,612 14,289 7,793,066 222,300 931 5,823 178,921 30,957,159 FOOTNOTES SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data, NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Prior year is comparable to most recent data. Most recent week used covered employment of 145,671,710 as denominator. Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA Program information Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information Some states maintain additional benefit programs for those claimants who exhaust regular benefits, and when applicable, extended benefits. Information on states that participate, and the extent of benefits paid, can be found starting on page 4-4 of this link: Extensions and Special Programs PDF Information on STC/Worksharing can be found starting on page 4-8 of the following link: Extensions and Special Programs PDF Totals include PUA Unemployment for the appropriate corresponding week. 4 Advance State Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted STATE Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan* Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania* Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming US Total Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 30 Advance Prior Wk Change 20,785 27,919 -7,134 7,818 8,152 -334 22,067 26,868 -4,801 8,050 10,825 -2,775 230,461 203,262 27,199 12,102 15,719 -3,617 14,268 16,603 -2,335 2,966 4,651 -1,685 3,532 5,135 -1,603 206,494 175,411 31,083 148,095 165,499 -17,404 7,766 9,140 -1,374 3,435 4,727 -1,292 46,522 58,263 -11,741 23,591 25,523 -1,932 6,920 13,653 -6,733 10,429 11,232 -803 42,793 53,738 -10,945 19,810 23,961 -4,151 11,191 16,667 -5,476 31,343 33,991 -2,648 27,174 38,332 -11,158 41,035 64,574 -23,539 22,466 27,211 -4,745 23,945 23,856 89 19,139 27,436 -8,297 2,874 3,821 -947 5,135 5,812 -677 13,879 15,607 -1,728 6,036 7,266 -1230 25,632 34,410 -8,778 5,856 9,524 -3,668 82,981 189,087 -106,106 36,400 44,202 -7,802 2,546 2,978 -432 34,638 42,585 -7,947 37,986 43,714 -5,728 19,506 28,452 -8,946 50,462 66,980 -16,518 7,139 13,521 -6,382 2,747 2,937 -190 18,986 25,380 -6,394 1,435 3,471 -2036 22,784 25,439 -2,655 106,821 127,717 -20,896 4,996 5,405 -409 1,382 1,552 -170 20 47 -27 32,202 39,242 -7,040 34,873 49,436 -14,563 4,535 4,904 -369 25,026 28,967 -3,941 1,926 2,800 -874 1,603,000 1,917,604 -314,604 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 23 Advance Prior Wk Change 177,727 190,205 -12,478 46,832 48,000 -1,168 202,581 217,968 -15,387 111,499 120,043 -8,544 2,773,742 2,155,310 618,432 245,445 265,499 -20,054 249,752 272,695 -22,943 56,963 50,780 6,183 68,979 70,103 -1,124 606,364 529,384 76,980 750,918 731,762 19,156 125,506 127,921 -2,415 49,558 56,692 -7,134 720,580 762,367 -41,787 241,224 253,536 -12,312 165,195 178,619 -13,424 108,633 104,553 4,080 205,007 244,342 -39,335 301,753 328,409 -26,656 161,182 138,219 22,963 241,168 255,017 -13,849 577,396 594,515 -17,119 915,383 985,294 -69,911 417,084 416,668 416 177,986 184,150 -6,164 235,679 255,374 -19,695 47,350 49,917 -2,567 57,962 61,604 -3,642 330,740 343,030 -12,290 103,704 109,184 -5,480 547,795 586,532 -38,737 108,938 105,568 3,370 1,767,703 1,811,012 -43,309 543,011 564,068 -21,057 35,409 31,100 4,309 548,375 636,869 -88,494 167,999 139,196 28,803 430,076 293,081 136,995 1,026,339 907,252 119,087 160,299 194,272 -33,973 79,639 87,966 -8,327 220,346 241,793 -21,447 19,593 22,454 -2,861 313,639 327,768 -14,129 1,429,410 1,272,557 156,853 79,269 82,054 -2,785 46,060 50,285 -4,225 4,648 4,534 114 399,273 402,926 -3,653 514,461 593,287 -78,826 92,822 93,086 -264 269,055 291,677 -22,622 17,149 17,631 -482 19,295,200 18,858,128 437,072 Note: Advance claims are not directly comparable to claims reported in prior weeks. Advance claims are reported by the state liable for paying the unemployment compensation, whereas previous weeks reported claims reflect claimants by state of residence. In addition, claims reported as "workshare equivalent" in the previous week are added to the advance claims as a proxy for the current week's "workshare equivalent" activity. *Denotes state estimate. 5 Seasonally Adjusted US Weekly UI Claims (in thousands) Week Ending May 25, 2019 June 1, 2019 June 8, 2019 June 15, 2019 June 22, 2019 June 29, 2019 July 6, 2019 July 13, 2019 July 20, 2019 July 27, 2019 August 3, 2019 August 10, 2019 August 17, 2019 August 24, 2019 August 31, 2019 September 7, 2019 September 14, 2019 September 21, 2019 September 28, 2019 October 5, 2019 October 12, 2019 October 19, 2019 October 26, 2019 November 2, 2019 November 9, 2019 November 16, 2019 November 23, 2019 November 30, 2019 December 7, 2019 December 14, 2019 December 21, 2019 December 28, 2019 January 4, 2020 January 11, 2020 January 18, 2020 January 25, 2020 February 1, 2020 February 8, 2020 February 15, 2020 February 22, 2020 February 29, 2020 March 7, 2020 March 14, 2020 March 21, 2020 March 28, 2020 April 4, 2020 April 11, 2020 April 18, 2020 April 25, 2020 May 2, 2020 May 9, 2020 May 16, 2020 May 23, 2020 May 30, 2020 Initial Claims 218 220 220 219 224 222 211 217 211 216 214 218 215 215 219 208 211 215 218 212 218 213 217 212 222 223 211 206 237 229 218 220 212 207 220 212 201 204 215 220 217 211 282 3,307 6,867 6,615 5,237 4,442 3,867 3,176 2,687 2,446 2,126 1,877 Change from Prior Week 5 2 0 -1 5 -2 -11 6 -6 5 -2 4 -3 0 4 -11 3 4 3 -6 6 -5 4 -5 10 1 -12 -5 31 -8 -11 2 -8 -5 13 -8 -11 3 11 5 -3 -6 71 3,025 3,560 -252 -1,378 -795 -575 -691 -489 -241 -320 -249 Change from Insured Prior Unemployment Week 1,695 20 1,700 5 1,677 -23 1,692 15 1,699 7 1,717 18 1,694 -23 1,682 -12 1,699 17 1,692 -7 1,719 27 1,687 -32 1,699 12 1,683 -16 1,683 0 1,675 -8 1,672 -3 1,667 -5 1,698 31 1,689 -9 1,691 2 1,700 9 1,695 -5 1,702 7 1,697 -5 1,665 -32 1,697 32 1,700 3 1,725 25 1,716 -9 1,728 12 1,775 47 1,759 -16 1,735 -24 1,704 -31 1,753 49 1,678 -75 1,729 51 1,693 -36 1,720 27 1,699 -21 1,702 3 1,784 82 3,059 1,275 7,446 4,387 11,914 4,468 15,819 3,905 18,011 2,192 22,377 4,366 22,548 171 24,912 2,364 20,838 -4,074 21,487 649 4-Week Average 218.25 217.00 217.75 219.25 220.75 221.25 219.00 218.50 215.25 213.75 214.50 214.75 215.75 215.50 216.75 214.25 213.25 213.25 213.00 214.00 215.75 215.25 215.00 215.00 216.00 218.50 217.00 215.50 219.25 220.75 222.50 226.00 219.75 214.25 214.75 212.75 210.00 209.25 208.00 210.00 214.00 215.75 232.50 1,004.25 2,666.75 4,267.75 5,506.50 5,790.25 5,040.25 4,180.50 3,543.00 3,044.00 2,608.75 2,284.00 6 4-Week Average 1,682.75 1,688.25 1,686.75 1,691.00 1,692.00 1,696.25 1,700.50 1,698.00 1,698.00 1,691.75 1,698.00 1,699.25 1,699.25 1,697.00 1,688.00 1,685.00 1,678.25 1,674.25 1,678.00 1,681.50 1,686.25 1,694.50 1,693.75 1,697.00 1,698.50 1,689.75 1,690.25 1,689.75 1,696.75 1,709.50 1,717.25 1,736.00 1,744.50 1,749.25 1,743.25 1,737.75 1,717.50 1,716.00 1,713.25 1,705.00 1,710.25 1,703.50 1,726.25 2,061.00 3,497.75 6,050.75 9,559.50 13,297.50 17,030.25 19,688.75 21,962.00 22,668.75 22,446.25 IUR 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 2.1 5.1 8.2 10.9 12.4 15.4 15.5 17.1 14.3 14.8 Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted STATE Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California* Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming US Total PUA Initial Claims Filed During Week Ended May 30 Advance Prior Wk Change 0 0 0 1,571 0 1,571 0 0 0 0 0 0 72,785 94,732 -21,947 6,414 6,635 -221 2,682 4,491 -1,809 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 925 -849 9,792 14,450 -4,658 14,470 26,482 -12,012 2,007 2,946 -939 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,723 25,187 -19,464 13,487 20,577 -7,090 10,181 14,297 -4,116 54,281 147,594 -93,313 79,045 196,236 -117,191 562 883 -321 0 0 0 5,117 6,717 -1,600 4,648 4,812 -164 1,310 1,511 -201 18,700 37,567 -18,867 0 0 0 47,483 89,261 -41,778 0 3,141 -3,141 2,658 250,130 -247,472 33,742 43,056 -9,314 602 1,141 -539 30,381 44,158 -13,777 1,375 1,747 -372 0 0 0 94,601 80,053 14,548 15,706 67,611 -51,905 2,820 3,995 -1,175 11,373 17,562 -6,189 337 875 -538 6,135 4,040 2,095 46,063 40,635 5,428 1561 2,300 -739 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,685 12,705 -4,020 12,971 21,288 -8,317 0 0 0 3,290 4,458 -1,168 439 850 -411 623,073 1,295,048 -671,975 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended May 16 May 16 May 9 Change 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 699,745 1,148,937 -449,192 101,510 96,779 4,731 55,117 65,560 -10,443 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 633 4,561 -3,928 373,443 159,646 213,797 285,913 67,577 218,336 17,545 16,186 1,359 0 0 0 0 0 0 174,070 118,817 55,253 135,681 35,713 99,968 236,342 170,722 65,620 1,612,010 1,184,792 427,218 2,116,842 1,642,002 474,840 73,411 78,807 -5,396 0 0 0 83,638 89,665 -6,027 53,390 31,028 22,362 20,352 20,206 146 172,346 0 172,346 0 0 0 547,887 302,590 245,297 43,236 49,504 -6,268 1,111,488 226,631 884,857 72,422 59,343 13,079 7,956 8,142 -186 615,968 592,141 23,827 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,010,651 721,664 288,987 338,484 3,948 334,536 38,972 35,932 3,040 88,160 98,189 -10,029 4,107 2,892 1,215 81,439 79,363 2,076 164,386 166,633 -2,247 11,038 10,169 869 0 0 0 0 0 0 193,684 193,227 457 193,276 310,163 -116,887 0 0 0 567 0 567 5,209 1,537 3,672 10,740,918 7,793,066 2,947,852 Note: Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA Program information * Denotes State estimate. 7 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted STATE May 16 May 9 Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming US Total 0 0 0 6,058 324 0 0 1,547 1,104 0 0 0 1,774 28,873 9,097 0 0 0 304 70 5,575 0 33,561 13,405 0 7,437 1,612 10 4,745 0 0 2,595 53,737 0 3,609 11,024 1,732 0 531 0 2,139 0 48 100 0 1,080 0 0 0 13,825 3,776 0 0 209,692 0 0 0 6,633 183 0 0 1,442 1,314 0 0 0 1,239 29,423 14,094 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 12,794 12,935 0 9,347 0 0 518 0 0 2,083 50,117 0 3,061 8,356 317 0 1,500 0 1,592 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 59,766 5,550 0 0 222,300 PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: Change May 2 0 0 0 -575 141 0 0 105 -210 0 0 0 535 -550 -4,997 0 0 0 304 49 5,575 0 20,767 470 0 -1,910 1,612 10 4,227 0 0 512 3,620 0 548 2,668 1,415 0 -969 0 547 0 33 100 0 1,080 0 0 0 -45,941 -1,774 0 0 -12,608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 782 0 4,528 0 0 0 17 12 3,473 0 26,986 11,934 0 10,884 0 0 0 0 0 1,185 48,190 0 0 5,102 0 0 1,365 0 503 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 47,725 0 0 0 162,727 April 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 193 0 0 0 0 0 11 15 2,361 0 8,457 10,619 0 213 0 0 0 0 0 1,030 43,414 0 0 0 0 0 1,251 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 11,899 15 0 0 79,538 Note: Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information 8 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED MAY 23 CHANGE FROM STATE NAME Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Totals STATE 27,919 8,152 26,868 10,825 203,262 15,719 16,603 4,651 5,135 175,411 165,499 9,140 4,727 58,263 25,523 13,653 11,232 53,738 23,961 16,667 33,991 38,332 64,574 27,211 23,856 27,436 3,821 5,812 15,607 7,266 34,410 9,524 189,087 44,202 2,978 42,585 43,714 28,452 66,980 13,521 2,937 25,380 3,471 25,439 127,717 5,405 1,552 47 39,242 49,436 4,904 28,967 2,800 1,917,604 LAST WEEK 2,769 411 -5,089 -602 -41,169 -2,335 -9,357 -903 -61 -49,993 -12,232 -1,824 -1,073 -14,517 -3,913 1,597 -6 6,417 -4,584 11,941 -1,120 -352 7,859 -1,682 -386 -808 161 -27 -2,230 -1,528 -7,955 2,168 -34,875 -2,711 359 -4,277 10,274 4,913 4,464 2,598 -946 -4,519 -420 -2,551 -6,348 -823 -647 -19 -5,457 -90,683 -122 -2,320 497 -264,036 YEAR AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 25,190 36 25 7,165 11 1 22,739 26 7 8,834 30 1 164,987 503 357 13,839 13 46 13,911 48 1 4,254 3 8 4,683 45 0 169,307 43 36 161,308 80 52 7,937 2 18 3,868 1 1 50,597 9 3 23,618 21 15 11,525 15 7 9,208 0 1 51,100 0 0 21,219 41 25 16,191 0 1 30,817 65 41 33,803 65 51 56,171 39 22 24,519 13 6 21,646 4 3 23,086 3 3 3,042 4 7 4,944 7 5 13,465 40 5 6,870 8 7 26,482 51 38 8,493 3 0 176,338 57 63 40,793 70 78 2,650 28 4 35,917 11 42 41,992 30 17 24,801 41 14 57,118 282 84 12,116 15 1 2,253 9 4 23,387 19 23 3,191 1 1 22,462 35 22 113,362 160 229 4,352 13 7 1,122 0 0 22 0 0 36,674 17 14 43,937 13 12 4,069 1 0 25,453 18 6 2,583 4 0 1,719,410 2,053 1,414 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED MAY 16 CHANGE FROM ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING LAST YEAR RAILROAD STATE (%) 2 WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT 190,205 9.9 -13,472 175,524 125 70 190,400 48,000 15.6 -2,049 41,399 148 29 48,177 217,968 7.6 -12,598 192,359 168 153 218,289 120,043 10.0 -2,365 110,228 113 89 120,245 2,155,310 12.4 -1,409,843 1,836,154 1,798 1,332 2,158,440 265,499 10.0 18,992 247,333 179 239 265,917 272,695 16.5 -24,393 244,235 89 126 272,910 50,780 11.4 -230 46,931 11 16 50,807 70,103 12.1 1,259 63,875 803 13 70,919 529,384 6.2 -1,621,724 495,397 347 305 530,036 731,762 16.7 -58,416 707,720 563 382 732,707 127,921 20.6 -17,622 121,097 224 132 128,277 56,692 7.7 -3,429 52,238 35 37 56,764 762,367 12.9 28,825 677,841 482 233 763,082 253,536 8.3 -16,849 240,200 93 98 253,727 178,619 11.7 -6,022 165,118 131 56 178,806 104,553 7.7 -4,012 96,842 72 67 104,692 244,342 12.9 -2,523 228,704 116 208 244,666 328,409 17.4 1,905 314,881 145 53 328,607 138,219 22.9 46,012 133,448 56 29 138,304 255,017 10.0 1,798 230,385 325 217 255,559 594,515 16.7 4,970 544,816 293 216 595,024 985,294 22.9 -8,894 944,599 219 206 985,719 416,668 14.5 -11,022 388,904 215 140 417,023 184,150 16.6 -5,736 176,395 180 70 184,400 255,374 9.1 -6,466 238,299 119 67 255,560 49,917 10.9 -3,869 45,057 148 31 50,096 61,604 6.4 -1,358 58,456 19 17 61,640 343,030 24.9 -26,011 325,986 117 119 343,266 109,184 16.8 -5,266 106,087 44 13 109,241 586,532 14.6 -15,238 510,712 331 377 587,240 105,568 13.1 1,619 97,312 146 83 105,797 1,811,012 19.2 -62,923 1,699,263 650 707 1,812,369 564,068 12.8 -41,641 545,138 420 530 565,018 31,100 7.5 -1,299 29,297 23 19 31,142 636,869 11.9 -67,915 590,576 208 429 637,506 139,196 8.9 3,967 126,005 61 78 139,335 293,081 15.3 2,930 268,521 474 138 293,693 907,252 15.6 -101,634 819,154 2,490 720 910,462 194,272 22.7 41,449 180,164 287 85 194,644 87,966 18.6 -1,281 81,015 91 24 88,081 241,793 11.6 -14,883 228,489 64 127 241,984 22,454 5.4 -2,732 21,404 94 20 22,568 327,768 10.0 -4,977 311,943 161 185 328,114 1,272,557 10.3 -28,019 1,159,297 822 1,689 1,275,068 82,054 5.6 -4,244 75,200 68 38 82,160 50,285 16.6 -4,818 47,082 9 2 50,296 4,534 12.8 962 4,062 6 0 4,540 402,926 10.8 -631 384,563 431 449 403,806 593,287 17.7 -452,169 548,243 415 787 594,489 93,086 13.9 -5,708 84,415 72 58 93,216 291,677 10.2 -16,720 270,069 122 80 291,879 17,631 6.5 296 16,431 34 13 17,678 18,858,128 12.9 -3,936,017 17,348,863 14,856 11,401 18,884,385 Figures appearing in columns showing over-the-week changes reflect all revisions in data for prior week submitted by state agencies. 1. The Unemployment Compensation program for Federal Employees (UCFE) and the Unemployment Compensation for Ex-servicemembers (UCX) exclude claims filed jointly under other programs to avoid duplication. 2. Rate is not seasonally adjusted. The source of U.S. total covered employment is BLS. 9 UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED MAY 23, 2020 STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State ME OK MI KY OR PA AL Change +11,941 +10,274 +7,859 +6,417 +4,913 +4,464 +2,769 PR NM IA +2,598 +2,168 +1,597 State Supplied Comment No comment. No comment. Layoffs in the educational services industry. No comment. No comment. No comment. Layoffs in the manufacturing, educational services, administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services, and transportation and warehousing industries. No comment. No comment. Layoffs in the manufacturing, administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services, accommodation and food services, and educational services industries. STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State WA FL Change -90,683 -49,993 CA NY -41,169 -34,875 IL GA -14,517 -12,232 CT NJ -9,357 -7,955 TX VA AZ LA SC OH IN NC -6,348 -5,457 -5,089 -4,584 -4,519 -4,277 -3,913 -2,711 TN CO WI -2,551 -2,335 -2,320 NV HI MN NH MD ID -2,230 -1,824 -1,682 -1,528 -1,120 -1,073 State Supplied Comment No comment. Fewer layoffs in the construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, and service industries. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the transportation and warehousing, accommodation and food services, and retail trade industries. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, health care and social assistance, educational services, and administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services industries. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the construction, accommodation and food services, retail trade, and transportation and warehousing industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, transportation and warehousing, and manufacturing industries. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing and administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. 10 TECHNICAL NOTES This news release presents the weekly unemployment insurance (UI) claims reported by each state's unemployment insurance program offices. These claims may be used for monitoring workload volume, assessing state program operations and for assessing labor market conditions. States initially report claims directly taken by the state liable for the benefit payments, regardless of where the claimant who filed the claim resided. These are the basis for the advance initial claims and continued claims reported each week. These data come from ETA 538, Advance Weekly Initial and Continued Claims Report. The following week initial claims and continued claims are revised based on a second reporting by states that reflect the claimants by state of residence. These data come from the ETA 539, Weekly Claims and Extended Benefits Trigger Data Report. A. Initial Claims An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claimant requests a determination of basic eligibility for the UI program. When an initial claim is filed with a state, certain programmatic activities take place and these result in activity counts including the count of initial claims. The count of U.S. initial claims for unemployment insurance is a leading economic indicator because it is an indication of emerging labor market conditions in the country. However, these are weekly administrative data which are difficult to seasonally adjust, making the series subject to some volatility. B. Continued Weeks Claimed A person who has already filed an initial claim and who has experienced a week of unemployment then files a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims are also referred to as insured unemployment. The count of U.S. continued weeks claimed is also a good indicator of labor market conditions. Continued claims reflect the current number of insured unemployed workers filing for UI benefits in the nation. While continued claims are not a leading indicator (they roughly coincide with economic cycles at their peaks and lag at cycle troughs), they provide confirming evidence of the direction of the U.S. economy. C. Seasonal Adjustments and Annual Revisions Over the course of a year, the weekly changes in the levels of initial claims and continued claims undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These fluctuations may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, the opening and closing of schools, or other similar events. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make trend and cycle developments easier to spot. At the beginning of each calendar year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) with a set of seasonal factors to apply to the unadjusted data during that year. Concurrent with the implementation and release of the new seasonal factors, ETA incorporates revisions to the UI claims historical series caused by updates to the unadjusted data. Weekly Claims Archives Weekly Claims Data U.S. Department of Labor news materials are accessible at http://www.dol.gov. The Department's Reasonable Accommodation Resource Center converts Departmental information and documents into alternative formats, which include Braille and large print. For alternative format requests, please contact the Department at (202) 693-7828 (voice) or (800) 877-8339 (federal relay). U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Washington, D.C. 20210 Release Number: USDL 20-1165-NAT Program Contacts: Kevin Stapleton: (202) 321-2810 Media Contact: (202) 693-4676 11