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 11, 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 June 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 1,542,000, a decrease of 355,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 20,000 from 1,877,000 to 1,897,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,002,000, a decrease of 286,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 4,250 from 2,284,000 to 2,288,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 14.4 percent for the week ending May 30, a decrease of 0.2 percentage point from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised down by 0.2 from 14.8 to 14.6 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 30 was 20,929,000, a decrease of 339,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 219,000 from 21,487,000 to 21,268,000. The 4-week moving average was 21,987,500, a decrease of 404,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 54,000 from 22,446,250 to 22,392,250. 1 UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 1,537,122 in the week ending June 6, a decrease of 82,886 (or -5.1 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 271,266 (or 16.7 percent) from the previous week. There were 220,186 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In addition, for the week ending June 6, 42 states reported 705,676 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 13.0 percent during the week ending May 30, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 18,919,804, a decrease of 178,671 (or -0.9 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 127,607 (or 0.7 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.1 percent and the volume was 1,538,065. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending May 23 was 29,505,027, a decrease of 662,143 from the previous week. There were 1,545,606 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019. During the week ending May 23, Extended Benefits were available in the following 30 states: Alaska, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,968 in the week ending May 30, a decrease of 92 from the prior week. There were 1,166 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 251 from the preceding week. 2 There were 15,269 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending May 23, an increase of 421 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 11,866, an increase of 473 from the prior week. During the week ending May 23, 42 states reported 9,715,948 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 32 states reported 518,942 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending May 23 were in Maine (26.9), Nevada (24.3), Michigan (21.7), Hawaii (20.1), Puerto Rico (19.0), New York (18.7), Pennsylvania (17.5), Georgia (17.2), Massachusetts (16.8), and Rhode Island (16.6). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending May 30 were in Florida (+32,296), California (+25,372), Oklahoma (+16,662), and Mississippi (+158), while the largest decreases were in New York (-107,161), Michigan (-25,284), Texas (-21,040), Pennsylvania (-18,050), and Washington (-17,507). 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 June 6 1,542,000 1,537,122 2,002,000 May 30 1,897,000 1,620,008 2,288,250 Change -355,000 -82,886 -286,250 May 23 2,123,000 1,915,138 2,608,000 Prior Year1 220,000 220,186 217,750 May 30 20,929,000 18,919,804 21,987,500 14.4% 13.0% May 23 21,268,000 19,098,475 22,392,250 14.6% 13.1% Change -339,000 -178,671 -404,750 -0.2 -0.1 May 16 20,841,000 18,861,428 22,669,500 14.3% 12.9% Prior Year1 1,700,000 1,538,065 1,688,250 1.2% 1.1% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance June 6 705,676 May 30 796,813 Change -91,137 May 23 1,309,730 WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) May 30 1,968 1,166 May 23 2,060 1,417 Change -92 -251 Prior Year1 705 419 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 23 19,022,429 15,269 11,866 9,715,948 518,942 2,222 4,222 214,016 29,504,914 May 16 18,791,926 14,848 11,393 10,926,386 222,694 1,382 4,603 193,938 30,167,170 Change +230,503 +421 +473 -1,210,438 +296,248 +840 -381 +20,078 -662,256 Prior Year1 1,519,343 6,853 5,441 NA NA 0 5,603 8,366 1,545,606 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 June 6 Advance Prior Wk Change 19,347 21,335 -1,988 7,427 7,452 -25 22,879 22,012 867 9,151 8,481 670 258,060 228,634 29,426 13,128 12,519 609 15,279 14,208 1,071 2,921 3,052 -131 3,291 3,559 -268 110,520 207,707 -97,187 134,711 149,163 -14,452 6,694 7,702 -1,008 3,665 3,646 19 44,814 46,385 -1,571 23,604 22,914 690 10,112 6,449 3,663 8,824 10,028 -1,204 40,536 43,013 -2,477 22,002 19,334 2,668 3,031 11,151 -8,120 41,104 31,920 9,184 44,732 27,630 17,102 28,504 39,290 -10,786 29,209 21,654 7,555 21,021 24,014 -2,993 18,587 20,650 -2,063 2,892 3,054 -162 4,729 5,083 -354 13,200 11,337 1,863 6,055 6,127 -72 22,621 26,752 -4,131 5,913 6,672 -759 94,348 81,926 12,422 33,148 37,047 -3,899 2,527 2,315 212 35,474 35,078 396 50,397 60,376 -9,979 23,445 20,565 2,880 50,088 48,930 1,158 8,695 7,236 1,459 3,485 2,748 737 22,734 18,910 3,824 817 1,498 -681 21,417 22,255 -838 89,736 106,677 -16,941 5,452 4,948 504 1,560 1,465 95 13 32 -19 30,164 31,379 -1,215 33,502 31,929 1,573 4,216 4,685 -469 25,731 24,661 1,070 1,610 2,421 -811 1,537,122 1,620,008 -82,886 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended May 30 Advance Prior Wk Change 170,389 183,565 -13,176 46,569 47,344 -775 202,155 209,944 -7,789 111,274 115,365 -4,091 2,854,773 2,752,401 102,372 263,732 244,600 19,132 270,710 248,663 22,047 56,125 55,172 953 70,283 70,671 -388 936,548 630,640 305,908 693,286 754,833 -61,547 119,029 124,777 -5,748 46,393 51,035 -4,642 743,173 719,779 23,394 227,311 233,869 -6,558 159,966 162,562 -2,596 105,169 99,948 5,221 196,797 206,005 -9,208 299,760 301,598 -1,838 76,262 162,256 -85,994 237,945 246,542 -8,597 567,583 599,751 -32,168 842,268 933,181 -90,913 410,572 397,899 12,673 151,747 174,808 -23,061 230,040 242,173 -12,133 44,929 48,506 -3,577 58,989 62,465 -3,476 326,416 335,043 -8,627 102,030 100,769 1,261 557,421 547,913 9,508 107,401 105,755 1,646 1,705,078 1,756,703 -51,625 530,366 547,988 -17,622 34,576 30,806 3,770 511,380 566,546 -55,166 150,084 172,309 -22,225 457,746 256,759 200,987 854,000 1,019,571 -165,571 178,723 162,538 16,185 77,277 78,496 -1,219 209,842 214,814 -4,972 20,512 19,629 883 303,747 322,117 -18,370 1,241,464 1,401,773 -160,309 78,094 79,316 -1,222 44,819 46,316 -1,497 5,572 4,642 930 396,036 398,411 -2,375 469,543 479,768 -10,225 90,982 84,610 6,372 256,063 269,678 -13,615 16,855 15,853 1,002 18,919,804 19,098,475 -178,671 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 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 June 6, 2020 Initial Claims 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 2,123 1,897 1,542 Change from Prior Week 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 -323 -226 -355 Change from Insured Prior Unemployment Week 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 20,841 -4,071 21,268 427 20,929 -339 4-Week Average 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 2,608.00 2,288.25 2,002.00 6 4-Week Average 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 22,669.50 22,392.25 21,987.50 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 2.1 5.1 8.2 10.9 12.4 15.4 15.5 17.1 14.3 14.6 14.4 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 June 6 Advance Prior Wk Change 3,556 5,105 -1,549 1,362 1,577 -215 96,399 59,075 37,324 0 0 0 71,229 72,785 -1,556 10,151 6,414 3,737 2,466 2,682 -216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12,059 9,279 2,780 1,290 76 1,214 9,064 9,792 -728 20,595 14,470 6,125 1,702 2,007 -305 0 5,703 -5,703 0 0 0 8,942 5,722 3,220 3,718 13,487 -9,769 9,762 10,181 -419 20,991 54,281 -33,290 38,298 79,047 -40,749 723 562 161 8,403 10,784 -2,381 4,661 5,117 -456 2,851 4,648 -1,797 1,191 1,311 -120 16,201 18,700 -2,499 0 0 0 23,328 48,399 -25,071 2,344 2,437 -93 81,205 82,658 -1,453 43,056 33,742 9,314 594 602 -8 40,133 30,381 9,752 1,153 1,375 -222 0 0 0 70,838 94,601 -23,763 18,367 15,631 2,736 2,701 2,820 -119 14,492 11,373 3,119 1,067 337 730 4,367 6,132 -1,765 31,520 46,063 -14,543 1,674 1,561 113 434 511 -77 0 0 0 7,691 8,685 -994 10,637 12,971 -2,334 0 0 0 4,163 3,290 873 298 439 -141 705,676 796,813 -91,137 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended May 23 May 23 May 16 Change 49,194 47,190 2,004 16,452 49,916 -33,464 738,839 0 738,839 0 0 0 1,061,914 729,047 332,867 105,613 101,510 4,103 44,560 55,117 -10,557 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98,912 0 98,912 74 633 -559 76,196 373,443 -297,247 195,247 285,913 -90,666 14,501 17,545 -3,044 42,912 0 42,912 0 0 0 161,530 174,070 -12,540 55,411 135,681 -80,270 200,626 236,342 -35,716 882,248 1,612,010 -729,762 1,454,326 2,116,842 -662,516 70,872 73,411 -2,539 55,413 59,060 -3,647 68,365 83,638 -15,273 58,440 53,390 5,050 17,225 20,352 -3,127 405,111 172,346 232,765 0 0 0 385,724 547,887 -162,163 43,433 43,236 197 889,906 1,111,488 -221,582 66,796 72,422 -5,626 6,677 7,956 -1,279 439,430 615,968 -176,538 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,026,767 1,010,651 16,116 161,634 338,484 -176,850 39,848 38,972 876 78,534 88,160 -9,626 3,034 4,107 -1,073 84,996 81,439 3,557 219,170 164,386 54,784 10,850 11,038 -188 11,512 0 11,512 0 0 0 190,915 193,684 -2,769 175,846 193,276 -17,430 0 0 0 4,649 567 4,082 2,246 5,209 -2,963 9,715,948 10,926,386 -1,210,438 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 23 May 16 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 5,490 140,031 0 38,767 0 1,226 0 0 0 2,536 33,201 9,039 19,710 0 0 2,084 158 5,983 55,234 16,788 14,332 0 10,620 1,720 238 5,977 0 30,944 2,960 64,624 0 1,894 12,371 0 0 11,345 0 2,279 0 122 4,129 4,273 1,561 1,503 0 0 14,114 3,689 0 0 518,942 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 13,002 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 0 222,694 PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: Change May 9 0 0 0 -568 139,707 0 38,767 -1,547 122 0 0 0 762 4,328 -58 19,710 0 0 1,780 88 408 42,232 -16,773 927 0 3,183 108 228 1,232 0 30,944 365 10,887 0 -1,715 1,347 -1,732 0 10,814 0 140 0 74 4,029 4,273 481 1,503 0 0 289 -87 0 0 296,248 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 May 2 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 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 30 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 21,335 7,452 22,012 8,481 228,634 12,519 14,208 3,052 3,559 207,707 149,163 7,702 3,646 46,385 22,914 6,449 10,028 43,013 19,334 11,151 31,920 27,630 39,290 21,654 24,014 20,650 3,054 5,083 11,337 6,127 26,752 6,672 81,926 37,047 2,315 35,078 60,376 20,565 48,930 7,236 2,748 18,910 1,498 22,255 106,677 4,948 1,465 32 31,379 31,929 4,685 24,661 2,421 1,620,008 LAST WEEK -6,584 -700 -4,856 -2,344 25,372 -3,200 -2,395 -1,599 -1,576 32,296 -16,336 -1,438 -1,081 -11,878 -2,609 -7,204 -1,204 -10,725 -4,627 -5,516 -2,071 -10,702 -25,284 -5,557 158 -6,786 -767 -729 -4,270 -1,139 -7,658 -386 -107,161 -7,155 -663 -7,507 16,662 -7,887 -18,050 -6,285 -189 -6,470 -1,973 -3,184 -21,040 -457 -87 -15 -7,863 -17,507 -219 -4,306 -379 -295,130 YEAR AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 18,406 30 25 6,479 10 1 17,934 80 3 5,879 4 1 193,853 336 233 10,906 6 35 12,084 37 1 2,662 2 6 3,149 36 0 201,736 28 18 144,689 118 74 6,708 15 19 2,651 4 2 37,834 11 11 20,813 20 28 4,254 7 5 8,495 1 4 40,610 0 2 16,534 32 20 10,800 2 4 29,290 60 31 23,833 63 28 35,178 13 13 18,718 16 9 22,047 4 4 15,999 2 0 2,297 5 9 4,087 6 2 8,982 6 2 5,770 6 0 20,522 49 67 5,437 10 3 68,775 32 37 34,269 60 55 1,863 120 4 27,917 8 31 58,232 24 16 17,074 62 16 36,940 290 63 5,931 3 6 2,276 8 3 17,111 22 14 1,293 76 0 18,390 49 26 93,904 134 197 4,030 16 4 1,060 0 0 8 0 0 28,991 13 11 27,021 15 13 3,821 3 2 20,908 11 8 1,981 3 0 1,430,431 1,968 1,166 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED MAY 23 CHANGE FROM ALL PROGRAMS EXCLUDING LAST YEAR RAILROAD STATE (%) 2 WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT 183,565 9.5 -6,640 168,355 138 91 183,794 47,344 15.4 -656 41,109 132 33 47,509 209,944 7.3 -8,024 184,637 191 169 210,304 115,365 9.6 -4,678 105,226 143 60 115,568 2,752,401 15.9 597,091 2,434,803 1,685 1,625 2,755,711 244,600 9.2 -20,899 226,916 212 284 245,096 248,663 15.0 -24,032 220,192 145 91 248,899 55,172 12.4 4,392 50,681 16 17 55,205 70,671 12.2 568 64,372 821 8 71,500 630,640 7.3 101,256 596,040 376 272 631,288 754,833 17.2 23,071 730,565 689 626 756,148 124,777 20.1 -3,298 118,224 262 110 125,149 51,035 7.0 -5,657 46,564 42 31 51,108 719,779 12.2 -42,588 636,349 428 227 720,434 233,869 7.7 -19,667 220,699 89 124 234,082 162,562 10.6 -16,057 148,930 156 58 162,776 99,948 7.3 -4,605 91,691 88 76 100,112 206,005 10.9 -38,337 189,700 167 158 206,330 301,598 15.9 -26,811 286,853 104 48 301,750 162,256 26.9 24,037 157,944 36 20 162,312 246,542 9.6 -8,475 221,483 267 231 247,040 599,751 16.8 5,236 549,986 352 210 600,313 933,181 21.7 -52,113 889,619 197 137 933,515 397,899 13.9 -18,769 370,824 192 141 398,232 174,808 15.8 -9,342 165,680 215 63 175,086 242,173 8.7 -13,201 222,020 112 62 242,347 48,506 10.6 -1,411 43,776 133 46 48,685 62,465 6.5 861 59,128 24 29 62,518 335,043 24.3 -7,987 317,866 121 103 335,267 100,769 15.5 -8,415 97,743 33 14 100,816 547,913 13.6 -38,619 472,033 258 360 548,531 105,755 13.2 -2,959 97,319 125 74 105,954 1,756,703 18.7 -54,309 1,644,188 628 619 1,757,950 547,988 12.4 -16,080 528,811 415 602 549,005 30,806 7.5 -294 29,015 22 20 30,848 566,546 10.6 -70,323 521,186 196 422 567,164 172,309 11.0 33,113 158,905 74 81 172,464 256,759 13.4 -36,322 232,538 551 145 257,455 1,019,571 17.5 112,319 927,315 2,684 784 1,023,039 162,538 19.0 -31,734 148,682 263 65 162,866 78,496 16.6 -9,470 71,944 64 33 78,593 214,814 10.3 -26,979 201,223 47 98 214,959 19,629 4.7 -2,825 18,512 74 15 19,718 322,117 9.8 -5,651 305,151 165 172 322,454 1,401,773 11.4 129,216 1,287,950 994 1,840 1,404,607 79,316 5.4 -2,738 72,538 64 41 79,421 46,316 15.3 -3,969 43,316 6 2 46,324 4,642 13.1 108 4,312 6 2 4,650 398,411 10.7 -4,515 379,958 458 474 399,343 479,768 14.3 -113,519 435,516 371 713 480,852 84,610 12.7 -8,476 75,733 89 54 84,753 269,678 9.4 -21,999 248,603 121 79 269,878 15,853 5.9 -1,778 14,011 28 7 15,888 19,098,475 13.1 237,047 17,576,734 15,269 11,866 19,125,610 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 30, 2020 STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State FL CA OK Change +32,296 +25,372 +16,662 State Supplied Comment Layoffs in the construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, and service industries. Layoffs in the service industry. No comment. STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State NY Change -107,161 MI TX PA -25,284 -21,040 -18,050 WA GA -17,507 -16,336 IL KY MA OR VA NJ OH IA -11,878 -10,725 -10,702 -7,887 -7,863 -7,658 -7,507 -7,204 NC -7,155 AL -6,584 SC PR MN ME AZ LA WI -6,470 -6,285 -5,557 -5,516 -4,856 -4,627 -4,306 NV CO TN IN CT AR MD SD DE DC HI KS NH ID -4,270 -3,200 -3,184 -2,609 -2,395 -2,344 -2,071 -1,973 -1,599 -1,576 -1,438 -1,204 -1,139 -1,081 State Supplied Comment Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance, retail trade, and accommodation and food services industries. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, health care and social assistance, and administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services industries. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the retail trade, accommodation and food services, administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services, and transportation and warehousing industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing, construction, health care and social assistance, and retail trade industries. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services, and manufacturing industries. Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing, administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services, retail trade, accommodation and food services, educational services, and transportation and warehousing industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, and administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. 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 20-1216-NAT Program Contacts: Kevin Stapleton: (202) 321-2810 Media Contact: (202) 693-4676 11