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TRANSMISSION OF MATERIALS IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL
8:30 A.M. (Eastern) Thursday, June 18, 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 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 1,508,000, a decrease of
58,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 24,000 from 1,542,000 to
1,566,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,773,500, a decrease of 234,500 from the previous week's revised average.
The previous week's average was revised up by 6,000 from 2,002,000 to 2,008,000.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 14.1 percent for the week ending June 6, unchanged
from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised down by 0.3 from 14.4 to 14.1 percent. The
advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 6 was 20,544,000, a
decrease of 62,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 323,000 from
20,929,000 to 20,606,000. The 4-week moving average was 20,814,750, a decrease of 1,092,000 from the previous
week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 80,750 from 21,987,500 to 21,906,750.

1

 UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 1,433,027 in the week ending June
13, a decrease of 128,240 (or -8.2 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of
73,600 (or -4.7 percent) from the previous week. There were 205,921 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In
addition, for the week ending June 13, 46 states reported 760,526 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 12.8 percent during the week ending June 6, unchanged from
the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 18,654,001,
an increase of 25,986 (or 0.1 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 82,425
(or 0.4 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.1 percent and the volume was 1,522,665.

The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending May 30 was 29,140,557, a decrease of
375,522 from the previous week. There were 1,562,476 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable
week in 2019.
During the week ending May 30, Extended Benefits were available in the following 34 states: Alaska, California,
Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, 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, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,717 in the week ending June 6, a
decrease of 251 from the prior week. There were 1,159 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 7
from the preceding week.

2

 There were 15,514 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending May 30, an increase of
245 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 11,901, an increase of 35 from the
prior week.
During the week ending May 30, 44 states reported 9,280,644 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
benefits and 35 states reported 1,077,319 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation
benefits.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending May 30 were in Nevada (24.2), Puerto Rico (21.1), Hawaii
(20.2), New York (18.0), Michigan (17.6), Connecticut (16.3), California (16.2), Rhode Island (16.2), Louisiana (16.1),
and Massachusetts (16.1).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 6 were in California (+27,202), Massachusetts (+17,512),
Oklahoma (+17,149), New York (+11,873), and Maryland (+9,718), while the largest decreases were in Florida
(-95,546), Texas (-17,001), Georgia (-13,909), Michigan (-11,454), and Maine (-8,034).

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 13
1,508,000
1,433,027
1,773,500

June 6
1,566,000
1,561,267
2,008,000

Change
-58,000
-128,240
-234,500

May 30
1,897,000
1,620,008
2,288,250

Prior Year1
219,000
205,921
219,250

June 6
20,544,000
18,654,001
20,814,750
14.1%
12.8%

May 30
20,606,000
18,628,015
21,906,750
14.1%
12.8%

Change
-62,000
+25,986
-1,092,000
0.0
0.0

May 23
21,268,000
19,098,624
22,392,250
14.6%
13.1%

Prior Year1
1,677,000
1,522,665
1,686,750
1.2%
1.1%

INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
WEEK ENDING
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance
WEEK ENDING
Federal Employees (UCFE)
Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX)

June 13
760,526

June 6
694,463

Change
+66,063

May 30
798,509

June 6
1,717
1,159

May 30
1,968
1,166

Change
-251
-7

Prior Year1
692
521

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 30
18,548,291
15,514
11,901
9,280,644
1,077,319
2,711
2,511
226,862
29,165,753

May 23
19,022,578
15,269
11,866
9,725,386
520,520
2,222
4,222
214,016
29,516,079

Change
-474,287
+245
+35
-444,742
+556,799
+489
-1,711
+12,846
-350,326

Prior Year1
1,535,571
6,702
5,644
NA
NA
0
5,576
8,983
1,562,476

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 13
Advance
Prior Wk
Change
13,848
19,949
-6,101
7,119
7,081
38
22,764
24,367
-1,603
8,914
9,663
-749
243,344
255,836
-12,492
10,212
13,098
-2,886
11,912
15,366
-3,454
2,414
3,037
-623
3,002
3,385
-383
86,298
112,161
-25,863
130,766
135,254
-4,488
6,694
7,338
-644
3,392
3,953
-561
44,639
44,606
33
24,952
22,931
2,021
9,516
9,488
28
8,862
8,261
601
37,453
40,733
-3,280
23,242
21,879
1,363
2,973
3,117
-144
22,902
41,638
-18,736
30,156
45,142
-14,986
19,552
27,836
-8,284
25,549
28,311
-2,762
18,013
21,283
-3,270
17,312
19,907
-2,595
3,013
3,078
-65
4,918
4,697
221
14,399
10,748
3,651
6,302
6,303
-1
25,810
23,166
2,644
5,353
5,290
63
96,299
93,799
2,500
31,512
33,865
-2,353
2,298
2,252
46
33,112
36,154
-3,042
56,737
77,525
-20,788
23,393
24,508
-1,115
50,702
48,827
1,875
7,990
8,820
-830
2,571
3,518
-947
19,366
23,188
-3,822
1,006
880
126
19,925
20,908
-983
93,895
89,676
4,219
4,847
5,382
-535
1,695
1,650
45
22
32
-10
28,084
29,231
-1,147
33,651
30,677
2,974
4,151
4,413
-262
24,978
25,047
-69
1,198
2,013
-815
1,433,027
1,561,267
-128,240

Insured Unemployment For Week Ended June 6
Advance
Prior Wk
Change
157,228
180,245
-23,017
45,276
47,123
-1,847
201,949
210,605
-8,656
108,972
115,482
-6,510
3,038,857
2,812,484
226,373
243,132
263,810
-20,678
271,448
269,117
2,331
53,139
49,659
3,480
71,272
72,023
-751
890,134
966,625
-76,491
678,194
698,154
-19,960
119,029
125,408
-6,379
36,522
47,779
-11,257
709,244
741,738
-32,494
216,038
221,056
-5,018
154,752
158,268
-3,516
94,818
91,070
3,748
180,815
197,702
-16,887
297,820
305,083
-7,263
65,511
78,247
-12,736
245,270
246,535
-1,265
571,186
574,019
-2,833
706,961
756,276
-49,315
391,180
398,799
-7,619
155,349
148,902
6,447
215,920
236,531
-20,611
42,886
46,305
-3,419
56,051
60,479
-4,428
305,892
334,182
-28,290
97,914
102,189
-4,275
537,564
559,057
-21,493
105,439
104,019
1,420
1,686,236
1,694,809
-8,573
517,883
537,652
-19,769
33,774
29,855
3,919
471,012
533,347
-62,335
167,247
156,795
10,452
420,129
275,768
144,361
918,197
846,788
71,409
174,004
180,722
-6,718
73,517
76,946
-3,429
198,014
212,570
-14,556
18,562
20,573
-2,011
291,728
310,065
-18,337
1,325,008
1,215,507
109,501
75,333
78,145
-2,812
43,000
45,207
-2,207
5,738
5,564
174
387,239
396,056
-8,817
444,210
438,156
6,054
82,159
83,162
-1,003
238,543
255,805
-17,262
16,706
15,552
1,154
18,654,001
18,628,015
25,986

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 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
June 13, 2020

Initial
Claims
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
1,566
1,508

Change
from
Prior
Week
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
-331
-58

Change
from
Insured
Prior
Unemployment Week
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
20,606
-662
20,544
-62

4-Week
Average
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
2,008.00
1,773.50

6

4-Week
Average
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
21,906.75
20,814.75

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
2.1
5.1
8.2
10.9
12.4
15.4
15.5
17.1
14.3
14.6
14.1
14.1

 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 13
Advance
Prior Wk
Change
3,089
3,556
-467
1,164
1,362
-198
118,332
96,398
21,934
0
0
0
69,447
71,229
-1,782
17,945
10,151
7,794
2,100
2,466
-366
556
698
-142
851
643
208
0
0
0
0
0
0
14,039
12,059
1,980
348
632
-284
8,987
9,064
-77
12,016
20,595
-8,579
1,720
1,702
18
450
2,639
-2,189
2,330
0
2,330
13,318
8,931
4,387
2,868
3,718
-850
61,640
9,762
51,878
15,892
20,991
-5,099
25,987
38,298
-12,311
717
723
-6
8,203
8,403
-200
5,433
4,661
772
2,540
2,851
-311
1,192
1,192
0
24,720
16,201
8,519
0
0
0
23,188
23,328
-140
2,272
2,327
-55
53,291
81,205
-27,914
24,813
28,579
-3,766
603
594
9
57,760
40,133
17,627
1,339
1,153
186
0
0
0
83,662
70,838
12,824
20,513
18,338
2,175
2,638
2,701
-63
13,819
14,492
-673
321
1,067
-746
4,817
4,366
451
32,630
31,520
1,110
1,718
1,674
44
381
434
-53
0
0
0
9,103
7,691
1,412
8,609
10,637
-2,028
0
0
0
2,727
4,163
-1,436
438
298
140
760,526
694,463
66,063

PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended May 30
May 30
May 23
Change
34,602
49,194
-14,592
16,398
16,452
-54
963,225
738,839
224,386
0
0
0
1,035,836
1,061,914
-26,078
126,592
105,613
20,979
46,921
44,560
2,361
9,515
9,438
77
11,444
0
11,444
0
0
0
0
0
0
137,205
98,912
38,293
898
74
824
85,156
76,196
8,960
117,441
195,247
-77,806
15,714
14,501
1,213
34,537
42,912
-8,375
0
0
0
166,615
161,530
5,085
23,370
55,411
-32,041
204,394
200,626
3,768
532,594
882,248
-349,654
1,054,565
1,454,326
-399,761
69,865
70,872
-1,007
47,450
55,413
-7,963
80,019
68,365
11,654
41,888
58,440
-16,552
22,023
17,225
4,798
234,575
405,111
-170,536
0
0
0
399,178
385,724
13,454
43,732
43,433
299
1,098,156
889,906
208,250
212,278
66,796
145,482
7,362
6,677
685
562,418
439,430
122,988
0
0
0
0
0
0
827,441
1,026,767
-199,326
208,790
161,634
47,156
41,620
39,848
1,772
87,195
78,534
8,661
5,170
3,034
2,136
85,670
84,996
674
184,302
219,170
-34,868
10,921
10,850
71
10,390
11,512
-1,122
0
0
0
201,362
190,915
10,447
171,898
175,846
-3,948
0
0
0
6,974
4,649
2,325
2,945
2,246
699
9,280,644
9,725,386
-444,742

Note: Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA
Program information

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 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation 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

May 30
0
0
0
6,529
425,056
0
21,704
1,786
1,411
0
0
0
2,846
28,128
9,190
9,855
0
0
2,599
138
7,230
42,051
35,584
15,632
0
11,162
1,833
1,115
6,681
0
164,948
3,326
75,140
18,348
1,767
13,899
0
0
125,988
6,875
2,348
0
181
4,641
5,763
1,968
1,309
0
0
16,373
3,915
0
0
1,077,319

PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended:
May 23
Change
May 16
0
0
0
5,490
140,031
0
38,767
1,578
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
520,520

0
0
0
1,039
285,025
0
-17,063
208
185
0
0
0
310
-5,073
151
-9,855
0
0
515
-20
1,247
-13,183
18,796
1,300
0
542
113
877
704
0
134,004
366
10,516
18,348
-127
1,528
0
0
114,643
6,875
69
0
59
512
1,490
407
-194
0
0
2,259
226
0
0
556,799

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

May 9
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

Note: Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in
Unemployment Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information

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 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED
JUNE 6
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
19,949
7,081
24,367
9,663
255,836
13,098
15,366
3,037
3,385
112,161
135,254
7,338
3,953
44,606
22,931
9,488
8,261
40,733
21,879
3,117
41,638
45,142
27,836
28,311
21,283
19,907
3,078
4,697
10,748
6,303
23,166
5,290
93,799
33,865
2,252
36,154
77,525
24,508
48,827
8,820
3,518
23,188
880
20,908
89,676
5,382
1,650
32
29,231
30,677
4,413
25,047
2,013
1,561,267

LAST
WEEK
-1,386
-371
2,355
1,182
27,202
579
1,158
-15
-174
-95,546
-13,909
-364
307
-1,779
17
3,039
-1,767
-2,280
2,545
-8,034
9,718
17,512
-11,454
6,657
-2,731
-743
24
-386
-589
176
-3,586
-1,382
11,873
-3,182
-63
1,076
17,149
3,943
-103
1,584
770
4,278
-618
-1,347
-17,001
434
185
0
-2,148
-1,252
-272
386
-408
-58,741

YEAR
AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1
17,159
31
15
6,172
13
0
19,697
29
3
6,614
7
3
214,548
228
131
11,120
13
33
12,849
32
13
2,367
2
5
2,929
34
0
103,580
27
15
129,888
111
83
5,767
8
24
2,965
3
1
34,023
15
12
20,110
19
25
6,919
16
8
6,749
2
1
38,532
0
6
19,061
29
18
2,597
0
0
38,578
66
47
40,699
41
23
22,826
18
6
24,961
11
6
19,517
3
5
15,578
7
7
2,266
10
9
3,787
10
5
8,634
2
1
5,939
6
3
14,949
90
50
4,295
10
1
79,808
32
42
30,618
39
77
1,925
13
2
29,091
16
32
75,592
32
12
20,960
152
55
31,463
233
75
6,581
2
3
2,771
6
6
20,185
17
21
672
68
0
18,019
41
24
74,490
120
193
4,389
15
5
1,338
1
0
7
0
0
26,410
9
12
25,251
12
32
3,532
0
3
20,680
13
6
1,624
3
0
1,341,081 1,717 1,159

INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED
MAY 30
CHANGE FROM
ALL
PROGRAMS
EXCLUDING
LAST
YEAR
RAILROAD
STATE (%) 2 WEEK
AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT
180,245 9.3
-3,320
164,145
131
89
180,465
47,123 15.3
-221
40,748
145
37
47,305
210,605 7.3
661
184,297
300
189
211,094
115,482 9.7
117
103,972
159
83
115,724
2,812,484 16.2 60,083 2,495,376 1,927 1,823
2,816,234
263,810 9.9 19,210
245,749
166
249
264,225
269,117 16.3 20,454
240,273
145
152
269,414
49,659 11.1 -5,513
45,843
11
23
49,693
72,023 12.4 1,352
65,610
817
10
72,850
966,625 11.3 335,985
932,125
483
359
967,467
698,154 15.9 -56,679
673,294
567
511
699,232
125,408 20.2
482
118,468
238
130
125,776
47,779
6.5
-3,256
43,224
26
33
47,838
741,738 12.5 21,959
659,409
479
212
742,429
221,056 7.3 -12,813
207,202
77
122
221,255
158,268 10.3 -4,294
144,577
180
54
158,502
91,070
6.7
-8,878
82,960
86
73
91,229
197,702 10.4 -8,303
181,393
141
135
197,978
305,083 16.1 3,485
289,725
109
47
305,239
78,247 13.0 -84,009
73,920
46
22
78,315
246,535 9.6
-7
221,283
336
230
247,101
574,019 16.1 -25,732
524,482
335
212
574,566
756,276 17.6 -176,905 712,766
165
164
756,605
398,799 13.9
900
371,176
185
133
399,117
148,902 13.4 -25,906
139,079
191
64
149,157
236,531 8.5
-5,642
215,622
117
73
236,721
46,305 10.2 -2,201
41,613
105
34
46,444
60,479
6.3
-1,986
56,732
25
37
60,541
334,182 24.2
-861
316,763
135
126
334,443
102,189 15.7 1,420
99,210
39
15
102,243
559,057 13.9 11,144
482,347
298
436
559,791
104,019 13.0 -1,736
95,037
150
83
104,252
1,694,809 18.0 -61,894 1,580,664 521
662
1,695,992
537,652 12.2 -10,336
518,105
328
564
538,544
29,855
7.2
-951
27,866
148
22
30,025
533,347 10.0 -33,199
486,599
212
368
533,927
156,795 10.0 -15,514
142,596
84
89
156,968
275,768 14.4 19,009
251,033
885
284
276,937
846,788 14.6 -172,783 757,637
2,328 662
849,778
180,722 21.1 18,184
166,673
288
69
181,079
76,946 16.2 -1,550
70,344
52
30
77,028
212,570 10.2 -2,244
198,536
57
103
212,730
20,573
4.9
944
19,390
177
13
20,763
310,065 9.5 -12,052
291,384
187
139
310,391
1,215,507 9.9 -186,266 1,098,082 847 1,550
1,217,904
78,145
5.3
-1,171
71,422
59
40
78,244
45,207 14.9 -1,109
42,106
5
2
45,214
5,564
15.7
922
5,188
8
0
5,572
396,056 10.6 -2,355
376,977
458
473
396,987
438,156 13.1 -41,612
394,246
322
731
439,209
83,162 12.5 -1,448
74,574
82
55
83,299
255,805 9.0 -13,873
234,169
130
77
256,012
15,552
5.8
-301
13,939
22
8
15,582
18,628,015 12.8 -470,609 17,089,950 15,514 11,901
18,655,430

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.
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 UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED JUNE 6, 2020
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
State
CA
MA

Change
+27,202
+17,512

OK
NY

+17,149
+11,873

MD
MN
SC
OR
IA

+9,718
+6,657
+4,278
+3,943
+3,039

LA
AZ
PR
AR
CT

+2,545
+2,355
+1,584
+1,182
+1,158

OH

+1,076

State Supplied Comment
Layoffs in the service industry.
Layoffs in the administrative, support, waste management, and remediation services, health
care and social assistance, and accommodation and food services industries.
No comment.
Layoffs in the educational services, accommodation and food services, and construction
industries.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
Layoffs in the educational services, accommodation and food services, administrative, support,
waste management, and remediation services, and manufacturing industries.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
Layoffs in the retail, accommodation and food services, and health care and social assistance
industries.
No comment.

STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000

State
FL

Change
-95,546

TX
GA

-17,001
-13,909

MI
ME
NJ
NC

-11,454
-8,034
-3,586
-3,182

MS
KY
VA
IL
KS
AL

-2,731
-2,280
-2,148
-1,779
-1,767
-1,386

NM
TN
WA

-1,382
-1,347
-1,252

State Supplied Comment
Fewer layoffs in the agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting, construction, manufacturing,
wholesale trade, retail trade, and service industries.
No comment.
Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance, trade, transportation and warehousing,
and accommodation and food services industries.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance and accommodation and food services
industries.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.
Fewer layoffs in the transportation and warehousing, manufacturing, administrative, support,
waste management, and remediation services, and health care and social assistance industries.
No comment.
No comment.
No comment.

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 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
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Program Contacts:
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