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, August 13, 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 August 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 963,000, a decrease of 228,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 5,000 from 1,186,000 to 1,191,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,252,750, a decrease of 86,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 1,250 from 1,337,750 to 1,339,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 10.6 percent for the week ending August 1, a decrease of 0.4 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending August 1 was 15,486,000, a decrease of 604,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 17,000 from 16,107,000 to 16,090,000. The 4-week moving average was 16,169,500, a decrease of 454,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 4,250 from 16,628,250 to 16,624,000. 1 UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 831,856 in the week ending August 8, a decrease of 156,453 (or -15.8 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 40,485 (or 4.1 percent) from the previous week. There were 186,914 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In addition, for the week ending August 8, 52 states reported 488,622 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 10.4 percent during the week ending August 1, a decrease of 0.4 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 15,207,671, a decrease of 624,684 (or -3.9 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 32,180 (or -0.2 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.2 percent and the volume was 1,679,471. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending July 25 was 28,257,995, a decrease of 3,065,616 from the previous week. There were 1,690,746 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019. During the week ending July 25, Extended Benefits were available in the following 52 states: 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, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, the Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 2 Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,118 in the week ending August 1, a decrease of 285 from the prior week. There were 902 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 127 from the preceding week. There were 15,061 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending July 25, a decrease of 1,109 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 14,225, a decrease of 2,046 from the prior week. During the week ending Jul 25, 49 states reported 10,723,396 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 49 states reported 1,224,443 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 25 were in Nevada (23.6), Hawaii (21.1), Puerto Rico (19.1), Louisiana (17.3), New York (16.5), California (16.0), Connecticut (15.3), Georgia (14.4), Massachusetts (14.3), and Rhode Island (12.7). The largest increase in initial claims for the week ending August 1 was in Rhode Island (+87), while the largest decreases were in California (-22,610), Virginia (-19,048), Texas (-14,095), Florida (-13,176), and New Jersey (-11,489). 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 August 8 963,000 831,856 1,252,750 August 1 1,191,000 988,309 1,339,000 Change -228,000 -156,453 -86,250 July 25 1,435,000 1,207,045 1,368,750 Prior Year1 218,000 186,914 214,750 August 1 15,486,000 15,207,671 16,169,500 10.6% 10.4% July 25 16,090,000 15,832,355 16,624,000 11.0% 10.8% Change -604,000 -624,684 -454,500 -0.4 -0.4 July 18 16,951,000 16,815,346 17,041,500 11.6% 11.5% Prior Year1 1,719,000 1,679,471 1,698,000 1.2% 1.2% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance August 8 August 1 Change July 25 488,622 655,999 -167,377 908,800 WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) August 1 1,118 902 July 25 1,403 1,029 Change -285 -127 Prior Year1 548 577 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 July 25 15,700,828 15,061 14,225 10,723,396 1,224,443 125,659 2,898 451,485 28,257,995 July 18 16,691,210 16,170 16,271 12,956,478 1,157,339 69,785 2,973 413,385 31,323,611 Change -990,382 -1,109 -2,046 -2,233,082 +67,104 +55,874 -75 +38,100 -3,065,616 Prior Year1 1,662,427 7,034 5,868 NA NA 0 4,809 10,608 1,690,746 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 146,125,989 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 August 8 Advance Prior Wk Change 7,008 11,690 -4,682 4,822 5,195 -373 12,283 15,561 -3,278 5,472 12,750 -7,278 213,482 222,043 -8,561 6,077 7,167 -1,090 7,453 10,537 -3,084 1,634 2,133 -499 1,630 2,250 -620 55,106 78,286 -23,180 62,279 73,931 -11,652 5,458 5,049 409 3,057 3,607 -550 22,387 25,274 -2,887 10,549 12,551 -2,002 5,282 6,317 -1,035 11,345 8,961 2,384 17,272 21,020 -3,748 9,919 13,402 -3,483 1,581 1,722 -141 7,633 10,835 -3,202 14,181 15,637 -1,456 14,462 19,842 -5,380 9,337 12,315 -2,978 5,038 6,777 -1,739 8,131 10,900 -2,769 1,611 1,875 -264 2,640 2,946 -306 20,642 13,727 6,915 2,430 2,651 -221 13,003 16,584 -3,581 6,518 5,797 721 52,092 73,997 -21,905 13,635 16,503 -2,868 842 979 -137 20,090 26,053 -5,963 4,673 6,609 -1,936 6,251 7,275 -1,024 26,534 29,371 -2,837 5,763 2,253 3,510 3,305 3,722 -417 5,921 8,909 -2,988 911 775 136 10,036 12,208 -2,172 51,476 62,709 -11,233 2,913 3,098 -185 860 1,260 -400 10 20 -10 14,761 23,918 -9,157 23,787 26,486 -2,699 1,837 2,506 -669 14,254 19,196 -4,942 2,183 1,130 1,053 831,856 988,309 -156,453 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended August 1 Advance Prior Wk Change 60,914 84,070 -23,156 33,901 39,002 -5,101 212,889 232,497 -19,608 60,167 79,564 -19,397 2,984,954 2,789,482 195,472 201,119 224,130 -23,011 232,364 252,297 -19,933 39,764 42,352 -2,588 68,445 72,931 -4,486 531,130 631,163 -100,033 578,158 633,988 -55,830 124,957 131,184 -6,227 19,046 25,369 -6,323 627,271 631,032 -3,761 191,613 223,895 -32,282 92,853 104,316 -11,463 81,930 77,520 4,410 141,539 136,779 4,760 291,001 327,467 -36,466 49,243 53,480 -4,237 180,831 203,445 -22,614 450,888 512,245 -61,357 522,491 514,836 7,655 264,267 288,215 -23,948 135,045 121,168 13,877 140,524 175,874 -35,350 27,912 33,450 -5,538 37,643 46,361 -8,718 339,900 327,954 11,946 54,259 61,496 -7,237 423,081 467,370 -44,289 93,933 99,358 -5,425 1,448,349 1,557,464 -109,115 234,405 283,907 -49,502 23,503 23,739 -236 350,702 409,323 -58,621 118,131 123,121 -4,990 190,110 189,136 974 675,346 633,057 42,289 184,300 164,500 19,800 55,411 60,470 -5,059 168,375 191,064 -22,689 14,428 15,464 -1,036 217,968 242,385 -24,417 1,237,387 1,228,250 9,137 57,833 64,015 -6,182 33,099 35,847 -2,748 5,056 3,518 1,538 263,336 331,401 -68,065 374,142 347,205 26,937 62,488 62,696 -208 182,121 208,649 -26,528 17,149 12,854 4,295 15,207,671 15,832,355 -624,684 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 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 June 20, 2020 June 27, 2020 July 4, 2020 July 11, 2020 July 18, 2020 July 25, 2020 August 1, 2020 August 8, 2020 Initial Claims 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 1,540 1,482 1,408 1,310 1,308 1,422 1,435 1,191 963 Change from Prior Week -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 -26 -58 -74 -98 -2 114 13 -244 -228 Change from Insured Prior Unemployment Week 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 20,289 -317 19,231 -1,058 18,760 -471 17,760 -1,000 17,304 -456 16,151 -1,153 16,951 800 16,090 -861 15,486 -604 4-Week Average 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 1,781.50 1,621.25 1,499.00 1,435.00 1,377.00 1,362.00 1,368.75 1,339.00 1,252.75 6 4-Week Average 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 20,751.00 20,348.50 19,721.50 19,010.00 18,263.75 17,493.75 17,041.50 16,624.00 16,169.50 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 2.1 5.1 8.2 10.9 12.4 15.4 15.5 17.1 14.3 14.6 14.1 13.9 13.2 12.9 12.2 11.8 11.1 11.6 11.0 10.6 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 August 8 Advance Prior Wk Change 2,122 2,642 -520 394 730 -336 17,844 23,904 -6,060 10,160 11,041 -881 163,805 203,894 -40,089 9,048 7,585 1,463 1,435 2,171 -736 258 292 -34 293 445 -152 10,160 13,344 -3,184 7,166 9,765 -2,599 2,543 3,120 -577 148 183 -35 3,704 4,515 -811 7,373 6,648 725 1,176 1,602 -426 8,683 6,016 2,667 1,928 2,964 -1,036 4,201 5,759 -1,558 276 472 -196 3,941 6,741 -2,800 8,750 9,765 -1,015 12,722 14,889 -2,167 290 354 -64 3,019 3,108 -89 1,447 1,797 -350 1,431 1,913 -482 1,097 1,209 -112 12,606 18,495 -5,889 588 563 25 10,565 20,125 -9,560 1,644 2,712 -1,068 26,515 44,627 -18,112 8,620 12,205 -3,585 3,054 106 2,948 12,719 42,249 -29,530 928 1,443 -515 8,858 20,781 -11,923 49,221 78,713 -29,492 24,115 4,024 20,091 7,068 11,858 -4,790 5,060 7,183 -2,123 218 119 99 3,700 4,578 -878 13,898 18,418 -4,520 765 831 -66 313 899 -586 395 48 347 5,025 11,390 -6,365 4,556 4,641 -85 0 0 0 2,511 2,845 -334 266 278 -12 488,622 655,999 -167,377 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended Jul 25 Jul 25 Jul 18 Change 40,802 35,512 5,290 17,051 14,432 2,619 317,680 762,148 -444,468 119,977 108,137 11,840 2,543,133 3,192,349 -649,216 75,616 74,905 711 67,122 66,765 357 9,251 10,906 -1,655 13,953 13,937 16 0 0 0 336,623 377,945 -41,322 87,688 89,846 -2,158 16,372 670 15,702 136,738 136,646 92 141,990 143,026 -1,036 14,833 16,382 -1,549 100,634 101,762 -1,128 20,425 57,783 -37,358 159,251 155,670 3,581 26,417 26,004 413 253,450 275,252 -21,802 438,596 486,182 -47,586 778,032 952,595 -174,563 61,289 63,221 -1,932 52,950 56,451 -3,501 64,063 63,701 362 43,087 56,475 -13,388 23,437 26,700 -3,263 128,190 139,060 -10,870 19,626 18,803 823 422,417 399,590 22,827 79,140 83,986 -4,846 1,297,114 1,194,448 102,666 192,247 220,671 -28,424 4,796 5,253 -457 319,350 365,235 -45,885 0 0 0 93,206 75,874 17,332 954,372 1,237,142 -282,770 236,487 526,850 -290,363 61,456 56,127 5,329 72,208 72,907 -699 4,081 4,266 -185 146,232 213,951 -67,719 248,901 281,329 -32,428 7,670 10,674 -3,004 9,115 9,637 -522 0 0 0 244,324 430,148 -185,824 141,092 146,114 -5,022 0 0 0 77,901 96,251 -18,350 3,011 2,760 251 10,723,396 12,956,478 -2,233,082 Note: Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA Program information . Backdated claims data may be included in these figures. 7 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 July 25 74,759 4,158 13,541 14,907 270,747 7,262 0 2,458 2,204 50,374 0 0 5,679 34,499 7,372 12,903 2,497 0 3,399 4,656 11,282 40,762 39,866 24,110 7,689 13,114 3,268 2,219 15,617 318 54,847 5,171 89,643 199,881 3,967 18,753 1,188 13,477 42,208 5,381 3,969 18,505 338 6,872 15,922 6,580 1,234 96 42,350 5,252 1,230 16,425 1,494 1,224,443 PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: July 18 Change 67,880 3,419 12,904 10,525 248,098 12,910 8,969 2,310 2,178 53,423 0 0 5,442 30,690 7,525 13,876 2,421 0 3,340 4,012 10,984 38,508 31,283 23,053 6,873 12,768 3,048 2,173 14,855 278 57,651 4,941 84,708 189,498 3,776 18,749 1,647 12,249 37,497 5,884 3,404 15,803 311 6,216 16,318 6,121 1,264 0 37,841 6,081 4,435 7,724 1,476 1,157,339 6,879 739 637 4,382 22,649 -5,648 -8,969 148 26 -3,049 0 0 237 3,809 -153 -973 76 0 59 644 298 2,254 8,583 1,057 816 346 220 46 762 40 -2,804 230 4,935 10,383 191 4 -459 1,228 4,711 -503 565 2,702 27 656 -396 459 -30 96 4,509 -829 -3,205 8,701 18 67,104 July 11 July 4 56,759 3,330 11,945 7,070 215,671 1,353 11,296 1,672 1,990 64,346 0 0 5,195 33,607 7,926 10,786 2,170 0 3,488 2,543 11,374 36,432 32,139 21,778 5,992 11,449 2,832 1,979 11,963 0 55,682 4,605 79,753 168,679 3,276 17,338 673 11,562 44,151 6,903 3,259 14,608 311 5,702 7,359 5,581 1,239 0 30,899 5,921 4,173 7,692 0 1,056,451 43,666 2,945 11,296 5,712 228,541 536 10,882 1,780 1,881 0 0 0 5,004 35,951 7,671 9,356 2,030 0 3,453 1,979 11,347 36,640 25,180 21,396 4,571 11,346 2,685 1,830 10,457 0 60,125 4,506 78,651 144,716 3,168 17,331 648 10,954 38,418 7,722 3,144 15,399 327 5,088 7,304 4,680 1,319 0 17,445 7,058 4,641 9,870 0 940,649 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 Extended Benefits (EB) Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted STATE July 25 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 0 591 231 881 61,859 47 34 358 0 58 0 11 155 9,566 1,531 1,392 0 0 539 15 589 0 3 3,563 757 2,012 229 72 898 793 14,925 466 0 4,816 172 2,429 0 1,395 11,080 508 521 2,340 0 788 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 19 5 125,659 EB Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: July 18 0 730 122 785 15,142 49 34 314 0 271 0 4 100 11,392 1,277 1,884 0 0 409 14 183 0 0 2,999 798 1,535 186 55 392 747 13,091 348 0 4,124 54 1,941 0 930 6,893 201 132 2,027 0 572 0 0 10 0 0 0 8 27 5 69,785 Change 0 -139 109 96 46,717 -2 0 44 0 -213 0 7 55 -1,826 254 -492 0 0 130 1 406 0 3 564 -41 477 43 17 506 46 1,834 118 0 692 118 488 0 465 4,187 307 389 313 0 216 0 0 -5 0 0 0 -2 -8 0 55,874 Note: Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information 9 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED AUGUST 1 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 11,690 5,195 15,561 12,750 222,043 7,167 10,537 2,133 2,250 78,286 73,931 5,049 3,607 25,274 12,551 6,317 8,961 21,020 13,402 1,722 10,835 15,637 19,842 12,315 6,777 10,900 1,875 2,946 13,727 2,651 16,584 5,797 73,997 16,503 979 26,053 6,609 7,275 29,371 2,253 3,722 8,909 775 12,208 62,709 3,098 1,260 20 23,918 26,486 2,506 19,196 1,130 988,309 LAST WEEK -5,747 -874 -3,502 -2,507 -22,610 -870 -644 -430 -462 -13,176 -11,053 -836 -1,096 -7,956 -7,578 -653 -1,501 -21 -5,109 -292 -2,203 -4,009 -3,377 -2,996 -2,392 -4,038 -513 -710 -4,663 -625 -11,489 -1,457 -11,052 -10,492 -224 -1,980 -2,318 -2,142 -6,437 -4,462 87 -3,286 -33 -7,883 -14,095 -611 -259 -28 -19,048 -4,167 -617 -3,830 -470 -218,736 YEAR AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 9,265 22 12 4,513 13 2 11,653 27 10 11,407 3 1 186,002 183 129 5,655 8 30 7,875 18 13 1,674 3 3 1,723 32 0 71,849 19 22 69,529 67 40 3,913 11 9 2,964 4 3 17,728 7 8 10,422 13 12 4,046 9 5 7,563 0 3 18,986 0 6 11,276 16 12 1,256 1 1 7,660 37 28 11,444 35 24 15,408 19 18 10,244 9 5 5,741 3 4 8,097 4 4 1,408 5 2 2,400 6 0 11,598 2 4 2,228 2 3 8,379 34 11 5,051 5 0 62,452 29 43 13,132 47 56 775 5 2 21,132 13 32 5,051 18 10 4,013 13 6 18,450 155 66 962 0 2 3,027 2 1 6,477 10 29 639 11 1 9,926 25 18 49,794 112 178 2,256 17 2 964 0 0 -10 0 0 21,401 6 1 20,854 20 22 1,740 2 1 15,494 15 8 944 1 0 808,430 1,118 902 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED JULY 25 ALL PROGRAMS CHANGE FROM EXCLUDING LAST YEAR RAILROAD STATE (%) 2 WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT 84,070 4.3 -9,999 66,205 101 77 84,248 39,002 12.6 -1,594 34,127 165 68 39,235 232,497 8.0 1,675 203,198 372 272 233,141 79,564 6.6 -14,549 66,376 137 54 79,755 2,789,482 16.0 -351,137 2,484,110 2,117 2,442 2,794,041 224,130 8.4 -74 206,897 187 341 224,658 252,297 15.3 537 217,013 199 115 252,611 42,352 9.5 1,429 36,757 39 39 42,430 72,931 12.6 221 65,648 923 7 73,861 631,163 7.2 -59,907 588,702 306 292 631,761 633,988 14.4 -2,924 608,370 676 502 635,166 131,184 21.1 989 124,329 302 177 131,663 25,369 3.4 -1,076 20,706 18 23 25,410 631,032 10.7 -17,695 540,131 526 229 631,787 223,895 7.3 -4,331 210,648 130 167 224,192 104,316 6.8 -5,726 89,347 138 57 104,511 77,520 5.7 -1,459 68,741 100 77 77,697 136,779 7.2 -4,511 119,151 167 201 137,147 327,467 17.3 3,110 309,288 201 85 327,753 53,480 8.8 -8,897 49,663 40 26 53,546 203,445 8.0 -15,584 174,640 285 225 203,955 512,245 14.3 768 454,342 335 245 512,825 514,836 12.0 -77,871 467,086 221 164 515,221 288,215 10.0 -17,315 262,381 172 168 288,555 121,168 10.9 17,059 109,668 203 129 121,500 175,874 6.4 -6,270 152,117 122 83 176,079 33,450 7.3 -1,252 28,666 88 36 33,574 46,361 4.8 -950 42,422 32 26 46,419 327,954 23.6 -18,184 310,479 112 176 328,242 61,496 9.4 -4,900 58,088 19 16 61,531 467,370 11.6 -18,439 371,484 296 639 468,305 99,358 12.3 1,926 90,701 212 130 99,700 1,557,464 16.5 18,064 1,425,560 568 664 1,558,696 283,907 6.4 -31,209 263,112 469 697 285,073 23,739 5.7 -1,249 21,609 215 23 23,977 409,323 7.6 -17,535 365,533 213 372 409,908 123,121 7.8 -4,496 108,221 130 113 123,364 189,136 9.8 -1,857 164,571 302 149 189,587 633,057 10.9 -120,296 521,695 1,224 550 634,831 164,500 19.1 -37,821 143,491 227 70 164,797 60,470 12.7 -2,815 51,863 46 36 60,552 191,064 9.1 -6,822 175,168 60 104 191,228 15,464 3.7 -179 14,327 303 13 15,780 242,385 7.3 -16,084 221,890 147 211 242,743 1,228,250 9.9 -110,650 1,100,775 1,091 2,372 1,231,713 64,015 4.3 -2,336 57,513 64 43 64,122 35,847 11.8 -1,950 32,732 2 3 35,852 3,518 9.6 -1,324 3,132 14 0 3,532 331,401 8.8 -13,425 311,613 482 529 332,412 347,205 10.3 -8,944 304,240 363 773 348,341 62,696 9.4 -1,669 54,047 73 85 62,854 208,649 7.3 -3,295 183,414 114 126 208,889 12,854 4.8 -169 11,081 13 4 12,871 15,832,355 10.8 -982,991 14,167,068 15,061 14,225 15,861,641 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. 10 UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED AUGUST 1, 2020 STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State None Change State Supplied Comment STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State CA VA TX FL NJ GA Change -22,610 -19,048 -14,095 -13,176 -11,489 -11,053 NY -11,052 NC -10,492 IL TN IN PA -7,956 -7,883 -7,578 -6,437 AL -5,747 LA NV PR WA MO -5,109 -4,663 -4,462 -4,167 -4,038 MA WI AZ MI SC MN AR MS OK MD OR OH KS NM ID -4,009 -3,830 -3,502 -3,377 -3,286 -2,996 -2,507 -2,392 -2,318 -2,203 -2,142 -1,980 -1,501 -1,457 -1,096 State Supplied Comment Fewer layoffs in the service industry. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance, accommodation and food, and manufacturing industries. Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance, educational services, and retail trade industries. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, and educational services industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing, accommodations and food services, and transportation and warehousing industries. Fewer layoffs in the administrative and support and waste management and remediation services and accommodation and food services industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, and manufacturing 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. No comment. 11 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 20-1574-NAT Program Contacts: Thomas Stengle: (202) 693-2991 Media Contact: (202) 693-4676 12