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, October 29, 2020 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 751,000, a decrease of 40,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 4,000 from 787,000 to 791,000. The 4-week moving average was 787,750, a decrease of 24,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 1,000 from 811,250 to 812,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 5.3 percent for the week ending October 17, a decrease of 0.5 percentage point from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised up by 0.1 from 5.7 to 5.8 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 17 was 7,756,000, a decrease of 709,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up 92,000 from 8,373,000 to 8,465,000. The 4-week moving average was 9,053,250, a decrease of 1,055,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 23,250 from 10,085,750 to 10,109,000. 1 UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 732,223 in the week ending October 24, a decrease of 28,354 (or -3.7 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 11,998 (or 1.6 percent) from the previous week. There were 198,733 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In addition, for the week ending October 24, 51 states reported 359,667 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 5.1 percent during the week ending October 17, a decrease of 0.4 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 7,422,454, a decrease of 662,405 (or -8.2 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 46,992 (or 0.6 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.0 percent and the volume was 1,419,512. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending October 10 was 22,654,453, a decrease of 415,727 from the previous week. There were 1,411,728 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019. During the week ending October 10, Extended Benefits were available in the following 44 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, the Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. 2 Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,736 in the week ending October 17, an increase of 217 from the prior week. There were 849 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 49 from the preceding week. There were 11,751 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending October 10, a decrease of 179 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 13,075, a decrease of 746 from the prior week. During the week ending October 10, 51 states reported 10,324,779 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 50 states reported 3,683,496 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 10 were in Hawaii (12.6), California (10.5), Nevada (10.0), Georgia (8.3), District of Columbia (7.9), Louisiana (7.8), Puerto Rico (7.4), Massachusetts (7.1), New Mexico (7.1), and Illinois (6.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 17 were in Massachusetts (+5,442), Kansas (+3,010), Virginia (+2,255), Texas (+616), and Minnesota (+493), while the largest decreases were in California (-16,207), New York (-11,495), Georgia (-9,274), Florida (-7,834), and Michigan (-7,774). 3 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING Initial Claims (SA) Initial Claims (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) October 24 751,000 732,223 787,750 October 17 791,000 760,577 812,250 Change -40,000 -28,354 -24,500 October 10 842,000 829,742 832,750 Prior Year1 217,000 198,733 215,000 WEEK ENDING Insured Unemployment (SA) Insured Unemployment (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2 Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 October 17 7,756,000 7,422,454 9,053,250 5.3% October 10 8,465,000 8,084,859 10,109,000 5.8% Change -709,000 -662,405 -1,055,750 -0.5 October 3 9,398,000 9,011,067 11,179,500 6.4% Prior Year1 1,700,000 1,419,512 1,694,500 1.2% 5.1% 5.5% -0.4 6.1% 1.0% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance October 24 October 17 Change October 10 359,667 344,905 +14,762 337,228 WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) October 17 1,736 849 October 10 1,519 898 Change +217 -49 Prior Year1 916 472 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 October 10 8,031,303 11,751 13,075 10,324,779 3,683,496 400,646 2,395 187,008 22,654,453 October 3 8,952,580 11,930 13,821 10,152,753 3,296,156 444,846 2,728 195,366 23,070,180 Change -921,277 -179 -746 +172,026 +387,340 -44,200 -333 -8,358 -415,727 Prior Year1 1,384,227 6,903 5,850 NA NA 0 5,084 9,664 1,411,728 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 146,534,375 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 October 24 Advance Prior Wk Change 6,661 7,964 -1,303 4,702 4,608 94 8,702 7,053 1,649 3,520 4,318 -798 152,057 159,876 -7,819 6,222 5,759 463 6,020 4,395 1,625 1,566 1,715 -149 1,363 1,559 -196 30,874 40,070 -9,196 43,362 44,892 -1,530 5,125 5,104 21 3,660 3,293 367 54,819 46,948 7,871 13,977 15,421 -1,444 4,791 4,215 576 16,546 17,547 -1,001 5,128 5,951 -823 9,114 13,039 -3,925 1,418 1,346 72 9,944 11,609 -1,665 47,202 45,404 1,798 16,073 7,310 8,763 11,766 9,833 1,933 2,896 2,996 -100 6,988 8,728 -1,740 3,000 2,469 531 2,332 2,934 -602 10,709 8,734 1,975 1,880 2,100 -220 26,553 28,809 -2,256 4,454 4,033 421 52,283 54,890 -2,607 9,098 12,119 -3,021 1,328 1,043 285 17,009 17,671 -662 4,591 5,277 -686 4,127 4,767 -640 19,257 19,223 34 1,086 1,249 -163 3,049 2,437 612 3,837 3,890 -53 391 485 -94 7,770 10,412 -2,642 33,757 45,308 -11,551 2,382 2,490 -108 662 601 61 13 133 -120 14,572 11,365 3,207 17,044 19,980 -2,936 1,907 1,940 -33 13,508 13,890 -382 1,128 1,375 -247 732,223 760,577 -28,354 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 17 Advance Prior Wk Change 31,292 43,493 -12,201 18,635 19,754 -1,119 124,182 137,816 -13,634 21,986 30,873 -8,887 1,683,298 1,836,240 -152,942 109,035 111,822 -2,787 100,906 96,689 4,217 18,288 19,228 -940 39,937 45,879 -5,942 220,155 287,537 -67,382 338,747 367,949 -29,202 70,989 78,156 -7,167 7,194 8,215 -1,021 373,050 402,230 -29,180 101,612 113,496 -11,884 39,615 42,103 -2,488 55,184 44,327 10,857 61,186 73,897 -12,711 120,987 146,622 -25,635 14,095 15,901 -1,806 81,395 102,425 -21,030 241,442 254,030 -12,588 213,811 249,753 -35,942 120,407 122,976 -2,569 42,574 45,296 -2,722 53,207 57,846 -4,639 14,372 16,146 -1,774 12,942 14,921 -1,979 118,432 140,132 -21,700 25,832 28,017 -2,185 202,701 217,743 -15,042 73,193 57,898 15,295 578,378 616,176 -37,798 91,017 103,618 -12,601 8,566 8,065 501 162,167 186,651 -24,484 59,007 73,321 -14,314 104,512 103,211 1,301 335,932 363,487 -27,555 64,517 63,740 777 17,512 19,638 -2,126 58,072 66,012 -7,940 4,375 4,320 55 74,790 88,163 -13,373 607,827 682,194 -74,367 17,450 19,081 -1,631 12,997 13,438 -441 3,590 2,198 1,392 126,469 129,300 -2,831 211,195 177,627 33,568 26,786 26,469 317 100,468 102,729 -2,261 6,146 6,011 135 7,422,454 8,084,859 -662,405 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. 5 Seasonally Adjusted US Weekly UI Claims (in thousands) Week Ending 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 August 15, 2020 August 22, 2020 August 29, 2020 September 5, 2020 September 12, 2020 September 19, 2020 September 26, 2020 October 3, 2020 October 10, 2020 October 17, 2020 October 24, 2020 Initial Claims 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 1,191 971 1,104 1,011 884 893 866 873 849 767 842 791 751 Change from Prior Week -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 -220 133 -93 -127 9 -27 7 -24 -82 75 -51 -40 Change from Insured Prior Unemployment Week 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 15,480 -610 14,759 -721 14,492 -267 13,292 -1,200 13,544 252 12,747 -797 12,747 0 11,979 -768 10,594 -1,385 9,398 -1,196 8,465 -933 7,756 -709 4-Week Average 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 1,254.75 1,175.25 1,069.25 992.50 973.00 913.50 879.00 870.25 838.75 832.75 812.25 787.75 6 4-Week Average 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 16,168.00 15,820.00 15,205.25 14,505.75 14,021.75 13,518.75 13,082.50 12,754.25 12,016.75 11,179.50 10,109.00 9,053.25 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 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 10.1 9.9 9.1 9.3 8.7 8.7 8.2 7.2 6.4 5.8 5.3 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 October 24 Advance Prior Wk Change 5,948 4,932 1,016 273 256 17 12,710 33,326 -20,616 2,814 3,005 -191 25,889 25,168 721 2,554 2,973 -419 400 357 43 117 113 4 192 193 -1 37,201 49,641 -12,440 4,240 3,549 691 2,362 3,138 -776 22 37 -15 8,704 8,187 517 10,465 12,876 -2,411 854 891 -37 5,826 7,502 -1,676 3,485 3,412 73 5,744 5,435 309 728 517 211 3,097 3,223 -126 12,162 11,614 548 11,559 11,665 -106 0 6 -6 861 1,048 -187 189 496 -307 1,062 1,109 -47 1,044 1,474 -430 57,783 12,537 45,246 309 277 32 3,079 3,299 -220 1,201 1,149 52 24,008 25,397 -1,389 8,688 7,700 988 685 809 -124 39,502 28,845 10,657 850 850 0 3,138 2,310 828 17,752 20,499 -2,747 12,385 11,787 598 4,464 5,831 -1,367 2,819 2,881 -62 17 24 -7 2,836 3,118 -282 5,111 5,250 -139 695 701 -6 67 79 -12 0 55 -55 4,286 4,085 201 3,455 3,685 -230 3,375 4,821 -1,446 2,215 2,254 -39 445 519 -74 359,667 344,905 14,762 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended Oct 10 Oct 10 Oct 3 Change 37,825 35,113 2,712 10,267 9,826 441 290,919 399,000 -108,081 62,172 66,664 -4,492 3,315,931 2,878,378 437,553 66,445 67,234 -789 37,088 48,113 -11,025 7,840 7,491 349 14,892 15,391 -499 0 0 0 241,170 259,730 -18,560 106,305 109,492 -3,187 10,272 10,951 -679 128,913 121,697 7,216 150,340 105,742 44,598 12,313 12,331 -18 90,512 164,946 -74,434 51,162 40,257 10,905 124,708 129,260 -4,552 14,861 16,046 -1,185 202,020 201,738 282 480,213 462,042 18,171 590,025 587,248 2,777 43,365 42,625 740 27,029 29,957 -2,928 46,762 50,970 -4,208 31,729 33,428 -1,699 10,566 27,582 -17,016 90,120 91,798 -1,678 13,372 14,579 -1,207 365,468 390,735 -25,267 32,369 26,622 5,747 1,188,764 1,208,943 -20,179 120,474 121,240 -766 5,210 5,503 -293 399,047 427,053 -28,006 9,182 8,902 280 85,996 100,428 -14,432 725,477 752,103 -26,626 198,025 185,179 12,846 43,401 44,922 -1,521 58,026 57,518 508 1,893 2,672 -779 84,416 126,768 -42,352 272,736 233,920 38,816 4,374 4,836 -462 8,749 8,803 -54 0 0 0 201,305 186,457 14,848 105,578 106,159 -581 62,683 69,560 -6,877 41,131 42,684 -1,553 1,339 2,117 -778 10,324,779 10,152,753 172,026 Note: Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA Program information 7 Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Claims - Not Seasonally Adjusted STATE October 10 October 3 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 52,661 8,654 37,909 19,378 992,254 49,759 43,443 10,487 16,623 0 0 24,244 5,976 150,021 39,113 25,092 21,036 0 17,435 13,822 38,140 140,556 180,342 68,327 16,007 48,107 4,901 3,697 75,042 4,012 148,516 22,361 600,921 135,312 5,503 78,608 24,215 42,518 160,796 17,780 18,381 70,088 581 49,239 24,969 8,930 7,715 21 86,841 5,914 14,308 50,359 2,582 3,683,496 63,024 8,357 31,786 21,280 854,119 39,611 42,210 9,041 13,608 0 0 16,129 6,149 109,539 30,475 24,900 16,838 0 11,552 14,224 28,716 125,258 132,099 61,136 16,610 48,201 4,763 3,478 63,551 3,660 133,535 19,069 537,675 150,342 5,218 68,728 20,958 34,809 127,679 14,731 16,691 68,681 608 50,640 21,878 8,791 6,840 88 84,760 6,839 69,560 45,320 2,402 3,296,156 PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: Change September 26 -10,363 297 6,123 -1,902 138,135 10,148 1,233 1,446 3,015 0 0 8,115 -173 40,482 8,638 192 4,198 0 5,883 -402 9,424 15,298 48,243 7,191 -603 -94 138 219 11,491 352 14,981 3,292 63,246 -15,030 285 9,880 3,257 7,709 33,117 3,049 1,690 1,407 -27 -1,401 3,091 139 875 -67 2,081 -925 -55,252 5,039 180 387,340 71,789 8,077 25,058 21,493 724,226 44,183 32,164 6,721 9,763 0 0 8,326 6,377 74,602 21,811 26,586 13,944 0 7,319 13,014 15,124 104,070 116,139 52,054 13,880 47,747 4,631 3,115 50,782 1,849 106,774 14,938 433,446 172,254 4,985 51,852 17,512 25,467 104,530 10,105 14,332 66,905 477 57,428 27,544 8,747 5,147 77 80,259 7,441 9,122 39,876 2,271 2,786,333 September 19 16,110 7,482 21,410 21,390 471,016 27,338 19,031 4,271 4,927 0 0 3,399 6,635 37,650 12,724 23,983 12,293 0 4,075 10,721 18,793 77,400 62,134 41,622 13,437 49,329 4,300 2,736 37,346 1,599 74,743 9,773 232,083 192,153 4,686 32,847 16,913 19,823 62,687 7,110 11,305 64,775 474 57,675 31,939 8,639 3,339 116 73,727 7,438 6,169 29,498 2,289 1,963,352 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 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 October 10 0 1,231 2,577 1,351 73,213 59 6,920 133 22 0 0 11 23 22,899 2,890 4,247 1,226 101 1,981 731 5,982 15,991 8,486 6,980 2,388 4,377 728 169 5,868 424 30,724 1,896 40,233 87,275 41 11,796 0 5,169 16,925 1,610 1,765 6,936 0 2,506 0 0 669 0 9,318 12,889 18 28 13 400,819 EB Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: October 3 0 1,158 2,187 1,259 120,624 55 6,618 131 4 0 0 9 36 24,569 2,593 3,935 845 164 1,895 822 5,533 14,977 22,461 6,611 2,105 4,499 684 185 5,094 481 28,729 1,852 39,910 74,184 387 11,149 0 4,767 22,138 1,433 1,730 6,486 0 2,289 0 0 683 0 7,375 12,105 29 28 38 444,846 Change 0 73 390 92 -47,411 4 302 2 18 0 0 2 -13 -1,670 297 312 381 -63 86 -91 449 1,014 -13,975 369 283 -122 44 -16 774 -57 1,995 44 323 13,091 -346 647 0 402 -5,213 177 35 450 0 217 0 0 -14 0 1,943 784 -11 0 -25 -44,027 Note: Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information 9 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED OCTOBER 17 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 7,964 4,608 7,053 4,318 159,876 5,759 4,395 1,715 1,559 40,070 44,892 5,104 3,293 46,948 15,421 4,215 17,547 5,951 13,039 1,346 11,609 45,404 7,310 9,833 2,996 8,728 2,469 2,934 8,734 2,100 28,809 4,033 54,890 12,119 1,043 17,671 5,277 4,767 19,223 1,249 2,437 3,890 485 10,412 45,308 2,490 601 133 11,365 19,980 1,940 13,890 1,375 760,577 CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 -617 6,261 26 11 -1,100 3,603 15 2 -872 3,543 12 2 -1,401 2,914 6 4 -16,207 120,685 296 121 -647 3,880 33 16 -339 2,158 27 3 -295 1,190 4 2 -353 1,125 22 0 -7,834 34,619 34 70 -9,274 40,461 102 60 231 3,806 7 8 -226 2,410 16 4 -580 39,397 10 7 -2,495 13,305 38 17 23 1,919 10 3 3,010 16,415 4 0 -18 3,592 5 2 -538 11,247 15 13 -203 927 1 0 -738 9,107 35 3 5,442 41,265 82 25 -7,774 1,130 29 3 493 6,997 12 6 -661 1,912 10 0 -1,794 6,030 7 0 -424 1,505 34 1 -309 2,424 8 2 -230 6,649 3 2 -462 1,750 13 3 -222 21,327 48 20 -765 3,190 27 4 -11,495 42,780 27 25 -1,053 8,742 38 51 -2 717 5 3 -2,460 11,409 24 35 -254 3,655 23 5 -6 794 58 13 -1,028 8,301 173 41 -97 279 2 0 -622 1,782 5 2 -777 1,902 12 17 42 311 9 1 -398 7,366 36 11 616 32,250 208 179 -236 1,577 49 6 58 209 0 0 -30 103 0 0 2,255 9,163 9 7 -5,651 13,726 38 25 -198 803 3 2 -1,081 10,354 20 12 431 863 6 0 -69,165 573,829 1,736 849 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED OCTOBER 10 ALL PROGRAMS CHANGE FROM EXCLUDING LAST YEAR RAILROAD STATE (%) 2 WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT 43,493 2.2 16,430 29,003 93 61 43,647 19,754 6.4 -510 14,125 146 48 19,948 137,816 4.7 -13,620 115,905 211 266 138,293 30,873 2.6 -1,430 21,043 95 44 31,012 1,836,240 10.5 -175,033 1,577,523 2,223 3,618 1,842,081 111,822 4.2 -12,511 96,175 151 345 112,318 96,689 5.9 -24,680 71,404 117 84 96,890 19,228 4.3 -2,127 15,445 21 22 19,271 45,879 7.9 -3,188 39,604 621 27 46,527 287,537 3.3 -12,578 250,550 296 245 288,078 367,949 8.3 -41,653 343,815 586 520 369,055 78,156 12.6 -14,499 71,850 288 167 78,611 8,215 1.1 -171 4,690 23 11 8,249 402,230 6.8 -44,830 327,202 531 264 403,025 113,496 3.7 -5,434 100,262 128 114 113,738 42,103 2.7 -4,306 29,744 63 52 42,218 44,327 3.2 -252 37,058 78 46 44,451 73,897 3.9 -6,692 58,299 82 187 74,166 146,622 7.8 -18,698 133,239 128 53 146,803 15,901 2.6 -3,822 12,963 22 18 15,941 102,425 4.2 -13,020 81,328 241 131 102,797 254,030 7.1 -14,912 210,200 294 153 254,477 249,753 5.8 -51,543 203,553 147 96 249,996 122,976 4.3 -15,697 100,355 142 132 123,250 45,296 4.1 -11,013 38,342 68 40 45,404 57,846 2.1 -2,879 40,248 107 40 57,993 16,146 3.5 -1,648 11,702 70 28 16,244 14,921 1.5 -1,540 12,775 32 7 14,960 140,132 10.0 -17,073 123,515 117 126 140,375 28,017 4.3 -2,217 25,341 17 10 28,044 217,743 5.4 -31,333 146,527 246 427 218,416 57,898 7.1 -4,956 50,317 223 94 58,215 616,176 6.5 -107,594 510,249 251 469 616,896 103,618 2.3 -5,215 84,907 248 417 104,283 8,065 1.9 -1,042 6,754 16 9 8,090 186,651 3.5 -102,576 147,087 134 270 187,055 73,321 4.7 -9,061 57,786 76 96 73,493 103,211 5.4 -11,910 80,726 290 134 103,635 363,487 6.3 -35,706 280,589 969 433 364,889 63,740 7.4 -16,734 46,546 135 18 63,893 19,638 4.1 -2,885 14,380 25 21 19,684 66,012 3.2 -4,108 52,656 48 105 66,165 4,320 1.0 -1,149 3,528 22 5 4,347 88,163 2.7 -12,748 69,426 97 68 88,328 682,194 5.5 -36,037 568,800 934 2,297 685,425 19,081 1.3 -2,184 13,239 31 21 19,133 13,438 4.4 -2,022 11,608 2 1 13,441 2,198 5.9 -240 1,706 2 4 2,204 129,300 3.4 -12,920 112,532 325 451 130,076 177,627 5.2 -12,588 135,526 326 623 178,576 26,469 4.0 -4,243 17,570 55 68 26,592 102,729 3.6 -7,321 83,767 128 84 102,941 6,011 2.2 -490 4,507 30 5 6,046 8,084,859 5.5 -926,208 6,697,991 11,751 13,075 8,109,685 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 OCTOBER 17, 2020 STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State MA KS VA Change +5,442 +3,010 +2,255 State Supplied Comment No comment. No comment. Layoffs in the accommodations and food services industry. STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State CA NY Change -16,207 -11,495 GA -9,274 FL -7,834 MI WA IN OH MO -7,774 -5,651 -2,495 -2,460 -1,794 AR AK WI NC -1,401 -1,100 -1,081 -1,053 PA -1,028 State Supplied Comment Fewer layoffs in the service industry. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, health care and social assistance, and construction industries. Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, and accommodation and food services industries. Fewer layoffs in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting retail trade, construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, and services industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, and educational services industries. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, health care and social assistance, and construction industries. 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 20-2020-NAT Program Contacts: Thomas Stengle: (202) 693-2991 Media Contact: (202) 693-4676 12