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, November 5, 2020 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 751,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 7,000 from 751,000 to 758,000. The 4-week moving average was 787,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 3,250 from 787,750 to 791,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 5.0 percent for the week ending October 24, a decrease of 0.3 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 24 was 7,285,000, a decrease of 538,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up 67,000 from 7,756,000 to 7,823,000. The 4-week moving average was 8,244,500, a decrease of 827,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 18,500 from 9,053,250 to 9,071,750. 1 UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 738,166 in the week ending October 31, a decrease of 543 (or -0.1 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 6,099 (or 0.8 percent) from the previous week. There were 205,625 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In addition, for the week ending October 31, 52 states reported 362,883 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.7 percent during the week ending October 24, a decrease of 0.4 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 6,951,731, a decrease of 537,898 (or -7.2 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 242 (or -0.003 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.0 percent and the volume was 1,423,681. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending October 17 was 21,508,662, a decrease of 1,152,854 from the previous week. There were 1,444,923 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019. During the week ending October 17, Extended Benefits were available in the following 43 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, 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 2,171 in the week ending October 24, an increase of 436 from the prior week. There were 907 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 58 from the preceding week. There were 12,137 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending October 17, an increase of 368 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 12,417, a decrease of 658 from the prior week. During the week ending Oct 17, 51 states reported 9,332,610 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 50 states reported 3,961,060 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 17 were in Hawaii (11.3), the Virgin Islands (9.6), California (9.5), Nevada (9.2), New Mexico (9.0), Georgia (7.6), Puerto Rico (7.6), District of Columbia (7.1), Massachusetts (6.9), and Louisiana (6.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 24 were in Illinois (+6,190), Michigan (+5,442), Massachusetts (+2,483), Minnesota (+1,848), and Connecticut (+1,621), while the largest decreases were in Texas (-10,113), California (-7,700), Florida (-6,528), New York (-3,291), and Louisiana (-3,096). 3 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS WEEK ENDING Initial Claims (SA) Initial Claims (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) October 31 751,000 738,166 787,000 October 24 758,000 738,709 791,000 Change -7,000 -543 -4,000 October 17 797,000 766,520 813,750 Prior Year1 212,000 205,625 215,000 WEEK ENDING Insured Unemployment (SA) Insured Unemployment (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2 Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2 October 24 7,285,000 6,951,731 8,244,500 5.0% 4.7% October 17 7,823,000 7,489,629 9,071,750 5.3% 5.1% Change -538,000 -537,898 -827,250 -0.3 -0.4 October 10 8,472,000 8,091,731 10,110,750 5.8% 5.5% Prior Year1 1,695,000 1,423,681 1,693,750 1.2% 1.0% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance October 31 October 24 Change October 17 362,883 359,044 +3,839 344,905 WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) October 24 2,171 907 October 17 1,735 849 Change +436 +58 Prior Year1 964 452 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 17 7,436,246 12,137 12,417 9,332,610 3,961,060 572,942 2,806 178,444 21,508,662 October 10 8,038,175 11,769 13,075 10,324,779 3,683,496 400,819 2,395 187,008 22,661,516 Change -601,929 +368 -658 -992,169 +277,564 +172,123 +411 -8,564 -1,152,854 Prior Year1 1,416,835 7,117 5,838 NA NA 0 5,533 9,600 1,444,923 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 31 Advance Prior Wk Change 6,603 7,126 -523 4,768 4,388 380 8,512 6,813 1,699 3,519 4,019 -500 152,428 152,176 252 7,151 6,071 1,080 4,843 6,016 -1,173 1,889 1,657 232 1,188 1,473 -285 28,702 33,542 -4,840 36,638 43,695 -7,057 4,893 4,906 -13 3,705 3,863 -158 76,338 53,138 23,200 13,900 13,407 493 4,964 4,351 613 19,443 15,972 3,471 8,982 5,325 3,657 7,718 9,943 -2,225 1,616 1,479 137 10,162 10,743 -581 38,832 47,887 -9,055 12,862 18,082 -5,220 12,713 11,681 1,032 3,267 3,231 36 7,316 7,802 -486 2,818 3,181 -363 2,389 2,421 -32 9,692 9,036 656 1,901 2,028 -127 23,904 27,203 -3,299 4,539 4,091 448 45,391 51,599 -6,208 7,868 9,903 -2,035 1,389 1,223 166 20,697 17,587 3,110 4,255 5,015 -760 3,728 4,529 -801 23,078 19,974 3,104 1,117 1,200 -83 3,111 3,127 -16 3,398 3,675 -277 808 482 326 6,992 8,113 -1,121 36,200 35,195 1,005 2,368 2,371 -3 697 706 -9 11 127 -116 12,895 12,352 543 18,299 18,025 274 1,817 2,091 -274 14,938 13,540 1,398 914 1,129 -215 738,166 738,709 -543 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 24 Advance Prior Wk Change 28,536 35,544 -7,008 18,517 18,974 -457 112,291 125,852 -13,561 23,315 26,311 -2,996 1,588,552 1,653,245 -64,693 97,609 105,759 -8,150 95,398 101,110 -5,712 14,143 17,349 -3,206 36,662 41,417 -4,755 292,588 282,261 10,327 303,591 336,738 -33,147 61,944 70,416 -8,472 7,173 8,024 -851 342,096 379,952 -37,856 94,842 103,977 -9,135 37,290 39,825 -2,535 54,676 43,902 10,774 58,145 62,209 -4,064 105,367 128,378 -23,011 12,659 15,286 -2,627 76,300 83,240 -6,940 229,760 249,005 -19,245 195,888 235,256 -39,368 114,662 116,856 -2,194 37,518 46,448 -8,930 50,304 56,392 -6,088 14,681 14,996 -315 12,572 13,742 -1,170 106,918 127,673 -20,755 24,138 26,153 -2,015 178,312 203,663 -25,351 68,988 72,805 -3,817 525,105 580,124 -55,019 86,412 96,919 -10,507 8,124 7,297 827 158,052 169,784 -11,732 50,911 67,861 -16,950 94,568 95,814 -1,246 310,246 334,369 -24,123 58,120 65,498 -7,378 16,547 17,947 -1,400 52,975 61,400 -8,425 3,704 4,539 -835 67,587 80,068 -12,481 564,267 607,655 -43,388 16,299 17,474 -1,175 11,968 12,535 -567 2,672 3,586 -914 98,576 127,621 -29,045 199,991 165,664 34,327 25,340 24,485 855 98,747 100,438 -1,691 6,085 5,793 292 6,951,731 7,489,629 -537,898 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 OUI estimate. 5 Seasonally Adjusted US Weekly UI Claims (in thousands) Week Ending 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 October 31, 2020 Initial Claims 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 1,011 884 893 866 873 849 767 842 797 758 751 Change from Prior Week 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 -45 -39 -7 Change from Insured Prior Unemployment Week 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 8,472 -926 7,823 -649 7,285 -538 4-Week Average 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 1,069.25 992.50 973.00 913.50 879.00 870.25 838.75 832.75 813.75 791.00 787.00 6 4-Week Average 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 10,110.75 9,071.75 8,244.50 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 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 5.0 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 31 Advance Prior Wk Change 3,702 5,948 -2,246 313 273 40 11,454 12,551 -1,097 2,655 2,841 -186 30,990 25,889 5,101 3,625 2,554 1,071 422 400 22 0 117 -117 177 194 -17 33,320 37,201 -3,881 3,865 4,240 -375 2,131 2,362 -231 20 27 -7 9,338 8,704 634 9,864 10,464 -600 1,140 854 286 4,242 5,826 -1,584 4,222 3,485 737 9,219 5,742 3,477 469 728 -259 2,923 3,097 -174 10,779 12,162 -1,383 10,670 11,559 -889 3 3 0 705 861 -156 127 189 -62 947 1,062 -115 1,060 1,044 16 50,698 57,783 -7,085 295 309 -14 2,426 3,079 -653 1,123 1,201 -78 22,009 24,008 -1,999 12,524 8,688 3,836 719 685 34 50,075 39,501 10,574 601 893 -292 3,050 3,138 -88 20,301 17,752 2,549 12,273 11,744 529 4,460 4,464 -4 2,330 2,819 -489 32 17 15 2,667 2,833 -166 5,513 5,111 402 668 695 -27 57 67 -10 87 104 -17 4,371 4,286 85 3,065 3,455 -390 2,815 3,375 -560 2,181 2,215 -34 161 445 -284 362,883 359,044 3,839 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended Oct 17 Oct 17 Oct 10 Change 38,650 37,825 825 9,850 10,267 -417 212,346 290,919 -78,573 62,172 62,172 0 2,011,263 3,315,931 -1,304,668 63,229 66,445 -3,216 37,629 37,088 541 7,136 7,840 -704 15,131 14,892 239 0 0 0 236,721 241,170 -4,449 92,787 106,305 -13,518 10,496 10,272 224 127,845 128,913 -1,068 143,704 150,340 -6,636 12,155 12,313 -158 58,880 90,512 -31,632 40,183 51,162 -10,979 123,488 124,708 -1,220 16,573 14,861 1,712 205,503 202,020 3,483 492,135 480,213 11,922 549,045 590,025 -40,980 43,263 43,365 -102 26,841 27,029 -188 47,418 46,762 656 29,327 31,729 -2,402 10,531 10,566 -35 89,253 90,120 -867 13,908 13,372 536 380,611 365,468 15,143 34,337 32,369 1,968 1,389,541 1,188,764 200,777 116,937 120,474 -3,537 5,801 5,210 591 407,383 399,047 8,336 11,175 9,182 1,993 93,897 85,996 7,901 742,511 725,477 17,034 201,943 198,025 3,918 42,555 43,401 -846 57,074 58,026 -952 1,557 1,893 -336 78,978 84,416 -5,438 517,856 272,736 245,120 4,215 4,374 -159 8,333 8,749 -416 0 0 0 210,446 201,305 9,141 103,378 105,578 -2,200 54,985 62,683 -7,698 39,843 41,131 -1,288 1,792 1,339 453 9,332,610 10,324,779 -992,169 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 17 October 10 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 46,350 8,753 43,175 16,057 1,098,039 48,488 52,144 11,654 18,927 0 0 31,617 5,822 168,672 44,945 26,130 20,570 0 26,113 14,402 43,921 152,834 176,677 73,570 16,599 48,671 5,174 3,850 83,467 4,877 164,686 7,054 644,570 126,204 5,859 85,680 28,552 47,157 170,750 24,176 19,649 71,739 717 47,823 37,955 8,860 8,256 109 91,108 4,905 15,133 55,742 2,878 3,961,060 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 PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: Change October 3 -6,311 99 5,266 -3,321 105,785 -1,271 8,701 1,167 2,304 0 0 7,373 -154 18,651 5,832 1,038 -466 0 8,678 580 5,781 12,278 -3,665 5,243 592 564 273 153 8,425 865 16,170 -15,307 43,649 -9,108 356 7,072 4,337 4,639 9,954 6,396 1,268 1,651 136 -1,416 12,986 -70 541 88 4,267 -1,009 825 5,383 296 277,564 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 September 26 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 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 17 0 1,208 2,978 2,062 135,885 72 7,959 133 33 0 0 15 28 26,504 2,928 4,778 1,166 145 2,107 715 6,363 17,418 25,867 8,962 2,836 242 809 152 6,954 460 32,652 392 43,839 93,882 9 12,627 0 5,536 18,907 2,021 1,909 5,602 0 2,531 67,973 0 689 0 11,672 13,813 34 47 28 572,942 EB Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: 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 Change 0 -23 401 711 62,672 13 1,039 0 11 0 0 4 5 3,605 38 531 -60 44 126 -16 381 1,427 17,381 1,982 448 -4,135 81 -17 1,086 36 1,928 -1,504 3,606 6,607 -32 831 0 367 1,982 411 144 -1,334 0 25 67,973 0 20 0 2,354 924 16 19 15 172,123 Note: Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information 9 INITIAL CLAIMS FILED DURING WEEK ENDED OCTOBER 24 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 7,126 4,388 6,813 4,019 152,176 6,071 6,016 1,657 1,473 33,542 43,695 4,906 3,863 53,138 13,407 4,351 15,972 5,325 9,943 1,479 10,743 47,887 18,082 11,681 3,231 7,802 3,181 2,421 9,036 2,028 27,203 4,091 51,599 9,903 1,223 17,587 5,015 4,529 19,974 1,200 3,127 3,675 482 8,113 35,195 2,371 706 127 12,352 18,025 2,091 13,540 1,129 738,709 CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 -838 5,142 53 11 -220 3,279 26 0 -240 2,933 14 2 -299 2,409 4 1 -7,700 111,095 420 140 312 4,222 26 21 1,621 3,731 53 10 -58 1,090 1 0 -86 1,053 27 2 -6,528 28,140 44 83 -1,197 37,440 127 80 -198 3,783 16 11 570 2,976 12 3 6,190 44,831 16 6 -2,014 11,269 39 12 136 1,406 10 3 -1,575 14,656 0 4 -626 3,182 0 3 -3,096 8,076 21 6 133 819 3 0 -866 7,975 40 5 2,483 43,204 109 71 5,442 12,511 38 7 1,848 8,372 13 8 -378 2,215 1 0 -926 5,041 2 1 712 2,161 41 4 -513 1,895 7 3 302 7,139 10 2 -72 1,542 19 0 -1,606 19,213 58 12 58 3,158 12 5 -3,291 38,514 34 36 -2,216 6,620 58 47 180 793 6 2 -84 10,219 47 20 -262 3,341 40 6 -238 838 96 20 751 8,486 194 41 -49 64 1 3 690 2,427 11 2 -215 1,609 22 9 -3 276 6 0 -2,299 5,843 66 23 -10,113 22,012 205 139 -119 1,326 36 6 105 337 0 0 -6 88 0 0 987 8,481 4 6 -1,955 11,650 41 25 151 748 5 2 -350 9,629 29 3 -246 717 8 1 -27,811 539,976 2,171 907 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED OCTOBER 17 ALL PROGRAMS CHANGE FROM EXCLUDING LAST YEAR RAILROAD STATE (%) 2 WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT 35,544 1.8 -7,949 21,347 78 46 35,668 18,974 6.1 -780 12,714 154 48 19,176 125,852 4.3 -11,964 104,332 188 314 126,354 26,311 2.2 -4,562 16,371 105 38 26,454 1,653,245 9.5 -182,995 1,372,185 2,364 3,160 1,658,769 105,759 3.9 -6,063 89,577 235 326 106,320 101,110 6.1 4,421 75,446 144 80 101,334 17,349 3.8 -1,879 13,438 34 21 17,404 41,417 7.1 -4,462 35,153 548 10 41,975 282,261 3.2 -5,276 246,214 279 198 282,738 336,738 7.6 -31,211 311,671 635 497 337,870 70,416 11.3 -7,740 64,712 225 165 70,806 8,024 1.1 -191 4,378 30 12 8,066 379,952 6.4 -22,278 304,620 479 232 380,663 103,977 3.4 -9,519 90,310 149 138 104,264 39,825 2.6 -2,278 27,190 72 41 39,938 43,902 3.2 -425 36,776 75 47 44,024 62,209 3.3 -11,688 45,993 82 160 62,451 128,378 6.8 -18,244 114,933 144 53 128,575 15,286 2.5 -615 12,073 37 13 15,336 83,240 3.4 -19,185 61,913 215 169 83,624 249,005 6.9 -5,025 204,874 266 135 249,406 235,256 5.5 -14,497 190,299 144 117 235,517 116,856 4.1 -6,120 93,425 147 122 117,125 46,448 4.2 -5,720 39,451 72 51 46,571 56,392 2.1 -1,454 38,724 111 39 56,542 14,996 3.3 -1,150 10,486 100 27 15,123 13,742 1.4 -1,179 11,758 35 10 13,787 127,673 9.2 -12,459 111,930 80 129 127,882 26,153 4.0 -1,864 23,445 23 7 26,183 203,663 5.0 -14,080 130,716 287 415 204,365 72,805 9.0 14,907 65,081 281 99 73,185 580,124 6.1 -36,052 472,635 213 445 580,782 96,919 2.2 -6,699 77,977 256 415 97,590 7,297 1.8 -768 5,860 15 10 7,322 169,784 3.2 -16,867 129,064 153 283 170,220 67,861 4.3 -5,460 52,949 72 95 68,028 95,814 5.0 -7,397 72,683 324 140 96,278 334,369 5.8 -29,118 248,549 1,002 416 335,787 65,498 7.6 1,758 48,186 125 24 65,647 17,947 3.8 -1,691 12,608 77 15 18,039 61,400 2.9 -4,612 48,185 50 96 61,546 4,539 1.1 219 3,683 37 8 4,584 80,068 2.4 -8,095 61,425 84 76 80,228 607,655 4.9 -74,539 496,059 928 2,319 610,902 17,474 1.2 -1,607 11,489 48 19 17,541 12,535 4.1 -903 10,560 21 1 12,557 3,586 9.6 1,388 3,104 2 2 3,590 127,621 3.4 -1,679 110,732 357 386 128,364 165,664 4.9 -11,963 122,293 323 609 166,596 24,485 3.7 -1,984 15,167 54 51 24,590 100,438 3.5 -2,291 81,008 162 80 100,680 5,793 2.1 -218 4,366 16 8 5,817 7,489,629 5.1 -602,102 6,070,117 12,137 12,417 7,514,183 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 24, 2020 STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State IL Change +6,190 MI MA MN CT +5,442 +2,483 +1,848 +1,621 State Supplied Comment Layoffs in the other services, wholesale trade, retail trade, and health care and social assistance industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. Layoffs in the retail trade, accommodation and food services, and health care and social assistance industries. STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State TX CA FL NY LA TN NC IN WA NJ KS GA Change -10,113 -7,700 -6,528 -3,291 -3,096 -2,299 -2,216 -2,014 -1,955 -1,606 -1,575 -1,197 State Supplied Comment No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the retail trade, transportation and warehousing, wholesale trade industries. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the transportation and warehousing and manufacturing industries. No comment. No comment. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the accommodation and food services, trade, health care and social assistance, and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services 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. 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