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 12, 2020 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 709,000, a decrease of 48,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 6,000 from 751,000 to 757,000. The 4-week moving average was 755,250, a decrease of 33,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 1,500 from 787,000 to 788,500. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.6 percent for the week ending October 31, a decrease of 0.3 percentage point from the previous week's revised rate. The previous week's rate was revised down by 0.1 from 5.0 to 4.9 percent. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 31 was 6,786,000, a decrease of 436,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 63,000 from 7,285,000 to 7,222,000. The 4-week moving average was 7,575,750, a decrease of 653,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 15,750 from 8,244,500 to 8,228,750. 1 UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 723,105 in the week ending November 7, a decrease of 20,799 (or -2.8 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 27,098 (or 3.6 percent) from the previous week. There were 238,996 initial claims in the comparable week in 2019. In addition, for the week ending November 7, 53 states reported 298,154 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.4 percent during the week ending October 31, a decrease of 0.3 percentage point from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 6,486,000, a decrease of 402,298 (or -5.8 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 33,835 (or 0.5 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.0 percent and the volume was 1,450,304. The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending October 24 was 21,157,111, a decrease of 374,179 from the previous week. There were 1,449,519 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2019. During the week ending October 24, Extended Benefits were available in the following 40 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, 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, Texas, Vermont, the Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. . 2 Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 2,850 in the week ending October 31, an increase of 679 from the prior week. There were 829 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 78 from the preceding week. There were 12,357 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending October 24, an increase of 220 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 12,176, a decrease of 241 from the prior week. During the week ending October 24, 51 states reported 9,433,127 individuals claiming Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 51 states reported 4,143,389 individuals claiming Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 24 were in Hawaii (9.9), California (8.9), New Mexico (8.5), Nevada (8.2), the Virgin Islands (7.1), Massachusetts (7.0), Puerto Rico (6.9), Georgia (6.8), District of Columbia (6.5), and Alaska (6.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 31 were in Illinois (+20,377), Kentucky (+3,868), Pennsylvania (+3,768), Ohio (+3,766), and Kansas (+2,711), while the largest decreases were in Massachusetts (-8,470), Georgia (-6,442), New York (-5,883), Michigan (-3,067), and New Jersey (-2,500). 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 November 7 709,000 723,105 755,250 October 31 757,000 743,904 788,500 Change -48,000 -20,799 -33,250 October 24 758,000 738,709 791,000 Prior Year1 222,000 238,996 216,000 October 31 6,786,000 6,486,000 7,575,750 4.6% 4.4% October 24 7,222,000 6,888,298 8,228,750 4.9% 4.7% Change -436,000 -402,298 -653,000 -0.3 -0.3 October 17 7,823,000 7,489,704 9,071,750 5.3% 5.1% Prior Year1 1,702,000 1,450,304 1,697,000 1.2% 1.0% INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED) WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX) November 7 October 31 Change October 24 298,154 361,959 -63,805 359,044 October 31 2,850 829 October 24 2,171 907 Change +679 -78 Prior Year1 1,237 520 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 24 6,837,876 12,357 12,176 9,433,127 4,143,389 551,791 2,433 163,962 21,157,111 October 17 7,436,321 12,137 12,417 9,332,610 3,983,613 572,942 2,806 178,444 21,531,290 Change -598,445 +220 -241 +100,517 +159,776 -21,151 -373 -14,482 -374,179 Prior Year1 1,420,943 7,425 5,838 NA NA 0 5,237 10,076 1,449,519 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 November 7 Advance Prior Wk Change 8,220 7,060 1,160 5,033 4,451 582 8,180 6,389 1,791 3,209 4,014 -805 157,642 152,480 5,162 7,494 7,138 356 5,132 4,878 254 1,437 1,578 -141 1,234 1,347 -113 28,128 31,625 -3,497 23,126 37,253 -14,127 4,387 4,689 -302 4,793 3,919 874 70,659 73,515 -2,856 14,700 13,413 1,287 5,576 4,609 967 16,147 18,683 -2,536 4,214 9,193 -4,979 9,320 8,419 901 2,193 1,696 497 10,429 10,875 -446 42,216 39,417 2,799 14,062 15,015 -953 12,064 12,499 -435 3,309 3,619 -310 6,874 8,158 -1,284 2,373 2,955 -582 2,241 2,476 -235 8,875 8,158 717 1,919 2,090 -171 20,000 24,703 -4,703 4,029 4,334 -305 43,876 45,716 -1,840 7,656 8,338 -682 1,343 1,265 78 21,378 21,353 25 3,858 4,953 -1,095 3,879 4,020 -141 22,717 23,742 -1,025 851 1,231 -380 2,382 3,172 -790 3,627 3,260 367 497 856 -359 7,221 7,447 -226 32,422 37,601 -5,179 2,613 2,360 253 770 750 20 6 101 -95 12,500 10,350 2,150 29,244 18,863 10,381 1,629 2,023 -394 14,311 14,874 -563 1,110 981 129 723,105 743,904 -20,799 Insured Unemployment For Week Ended October 31 Advance Prior Wk Change 25,361 31,693 -6,332 18,731 18,867 -136 103,940 112,425 -8,485 21,769 27,441 -5,672 1,470,795 1,561,263 -90,468 92,402 96,782 -4,380 89,579 96,577 -6,998 15,313 16,181 -868 34,086 37,760 -3,674 184,367 213,454 -29,087 287,223 302,039 -14,816 51,768 61,220 -9,452 7,034 8,124 -1,090 338,899 342,745 -3,846 86,153 96,385 -10,232 35,660 36,982 -1,322 57,537 45,664 11,873 50,209 59,162 -8,953 93,540 115,350 -21,810 12,071 13,234 -1,163 71,749 81,924 -10,175 215,755 249,689 -33,934 177,035 213,406 -36,371 108,301 110,584 -2,283 35,726 41,440 -5,714 46,580 55,448 -8,868 14,490 15,248 -758 11,715 14,317 -2,602 100,256 114,102 -13,846 23,126 24,478 -1,352 168,588 179,328 -10,740 65,299 69,184 -3,885 484,938 523,696 -38,758 83,945 91,510 -7,565 7,752 7,061 691 150,452 162,997 -12,545 50,115 59,138 -9,023 85,201 87,170 -1,969 373,574 310,150 63,424 48,618 59,108 -10,490 15,446 16,470 -1,024 50,010 55,863 -5,853 3,676 3,813 -137 61,432 72,550 -11,118 535,407 558,341 -22,934 15,210 16,327 -1,117 11,612 11,555 57 1,700 2,668 -968 91,428 99,711 -8,283 176,647 160,730 15,917 23,339 23,054 285 94,488 98,223 -3,735 5,953 5,667 286 6,486,000 6,888,298 -402,298 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 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 November 7, 2020 Initial Claims 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 1,011 884 893 866 873 849 767 842 797 758 757 709 Change from Prior Week -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 -1 -48 Change from Insured Prior Unemployment Week 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 7,222 -601 6,786 -436 4-Week Average 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 1,069.25 992.50 973.00 913.50 879.00 870.25 838.75 832.75 813.75 791.00 788.50 755.25 6 4-Week Average 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 8,228.75 7,575.75 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 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 4.9 4.6 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 November 7 Advance Prior Wk Change 4,704 3,702 1,002 270 313 -43 1,799 11,424 -9,625 2,585 2,655 -70 26,357 30,990 -4,633 7,281 3,625 3,656 400 422 -22 101 115 -14 167 174 -7 29,308 33,320 -4,012 3,134 3,865 -731 1,719 2,131 -412 15 29 -14 9,726 9,338 388 10,282 9,864 418 1,217 750 467 2,126 4,242 -2,116 3,212 4,222 -1,010 9,697 9,218 479 284 469 -185 3,301 2,923 378 8,724 10,779 -2,055 10,314 10,670 -356 8 3 5 697 705 -8 150 127 23 840 947 -107 870 1,061 -191 18,485 50,698 -32,213 276 295 -19 2,347 2,426 -79 982 1,123 -141 21,060 22,009 -949 20,693 12,524 8,169 717 719 -2 31,873 50,075 -18,202 606 601 5 4,872 3,050 1,822 18,578 20,301 -1,723 12,118 11,648 470 3,329 4,460 -1,131 2,334 2,330 4 20 32 -12 2,867 2,665 202 5,402 5,513 -111 625 668 -43 25 57 -32 63 89 -26 4,341 4,371 -30 2,776 3,065 -289 2,469 2,815 -346 1,799 2,181 -382 209 161 48 298,154 361,959 -63,805 PUA Continued Claims For Week Ended Oct 24 Oct 24 Oct 17 Change 39,902 38,650 1,252 10,495 9,850 645 282,716 212,346 70,370 60,781 62,172 -1,391 2,151,076 2,011,263 139,813 64,903 63,229 1,674 37,649 37,629 20 7,719 7,136 583 15,057 15,131 -74 0 0 0 249,853 236,721 13,132 83,150 92,787 -9,637 10,327 10,496 -169 131,587 127,845 3,742 153,670 143,704 9,966 12,733 12,155 578 46,904 58,880 -11,976 50,201 40,183 10,018 117,663 123,488 -5,825 15,110 16,573 -1,463 207,399 205,503 1,896 469,309 492,135 -22,826 515,919 549,045 -33,126 43,800 43,263 537 27,034 26,841 193 44,089 47,418 -3,329 28,578 29,327 -749 8,918 10,531 -1,613 94,950 89,253 5,697 13,530 13,908 -378 352,887 380,611 -27,724 34,900 34,337 563 1,288,712 1,389,541 -100,829 116,340 116,937 -597 5,915 5,801 114 431,405 407,383 24,022 8,251 11,175 -2,924 93,345 93,897 -552 755,724 742,511 13,213 204,416 201,943 2,473 42,555 42,555 0 55,538 57,074 -1,536 1,614 1,557 57 76,889 78,978 -2,089 559,196 517,856 41,340 3,913 4,215 -302 8,236 8,333 -97 0 0 0 201,889 210,446 -8,557 104,909 103,378 1,531 51,885 54,985 -3,100 37,704 39,843 -2,139 1,882 1,792 90 9,433,127 9,332,610 100,517 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 October 24 PEUC Claims Filed During Weeks Ended: October 17 Change 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 41,185 9,185 46,975 15,678 1,186,500 57,356 55,315 12,371 20,892 0 0 7,074 5,490 194,305 48,696 25,542 21,542 21,039 33,911 14,363 48,538 160,998 209,351 77,206 17,116 49,459 5,406 4,065 88,077 5,536 167,675 10,550 662,761 120,732 6,161 90,663 22,964 51,054 137,529 29,319 20,091 71,604 815 48,071 30,629 8,748 8,674 56 90,559 4,573 16,658 57,249 3,083 4,143,389 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 22,553 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 3,983,613 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 12,781 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 3,308,937 -5,165 432 3,800 -379 88,461 8,868 3,171 717 1,965 0 0 -24,543 -332 25,633 3,751 -588 972 -1,514 7,798 -39 4,617 8,164 32,674 3,636 517 788 232 215 4,610 659 2,989 3,496 18,191 -5,472 302 4,983 -5,588 3,897 -33,221 5,143 442 -135 98 248 -7,326 -112 418 -53 -549 -332 1,525 1,507 205 159,776 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 8,224 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 3,691,720 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 Change 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 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 31 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 7,060 4,451 6,389 4,014 152,480 7,138 4,878 1,578 1,347 31,625 37,253 4,689 3,919 73,515 13,413 4,609 18,683 9,193 8,419 1,696 10,875 39,417 15,015 12,499 3,619 8,158 2,955 2,476 8,158 2,090 24,703 4,334 45,716 8,338 1,265 21,353 4,953 4,020 23,742 1,231 3,172 3,260 856 7,447 37,601 2,360 750 101 10,350 18,863 2,023 14,874 981 743,904 CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 -66 5,083 29 13 63 3,285 23 1 -424 2,423 17 3 -5 1,825 4 1 304 113,148 663 168 1,067 4,026 34 24 -1,138 2,354 46 4 -79 1,018 17 3 -126 877 54 0 -1,917 26,141 50 70 -6,442 32,046 247 83 -217 3,734 3 8 56 2,953 19 5 20,377 62,810 21 4 6 11,032 54 5 258 1,758 32 5 2,711 17,337 3 1 3,868 7,137 1 1 -1,524 6,657 19 9 217 975 9 0 132 8,003 53 6 -8,470 34,288 99 28 -3,067 8,943 56 5 818 8,584 22 3 388 2,668 6 0 356 5,102 4 1 -226 1,173 45 2 55 1,834 11 3 -878 5,988 14 5 62 1,607 18 3 -2,500 17,153 53 13 243 3,406 24 3 -5,883 32,720 31 19 -1,565 5,031 53 44 42 634 3 0 3,766 14,039 46 22 -62 3,203 25 5 -509 564 87 11 3,768 11,224 261 42 31 112 7 2 45 2,376 21 2 -415 1,210 18 10 374 583 13 3 -666 5,286 64 22 2,406 23,740 254 135 -11 1,193 92 3 44 87 0 0 -26 66 1 0 -2,002 7,996 24 11 838 11,910 48 12 -68 659 4 0 1,334 10,047 32 6 -148 231 16 0 5,195 538,279 2,850 829 INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT FOR WEEK ENDED OCTOBER 24 ALL PROGRAMS CHANGE FROM EXCLUDING LAST YEAR RAILROAD STATE (%) 2 WEEK AGO UCFE 1 UCX 1 RETIREMENT 31,693 1.6 -3,851 17,479 68 65 31,826 18,867 6.1 -107 12,510 160 46 19,073 112,425 3.8 -13,427 91,560 209 217 112,851 27,441 2.3 1,130 17,391 106 35 27,582 1,561,263 8.9 -91,982 1,293,635 2,695 3,344 1,567,302 96,782 3.6 -8,977 80,408 161 331 97,274 96,577 5.8 -4,533 71,166 162 79 96,818 16,181 3.6 -1,168 11,912 39 34 16,254 37,760 6.5 -3,657 31,475 569 15 38,344 213,454 2.4 -68,807 178,267 265 276 213,995 302,039 6.8 -34,699 277,345 580 481 303,100 61,220 9.9 -9,271 55,357 276 197 61,693 8,124 1.1 100 4,334 34 13 8,171 342,745 5.8 -37,207 267,347 545 294 343,584 96,385 3.2 -7,592 82,636 162 110 96,657 36,982 2.4 -2,843 23,431 51 39 37,072 45,664 3.3 1,762 38,385 96 47 45,807 59,162 3.1 -3,047 42,460 120 166 59,448 115,350 6.1 -13,028 101,498 120 53 115,523 13,234 2.2 -2,052 9,924 32 10 13,276 81,924 3.3 -1,316 60,270 245 101 82,270 249,689 7.0 684 204,659 267 134 250,090 213,406 5.0 -21,850 165,035 96 55 213,557 110,584 3.9 -6,272 86,077 163 121 110,868 41,440 3.7 -5,008 34,270 68 40 41,548 55,448 2.0 -944 37,175 97 42 55,587 15,248 3.3 252 10,494 125 28 15,401 14,317 1.5 575 12,496 17 12 14,346 114,102 8.2 -13,571 98,067 107 116 114,325 24,478 3.7 -1,675 21,683 32 7 24,517 179,328 4.4 -24,335 106,419 241 352 179,921 69,184 8.5 -3,621 61,207 276 113 69,573 523,696 5.5 -56,428 414,927 283 421 524,400 91,510 2.1 -5,409 72,295 244 390 92,144 7,061 1.7 -236 5,438 15 9 7,085 162,997 3.0 -6,787 120,114 178 238 163,413 59,138 3.8 -8,723 44,077 69 129 59,336 87,170 4.5 -8,644 64,239 442 159 87,771 310,150 5.4 -24,219 224,545 761 228 311,139 59,108 6.9 -6,390 41,804 100 59 59,267 16,470 3.5 -1,477 11,116 40 17 16,527 55,863 2.7 -5,537 42,441 47 114 56,024 3,813 0.9 -726 2,950 30 7 3,850 72,550 2.2 -7,518 54,580 83 88 72,721 558,341 4.5 -49,314 443,792 919 2,249 561,509 16,327 1.1 -1,147 10,143 50 20 16,397 11,555 3.8 -980 9,511 5 3 11,563 2,668 7.1 -918 2,210 2 0 2,670 99,711 2.7 -27,910 82,426 322 354 100,387 160,730 4.7 -4,934 116,252 340 595 161,665 23,054 3.5 -1,431 13,293 55 39 23,148 98,223 3.4 -2,215 78,102 172 79 98,474 5,667 2.2 -126 3,990 16 5 5,688 6,888,298 4.7 -601,406 5,464,617 12,357 12,176 6,912,831 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 31, 2020 STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State IL Change +20,377 KY PA +3,868 +3,768 OH KS TX +3,766 +2,711 +2,406 WI CO +1,334 +1,067 State Supplied Comment Layoffs in the other services, educational services, and health care and social assistance industries. No comment. Layoffs in the construction, accommodations and food services, and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industries. No comment. No comment. Layoffs in the accommodation and food services, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, retail trade, manufacturing, and information industries. No comment. No comment. STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000 State MA GA Change -8,470 -6,442 NY -5,883 MI NJ VA FL -3,067 -2,500 -2,002 -1,917 NC -1,565 LA CT -1,524 -1,138 State Supplied Comment No comment. Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing, transportation and warehousing, accommodation and food services, and administrative and support and waste management and remediation services industries. Fewer layoffs in the health care and social assistance, accommodation and food services, and educational industries. Fewer layoffs in the wholesale trade industry. No comment. No comment. Fewer layoffs in the agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade, and retail trade industries. Fewer layoffs in the accommodations and food services, administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, and wholesale trade industries. 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 20-2118-NAT Program Contacts: Thomas Stengle: (202) 693-2991 Media Contact: (202) 693-4676 12