| In the week ending March 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 282,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 291,000. The 4-week moving average was 297,000, a decrease of 7,750 from the previous week's unrevised average of 304,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending March 14, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending March 14 was 2,416,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending March 7 were in Alaska (4.1), New Jersey (3.6), Connecticut (3.4), Rhode Island (3.3), Pennsylvania (3.2), Massachusetts (3.1), West Virginia (3.1), Montana (3.0), Illinois (2.9), and Puerto Rico (2.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending March 14 were in Tennessee (+2,976), California (+1,020), Michigan (+457), Mississippi (+355), and Arkansas (+315), while the largest decreases were in Pennsylvania (-2,265), New York (-2,201), Georgia (-1,969), Illinois (-1,961), and Texas (-1,773). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
26 March 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 21 March 2015
19 February 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 14 FEB 2015
| In the week ending February 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 283,000, a decrease of
21,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 304,000. The 4-week moving average was 283,250, a decrease of 6,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 289,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending February 7, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending February 7 was 2,425,000, an increase of 58,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 31 were in Alaska (4.5), New Jersey (3.7), Connecticut (3.5), Massachusetts (3.3), Pennsylvania (3.3), Rhode Island (3.3), Montana (3.2), Puerto Rico (3.1), Illinois (2.9), West Virginia (2.9), and Wisconsin (2.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending February 7 were in New York (+4,205), Texas (+2,437), California (+2,333), Pennsylvania (+1,998), and New Jersey (+1,536), while the largest decreases were in Georgia (- 1,672), Tennessee (-491), Maryland (-484), Indiana (-341), and Puerto Rico (-295). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
12 February 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 07 FEB 2015
| In the week ending February 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 304,000, an increase of
25,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 278,000 to
279,000.
The 4-week moving average was 289,750, a decrease of 3,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 292,750 to 293,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending January 31, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 31 was 2,354,000, a decrease of 51,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 24 were in Alaska (4.7), New Jersey (3.6), Connecticut (3.3), Montana (3.3), Massachusetts (3.2), Pennsylvania (3.2), California (3.1), Puerto Rico (3.1), Rhode Island (3.1), Illinois (3.0), Wisconsin (2.9), and West Virginia (2.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 31 were in California (+18,068), Pennsylvania (+1,507), Georgia (+1,078), Michigan (+1,055), and Ohio (+1,051), while the largest decreases were in New Jersey (- 1,608), Rhode Island (-988), Virginia (-522), Tennessee (-383), and Nebraska (-294).d Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
05 February 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 31 JAN 2015
In the week ending January 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 278,000, an increase of
11,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 265,000 to
267,000.
 The 4-week moving average was 292,750, a decrease of 6,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 750 from 298,500 to 299,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending January 24, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 24 was 2,400,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 17 were in Alaska (4.7), New Jersey (3.6), Connecticut (3.4), Pennsylvania (3.4), Montana (3.3), Puerto Rico (3.3), Massachusetts (3.2), Illinois (3.1), Rhode Island (3.1), West Virginia (2.9), and Wisconsin (2.9). There were no increases in initial claims for the week ending January 24. The largest decreases were in California (- 21,586), New York (-6,919), Pennsylvania (-6,649), Michigan (-6,458), and Illinois (-5,751). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
29 January 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 29 JAN 2015
In the week ending January 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 265,000, a decrease of
43,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the lowest level for initial claims since April 15, 2000 when it was
259,000. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 307,000 to 308,000.
 The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending January 17, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 17 was 2,385,000, a decrease of 71,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 10 were in Alaska (4.9), New Jersey (3.7), Connecticut (3.5), Puerto Rico (3.4), Montana (3.3), Pennsylvania (3.3), Massachusetts (3.2), Rhode Island (3.2), Wisconsin (3.2), California (3.0), Illinois (3.0), and West Virginia (3.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 17 were in Puerto Rico (+792) and the Virgin Islands (+25), while the largest decreases were in Pennsylvania (-13,194), New York (-12,255), Georgia (-10,173), Missouri (- 7,082), and Wisconsin (-6,963). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
22 January 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 22 JAN 2015
| In the week ending January 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 307,000, a decrease of
10,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 316,000 to
317,000.
The 4-week moving average was 306,500, an increase of 6,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 2,000 from 298,000 to 300,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending January 10, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending January 10 was 2,443,000, an increase of 15,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending January 3 were in Alaska (4.5), New Jersey (4.0), Connecticut (3.8), Pennsylvania (3.7), Rhode Island (3.6), Wisconsin (3.4), Massachusetts (3.3), Montana (3.3), and Puerto Rico (3.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending January 10 were in California (+26,122), Texas (+12,312), Indiana (+6,158), Missouri (+6,151), and Illinois (+5,769), while the largest decreases were in New York (-2,433), Pennsylvania (-1,625), Oregon (-1,314), New Jersey (-841), and South Carolina (-802). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/ |
08 January 2015
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 13 January 2015
| In the week ending January 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 294,000, a decrease of 4,000
from the previous week's unrevised level of 298,000. The 4-week moving average was 290,500, a decrease of 250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 290,750. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending December 27, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 27 was 2,452,000, an increase of 101,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 20 were in Alaska (4.3), New Jersey (3.0), Puerto Rico (3.0), Connecticut (2.7), Nevada (2.7), Massachusetts (2.6), Montana (2.6), Pennsylvania (2.6), California (2.5), and Rhode Island (2.4). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 27 were in Michigan (+11,544), New Jersey (+9,663), Wisconsin (+7,051), California (+6,547), and Iowa (+5,204), while the largest decreases were in Texas (- 7,008), North Carolina (-2,377), Florida (-1,860), New York (-1,801), and South Carolina (-1,554). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
24 December 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 20 December 2014
| In the week ending December 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 280,000, a decrease of
9,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 289,000. The 4-week moving average was 290,250, a decrease of 8,500 from the previous week's unrevised average of 298,750.  The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending December 6 were in Alaska (4.2), Puerto Rico (3.1), New Jersey (3.0), Montana (2.7), Pennsylvania (2.7), Connecticut (2.6), Nevada (2.6), California (2.5), Massachusetts (2.4), and West Virginia (2.4). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending December 13 were in California (+11,794), Massachusetts (+443), Utah (+277), Rhode Island (+35), and Maine (+25), while the largest decreases were in Pennsylvania (-10,937), New York (-9,787), Wisconsin (-6,465), Georgia (-5,520), and Texas (-3,982). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
11 December 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 06 December 2014
In the week ending December 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 294,000, a decrease of
3,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 297,000.  The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending November 29, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 29 was 2,514,000, an increase of 142,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending November 22 were in Alaska (4.0), Puerto Rico (3.1), New Jersey (2.8), Connecticut (2.4), Montana (2.4), Nevada (2.4), the Virgin Islands (2.3), Massachusetts (2.2), Pennsylvania (2.2), California (2.1), and Oregon (2.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 29 were in New York (+2,979), Wisconsin (+2,293), Arkansas (+484), Vermont (+417), and Kentucky (+145), while the largest decreases were in California (- 13,819), Texas (-6,313), Ohio (-4,284), Pennsylvania (-4,199), and Illinois (-3,359). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
26 November 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 22 November 2014
In the week ending November 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 313,000, an increase of
21,000 from the previous week's revised level and down 3.4% from the same week a year ago.
 The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending November 15, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 15 was 2,316,000, a decrease of 17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending November 8 were in Alaska (3.6), Puerto Rico (3.2), New Jersey (2.8), California (2.3), Connecticut (2.3), Nevada (2.3), the Virgin Islands (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.2), Massachusetts (2.1), and Oregon (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 15 were in Minnesota (+2,904), Montana (+1,614), Wisconsin (+1,214), New York (+1,192), and Colorado (+1,131), while the largest decreases were in California (- 17,588), New Jersey (-2,849), Pennsylvania (-1,645), Oregon (-1,357), and Massachusetts (-1,284). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
13 November 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 08 November 2014
In the week ending November 8, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 290,000, an increase of
12,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 278,000.  The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending November 1, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending November 1 was 2,392,000, an increase of 36,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 25 were in Puerto Rico (3.5), Alaska (3.2), Virgin Islands (3.1), New Jersey (2.8), Connecticut (2.4), California (2.3), Nevada (2.2), Massachusetts (2.1), Pennsylvania (2.1), and Oregon (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending November 1 were in Michigan (+1,921), New Jersey (+1,006), Pennsylvania (+898), Arkansas (+853), and Wisconsin (+685), while the largest decreases were in California (-3,850), Ohio (-2,325), Oregon (-931), Tennessee (-816), and New York (-746). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
06 November 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 01 November 2014
In the week ending November 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 278,000, a decrease of
10,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 287,000 to
288,000.  The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending October 25, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 25 was 2,348,000, a decrease of 39,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 18 were in the Virgin Islands (3.5), Puerto Rico (3.4), Alaska (3.3), New Jersey (2.7), California (2.5), Connecticut (2.3), Nevada (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.2), Massachusetts (2.0), Illinois (1.9), Maryland (1.9), and Oregon (1.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 25 were in Ohio (+3,389), California (+2,939), New York (+2,663), Oregon (+1,674), and Washington (+1,124), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-3,849), Texas (-558), Indiana (-447), Tennessee (-281), and Kentucky (-279). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
23 October 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 18 October 2014
In the week ending October 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 283,000, an increase of
17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 264,000 to
266,000.  The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending October 11, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending October 11 was 2,351,000, a decrease of 38,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 2,389,000. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending October 4 were in Puerto Rico (3.2), Alaska (2.8), New Jersey (2.7), Virgin Islands (2.7), California (2.3), Connecticut (2.3), Nevada (2.2), Massachusetts (2.1), Pennsylvania (2.1), and Rhode Island. The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 11 were in Pennsylvania (+4,013), Michigan (+3,210), Texas (+1,615), Washington (+1,064), and Maryland (+945), while the largest decreases were in Iowa (-1,229), Florida (-781), New York (-600), Oregon (-407), and Ohio (-394). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
16 October 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 11 October 2014
| In the week ending October 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 264,000, a decrease of
23,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 287,000. This is the lowest level for initial claims since April 15,
2000 when it was 259,000.
The 4-week moving average was 283,500, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week's unrevised average of 287,750. This is the lowest level for this average since June 10, 2000 when it was 283,500.  The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 27 were in Puerto Rico (3.5), Virgin Islands (3.0), Alaska (2.9), New Jersey (2.8), Connecticut (2.4), California (2.3), Massachusetts (2.1), Nevada (2.1), Pennsylvania (2.1), Illinois (1.9), District of Columbia (1.8), and Maryland (1.8). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending October 4 were in New York (+4,753), Texas (+1,976), California (+1,825), Florida (+1,743), and Ohio (+1,734), while the largest decreases were in Oklahoma (-191), Idaho (- 123), Nevada (-82), and the Virgin Islands (-11). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
09 October 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 04 October 2014
In the week ending October 4, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 287,000, a decrease of 1,000
from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 287,000 to 288,000.
 The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending September 27, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 27 was 2,381,000, a decrease of 21,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 20 were in Puerto Rico (3.5), Alaska (2.9), New Jersey (2.7), Virgin Islands (2.7), California (2.4), Connecticut (2.4), Nevada (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.2), Massachusetts (2.0), Illinois (1.9), Maryland (1.9), and Rhode Island (1.9). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 27 were in New Jersey (+615), Indiana (+482), Washington (+345), Idaho (+340), and Georgia (+148), while the largest decreases were in California (-7,715), Michigan (-2,082), New York (-719), Texas (-635), and Florida (-517). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
02 October 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 27 September 2014
In the week ending September 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 287,000, a decrease of
8,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 293,000 to
295,000.  Click on table/chart to enlarge. The 4-week moving average was 294,750, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 298,500 to 299,000. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending September 20, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 20 was 2,398,000, a decrease of 45,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 13 were in Puerto Rico (3.7), Alaska (2.9), New Jersey (2.8), California (2.6), Connecticut (2.4), Virgin Islands (2.4), Nevada (2.3), Pennsylvania (2.2), Illinois (2.0), and Massachusetts (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 20 were in California (+8,830), Michigan (+1,994), Kentucky (+516), Delaware (+412), and Arizona (+201), while the largest decreases were in New York (-3,059), Missouri (-1,792), Georgia (-1,011), Pennsylvania (-829), and Oregon (-828). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. |
25 September 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 20 September 2014
In the week ending September 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 293,000, an increase of
12,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 280,000 to
281,000.  Click on chart to enlarge: The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending September 13, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 13 was 2,439,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending September 6 were in Puerto Rico (3.6), New Jersey (3.0), Alaska (2.9), Connecticut (2.5), California (2.4), Nevada (2.4), Pennsylvania (2.3), Virgin Islands (2.3), Massachusetts (2.2), District of Columbia (2.0), Illinois (2.0), and New York (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 13 were in California (+5,269), Missouri (+1,810), Oregon (+1,691), New York (+810), and Florida (+777), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-2,473), New Jersey (-1,573), Nebraska (-916), Kansas (-657), and Illinois (-638). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS |
18 September 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 13 September 2014
| In the week ending September 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 280,000, a decrease of
36,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 315,000 to
316,000. The 4-week moving average was 299,500, a decrease of 4,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 304,000 to 304,250. There were no special factors impacting this week's initial claims. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending September 6, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending September 6 was 2,429,000, a decrease of 63,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending August 30 were in Puerto Rico (3.9), New Jersey (3.3), Alaska (3.0), Connecticut (2.7), Pennsylvania (2.5), California (2.3), Massachusetts (2.3), New York (2.2), Nevada (2.1), Rhode Island (2.1), Virgin Islands (2.1), and District of Columbia (2.0). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending September 6 were in New Jersey (+2,918), Illinois (+912), Nebraska (+877), Kansas (+670), and Tennessee (+651), while the largest decreases were in California (-10,968), New York (-2,811), Michigan (-1,117), Pennsylvania (-860), and Oregon (-740). Click on chart to enlarge Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS |
11 September 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 06 September 2014
| In the week ending September 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 315,000, an increase of
11,000 from the previous week's revised level and up 2.6% from the same week a year ago. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 302,000 to
304,000.
The 4-week moving average was 304,000, an increase of 750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 500 from 302,750 to 303,250. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending August 30, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending August 30 was 2,487,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending August 23 were in Puerto Rico (3.9), New Jersey (3.3), Connecticut (3.0), Alaska (2.9), California (2.6), Pennsylvania (2.6), Massachusetts (2.5), Rhode Island (2.5), Virgin Islands (2.4), Illinois (2.2), Nevada (2.2), and New York (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending August 30 were in California (+1,563), New York (+1,254), Iowa (+579), Wisconsin (+412), and Pennsylvania (+362), while the largest decreases were in New Jersey (-901), Illinois (-633), Georgia (-465), Massachusetts (-345), and Kentucky (-324). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS |
04 September 2014
• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims – 30 August 2014
| In the week ending August 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 302,000, an increase of
4,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 298,000. The 4-week moving average was 302,750, an increase of
3,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 299,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9 percent for the week ending August 23, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending August 23 was 2,464,000, a decrease of 64,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending August 16 were in Puerto Rico (4.0), New Jersey (3.3), Alaska (3.1), Connecticut (3.1), Pennsylvania (2.8), California (2.7), Rhode Island (2.7), Massachusetts (2.5), and Nevada (2.5). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending August 23 were in New York (+2,560), Michigan (+1,845), California (+867), Illinois (+613), and Texas (+308), while the largest decreases were in Georgia (-1,369), Massachusetts (-1,283), Pennsylvania (-1,031), Iowa (-1,016), and Alabama (-689). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS |