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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending March 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 770,000, an increase of 45,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 13,000 from 712,000 to 725,000. The 4-week moving average was 746,250, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 3,250 from 759,000 to 762,250.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.0 percent for the week ending March 6, 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 March 6 was 4,124,000, a decrease of 18,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 2,000 from 4,144,000 to 4,142,000. The 4-week moving average was 4,255,500, a decrease of 99,000 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 500 from 4,355,000 to 4,354,500.

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UNADJUSTED DATA The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 746,496 in the week ending March 13, an increase of 24,318 (or 3.4 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 20,961 (or -2.9 percent) from the previous week. There were 251,416 initial claims in the comparable week in 2020. In addition, for the week ending March 13, 53 states reported 282,394 initial claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 3.2 percent during the week ending March 6, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted level of insured unemployment in state programs totaled 4,486,389, a decrease of 95,541 (or -2.1 percent) from the preceding week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 77,947 (or -1.7 percent) from the previous week. A year earlier the rate was 1.4 percent and the volume was 1,977,272.

The total number of continued weeks claimed for benefits in all programs for the week ending February 27 was 18,216,463, a decrease of 1,902,005 from the previous week. There were 2,087,219 weekly claims filed for benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2020. During the week ending February 27, Extended Benefits were available in the following 17 states: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Texas, and the Virgin Islands. Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,286 in the week ending March 6, a decrease of 98 from the prior week. There were 699 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 29 from the preceding week.

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There were 19,647 continued weeks claimed filed by former Federal civilian employees the week ending February 27, a decrease of 290 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 8,271, a decrease of 269 from the prior week. During the week ending February 27, 51 states reported 7,615,386 continued weekly claims for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits and 51 states reported 4,815,348 continued claims for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending February 27 were in Pennsylvania (6.1), Alaska (5.6), Nevada (5.4), the Virgin Islands (5.1), Connecticut (5.0), New York (4.7), Rhode Island (4.5), Illinois (4.4), Massachusetts (4.4), and California (4.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending March 6 were in California (+17,793), Ohio (+7,686), Massachusetts (+2,200), Alabama (+1,968), and Virginia (+1,581), while the largest decreases were in New York (-11,906), Illinois (-10,628), Mississippi (-10,549), Texas (-6,932), and Kentucky (-4,580).

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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS

WEEK ENDING Initial Claims (SA) Initial Claims (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA)

March 13 770,000 746,496 746,250

March 6 725,000 722,178 762,250

Change +45,000 +24,318 -16,000

February 27 754,000 756,629 793,000

Prior Year1 282,000 251,416 232,500

WEEK ENDING Insured Unemployment (SA) Insured Unemployment (NSA) 4-Wk Moving Average (SA) Insured Unemployment Rate (SA)2 Insured Unemployment Rate (NSA)2

March 6 4,124,000 4,486,389 4,255,500

3.0% 3.2%

February 27 4,142,000 4,581,930 4,354,500 2.9% 3.2%

Change -18,000 -95,541 -99,000

+0.1 0.0

February 20 4,337,000 4,848,399 4,458,500 3.1% 3.4%

Prior Year1 1,702,000 1,977,272 1,703,500 1.2% 1.4%

INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)

WEEK ENDING Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

March 13 282,394

March 6 478,914

Change -196,520

February 27 428,331

WEEK ENDING Federal Employees (UCFE) Newly Discharged Veterans (UCX)

March 6 1,286 699

February 27 1,384 728

Change -98 -29

Prior Year1 553 507

CONTINUED WEEKS CLAIMED FILED FOR 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

February 27 4,547,801 19,647 8,271 7,615,386 4,815,348 1,104,427 1,807 103,776 18,216,463

February 20 4,808,623 19,937 8,540 8,387,969 5,456,080 1,320,674 1,909 114,736 20,118,468

Change -260,822

-290 -269 -772,583 -640,732 -216,247 -102 -10,960 -1,902,005

Prior Year1 2,054,152 10,496 5,352 NA NA 0 5,641 11,578 2,087,219

FOOTNOTES SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data, NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data Continued weeks claimed represent all weeks of benefits claimed during the week being reported, and do not represent weeks claimed by unique individuals.

1. Prior year is comparable to most recent data. 2. Most recent week used covered employment of 139,248,565 as denominator. 3. Information on the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program can be found in UIPL 16-20: PUA Program

information 4. Information on the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program can be found in Unemployment

Insurance Program Letter (UIPL) 17-20: PEUC Program information 5. Information on the EB program can be found here: EB Program information 6. 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 7. Information on STC/Worksharing can be found starting on page 4-8 of the following link: Extensions and Special Programs PDF 8. Totals include PUA Unemployment for the appropriate corresponding week.

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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 March 13

Advance

Prior Wk

Change

15,796

13,592

2,204

3,365

3,340

25

4,636

4,244

392

2,689

3,806

-1,117

108,562

106,771

1,791

12,043

11,966

77

4,656

4,927

-271

1,807

1,727

80

1,152

1,193

-41

16,709

19,281

-2,572

21,939

24,974

-3,035

2,694

2,469

225

3,414

4,198

-784

74,630

57,483

17,147

17,989

9,237

8,752

5,973

5,182

791

1,243

2,564

-1,321

10,118

9,277

841

5,388

7,100

-1,712

1,811

1,479

332

7,920

7,704

216

18,741

16,970

1,771

11,060

11,393

-333

9,033

8,111

922

7,015

7,403

-388

6,499

7,476

-977

1,449

1,463

-14

1,545

1,551

-6

10,605

10,548

57

2,604

2,943

-339

8,872

9,857

-985

2,670

2,338

332

45,662

48,224

-2,562

7,419

8,155

-736

613

581

32

113,492

128,192

-14,700

6,510

7,076

-566

6,518

7,115

-597

19,293

20,837

-1,544

1,184

1,279

-95

4,102

4,826

-724

2,752

5,480

-2,728

293

298

-5

7,580

7,999

-419

70,369

49,366

21,003

2,282

2,442

-160

798

990

-192

111

163

-52

23,839

13,736

10,103

12,058

12,234

-176

3,941

7,543

-3,602

12,295

12,216

79

758

859

-101

746,496

722,178

24,318

Insured Unemployment For Week Ended March 6

Advance

Prior Wk

Change

14,193

16,979

-2,786

15,498

16,622

-1,124

43,961

60,271

-16,310

21,937

24,848

-2,911

688,414

705,063

-16,649

92,793

91,729

1,064

76,584

79,639

-3,055

12,959

12,593

366

18,610

19,499

-889

122,885

141,484

-18,599

136,218

140,918

-4,700

19,280

18,486

794

12,215

13,968

-1,753

245,647

249,256

-3,609

64,983

69,343

-4,360

40,699

44,013

-3,314

18,085

22,233

-4,148

36,064

44,700

-8,636

48,141

48,016

125

15,434

16,342

-908

51,523

61,234

-9,711

133,009

150,131

-17,122

157,026

158,158

-1,132

108,166

108,255

-89

29,155

30,983

-1,828

48,856

54,954

-6,098

15,360

16,172

-812

13,505

14,438

-933

68,712

72,058

-3,346

24,237

25,051

-814

126,036

127,848

-1,812

31,776

32,949

-1,173

443,267

426,285

16,982

54,158

59,197

-5,039

9,474

9,151

323

185,113

182,820

2,293

27,669

34,533

-6,864

72,570

69,222

3,348

290,087

302,385

-12,298

28,351

27,134

1,217

19,205

20,590

-1,385

37,716

41,899

-4,183

5,050

5,671

-621

45,432

50,633

-5,201

357,013

315,582

41,431

14,435

15,151

-716

12,053

12,195

-142

2,126

1,882

244

61,459

62,269

-810

139,040

130,265

8,775

23,211

21,478

1,733

101,400

100,158

1,242

5,599

5,197

402

4,486,389

4,581,930

-95,541

Note: Advance claims are not directly comparable to claims reported in prior weeks. Advance claims are reported by the state liable for paying the unemployment compensation, whereas previous weeks reported claims reflect claimants by state of residence. In addition, claims reported as "workshare equivalent" in the previous week are added to the advance claims as a proxy for the current week's "workshare equivalent" activity.

*Denotes state estimate.

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