National

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending May 11, 2013


Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 16, 2013. 

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending May 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 360,000, an increase of 32,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 328,000. The 4-week moving average was 339,250, an increase of 1,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 338,000.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending May 4, unchanged from the prior week’s unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 4 was 3,009,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the preceding week’s revised level of 3,013,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,015,250, a decrease of 21,000 from the preceding week’s revised average of 3,036,250.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 318,203 in the week ending May 11, a decrease of 15,436 from the previous week. There were 325,094 initial claims in the comparable week in 2012.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.2 percent during the week ending May 4, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week’s unrevised rate. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,876,202, a decrease of 94,854 from the preceding week’s revised level of 2,971,056. A year earlier, the rate was 2.5 percent and the volume was 3,150,177.

The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending April 27 was 4,843,806, a decrease of 30,720 from the previous week. There were 6,273,508 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2012.

Extended Benefits were available only in Alaska during the week ending April 27.

Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,421 in the week ending May 4, an increase of 57 from the prior week. There were 2,319 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 160 from the preceding week.

There were 18,489 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending April 27, a decrease of 237 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 36,971, an increase of 253 from the prior week.

States reported 1,792,101 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending April 27, an increase of 28,924 from the prior week. There were 2,666,055 persons claiming EUC in the comparable week in 2012. EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier activity.

The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending April 27 were in Alaska (5.1), Puerto Rico (4.4), California (3.4), New Jersey (3.3), New Mexico (3.3), Connecticut (3.2), Pennsylvania (3.1), Nevada (3.0), Oregon (3.0), and Wisconsin (3.0).

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending May 4 were in Georgia (+2,212), New Mexico (+1,539), Kentucky (+892), Tennessee (+668), and Ohio (+552), while the largest decreases were in Connecticut (-1,434), New Hampshire (-867), Massachusetts (-756), Wisconsin (-730), and Rhode Island (-702).

Source: dol.gov

 


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