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A key provision in the new stimulus bill is an extension of unemployment benefits, including an extra $300 per week in benefits. CNBC reports that many states are already including the $300 in ...
The majority of the states opting out of the federal programs have tried to tighten eligibility requirements or reduce either the duration or amount per week of unemployment benefits — in some ...
Weekly unemployment claims continued their downward trend for the third week, the week ending Feb. 5. The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 223,000. This figure represents a...
Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
A delay in a new stimulus deal kills any hopes of extending enhanced unemployment benefits — like the $600 weekly benefit provided via the CARES Act that ended in July and the subsequent $300 to ...
Gallup measured the percent of workers with "good jobs" defined as "30+ hours per week for an employer who provides a regular paycheck." The ratio was around 42% during 2010 and rose to close to 48% during 2016 and 2017. This was measured between 2010 and July 31, 2017, after which Gallup discontinued routinely measuring it. [66]
U.S. unemployment claims dropped to 222,000 last week, down 10,000 claims from 232,000 the week prior on a seasonally adjusted basis. Louisiana saw the largest percentage increase in weekly claims ...