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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.
In the United States, there are 50 state unemployment insurance programs plus one each in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands. Though policies vary by state, unemployment benefits generally pay eligible workers as high as US$1,015 in Massachusetts to a low as US$235 per week maximum in Mississippi.
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 ...
Story at a glance The findings come as total U.S. unemployment reaches near-record lows. Overall, 25 states saw their unemployment claims drop week-over-week, with the largest decreases reported ...
Workers in most states have 26 weeks of paid unemployment benefits, but according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21% of workers are now taking more than 27 weeks to find a new job, up 3% from ...
The unemployment benefits are run by each state with different state-defined criteria for duration, percent of income paid, etc. Nearly all systems require the recipient to document their search for employment in order to continue receiving benefits. Extensions of time for receiving benefits are sometimes offered for extensive work unemployment.
Arkansas' March unemployment rate was 4.4% down from its 10% pandemic peak in April 2020, while South Carolina's and Montana's unemployment rate was 5.2% and 3.8% respectively in March down from ...