Bonus Index: Jobs by the numbers

Published 12:30 pm Thursday, July 2, 2020

496,400: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15.

42,800: The number of Oregonians who filed for regular unemployment during a comparable period last year.

1,406: Initial claims for regular unemployment remaining to be processed.

750: Number of employees processing claims.

92,400: Number of claims received for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), the program for self-employed and gig workers who don’t qualify for regular unemployment.

21,047: The number of PUA claims paid.

81: The average wait time, in minutes, for Oregonians calling the department on Tuesday.

2,440: The number of calls answered on Tuesday.

243,500: The number of jobs lost in Oregon since February.

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