Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers

Published 2:00 pm Thursday, November 12, 2020

Here are 10 numbers related to unemployment caused by the response to COVID-19.

601,200: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15.

383,700: The number of people paid.

1,120: Initial claims for regular unemployment remaining to be processed.

26,300: The number of unemployment claims in adjudication on Wednesday, down from 52,000 Sept. 30.

206,309: 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.

73,375: The number of people paid PUA.

44,170: The number of people paid regular unemployment insurance.

60 minutes: The average wait time for Oregonians calling the department on Tuesday, unchanged from the prior week.

$5.5 billion: Benefits paid to Oregonians.

8%: The Oregon unemployment rate, down from 8.5% in August.

 

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