Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers for Dec. 4

Published 3:30 pm Thursday, December 3, 2020

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

617,00: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15.

415,658: The number of people paid.

1,852: Initial claims for regular unemployment remaining to be processed, down from 2,595 the prior week.

15,800: The number of unemployment claims in adjudication on Wednesday, down from 22,000 the prior week.

224,077: 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.

77,412: The number of people paid PUA.

50,224: The number of people paid regular unemployment insurance.

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

$6.1 billion: Benefits paid to Oregonians.

6.9%: The Oregon unemployment rate, down from 7.9 in September.

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