Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers
Published 3:30 pm Thursday, December 10, 2020
- Bonus Index: Jobs by the numbers
Here are 10 numbers related to unemployment caused by the response to COVID-19.
623,900: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15.
420,037: The number of people paid.
1,355: Initial claims for regular unemployment remaining to be processed, down from 1,852 the prior week.
12,600: The number of unemployment claims in adjudication on Wednesday, down from 15,800 the prior week.
229,529: 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.
79,469: The number of people paid PUA.
51,663: The number of people paid regular unemployment insurance.
96 minutes: The average wait time for Oregonians calling the department on Wednesday, up from 65 minutes the prior week.
$6.2 billion: Benefits paid to Oregonians.
6.9%: The Oregon unemployment rate, down from 7.9 in September.