Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers

Published 3:30 pm Thursday, December 10, 2020

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.

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