Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers

Published 3:30 pm Thursday, December 17, 2020

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

604,500: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15.

423,700: The number of people paid.

1,936: Initial claims for regular unemployment remaining to be processed, up from 1,355 the prior week.

8,400: The number of unemployment claims in adjudication on Wednesday, down from 12,600 the prior week.

239,687: 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.

84,598: The number of people paid PUA.

55,080: The number of people paid regular unemployment insurance.

125 minutes: The average wait time for Oregonians calling the department on Wednesday, up from 96 minutes the prior week.

$6.3 billion: Benefits paid to Oregonians.

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

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