Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers
Published 12:00 pm Thursday, March 18, 2021
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Here are numbers related to unemployment caused by the response to COVID-19.
664,900: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15.
470,600: The number of people paid.
99%: Percent of claims processed.
302,800: 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.
102,800: The number of people paid PUA.
87,300: The number of people paid regular unemployment insurance.
48 minutes: The average wait time for Oregonians calling the department on Wednesday, up from 47 minutes the prior week.
$8.1 billion: Benefits paid to Oregonians.
6.2%: The Oregon unemployment rate.