Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers

Published 12:00 pm Thursday, March 18, 2021

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.

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