Employment Index: Jobs by the numbers

Published 12:00 pm Thursday, April 29, 2021

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

682,400: The number of Oregonians who have filed for regular unemployment since March 15, 2020.

482,200: The number of people paid.

99%: Percent of claims processed.

313,700: 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.

106,500: The number of people paid PUA.

91,900: The number of people paid regular unemployment insurance.

68 minutes: The average wait time for Oregonians calling the department on Wednesday, up from 62 the prior week.

$8.9 billion: Benefits paid to Oregonians.

6.0%: The Oregon unemployment rate.

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