Bonus Index: Jobs by the numbers

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

419,147: The number of Oregonians who have filed for unemployment since March 23.

17,400: Initial claims for unemployment filed the week ending May 23.

17,266 Initial claims for unemployment processed the week ending May 23.

40,922: The backlog of initial claims that have not been processed as of Thursday.

1,963: The number of calls the Oregon Employment Department received on Wednesday, according to the department’s statistics.

177.33: The average wait time, in minutes, for Oregonians calling the department that day.

683: The number of calls OED staffers were able to answer.

11: The number of hours each business day the department takes calls.

690: The number of employees now dedicated to processing claims, up from 635 on May 7.

106: The number of employees dedicated to processing claims on March 8.