weekly unemployment numbers.
In the week ending Aug. 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 455,000, an increase of 7,000 from the previous week's unrevised figure of 448,000. The 4-week moving average was 419,500, an increase of 26,750 from the previous week's revised average of 392,750.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent for the week ending July 26, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.5 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 26 was 3,311,000, an increase of 31,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,280,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,201,000, an increase of 27,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,174,000.
The fiscal year-to-date average for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment for all programs is 2.975 million.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 381,529 in the week ending Aug. 2, an increase of 6,379 from the previous week. There were 270,563 initial claims in the comparable week in 2007.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.4 percent during the week ending July 26, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,175,663, a decrease of 35,404 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.9 percent and the volume was 2,445,524.
Extended benefits were available in Alaska and Rhode Island during the week ending July 19.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,071 in the week ending July 26, a decrease of 236 from the prior week. There were 1,428 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 224 from the preceding week.
There were 14,182 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending July 19, an increase of 1,363 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 20,897, an increase of 346 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 19 were in Puerto Rico (4.9 percent), Michigan (4.0), Rhode Island (3.5), New Jersey (3.4), Pennsylvania (3.4), Wisconsin (3.4), California (3.1), Oregon (3.1), Massachusetts (3.0), and South Carolina (3.0).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 26 were in Ohio (+4,634), California (+3,911), Illinois (+1,496), Oregon (+817), and West Virginia (+664), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-7,492), Wisconsin (-6,835), North Carolina (-4,415), Puerto Rico (-3,972), and Indiana
(-3,792).
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Advance
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
Aug. 2
July 26
Change
July 19
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Initial Claims (SA)
455,000
448,000
+7,000
403,000
318,000
Initial Claims (NSA)
381,529
375,150
+6,379
411,408
270,563
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)
419,500
392,750
+26,750
381,750
312,000
Advance
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
July 26
July 19
Change
July 12
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ins. Unemployment (SA)
3,311,000
3,280,000
+31,000
3,097,000
2,553,000
Ins. Unemployment (NSA)
3,175,663
3,211,067
-35,404
3,164,970
2,445,524
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)
3,201,000
3,174,000
+27,000
3,131,750
2,549,750
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Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2
2.5%
2.5%
0.0
2.3%
1.9%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)2
2.4%
2.4%
0.0
2.4%
1.9%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
July 26
July 19
Change
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal Employees
1,071
1,307
-236
1,151
Newly Discharged Veterans
1,428
1,652
-224
1,694
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
July 19
July 12
Change
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal Employees
14,182
12,819
+1,363
14,568
Newly Discharged Veterans
20,897
20,551
+346
21,377
Railroad Retirement Board
2,000
2,000
0
2,000
Extended Benefits
1,483
1,777
-294
0
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FOOTNOTES
SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data
NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
1 - Prior year is comparable to most recent data.
2 - Most recent week used covered employment of 133,690,617 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 07/26/2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State
Change
State Supplied Comment
MI
-7,492
No comment.
WI
-6,835
Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, service, and manufacturing industries.
NC
-4,415
Fewer layoffs in the construction, transportation, transportation equipment, furniture, food, and textile industries.
PR
-3,972
No comment.
IN
-3,792
No comment.
TX
-3,200
Fewer layoffs in the trade, service, and manufacturing industries.
TN
-2,619
Fewer layoffs in the apparel, transportation equipment, industrial machinery, rubber/plastics, and fabricated metals industries.
AL
-2,290
Fewer layoffs in the service industry.
VA
-1,688
Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing industry.
NY
-1,561
Fewer layoffs in the construction, service, and transportation industries.
GA
-1,430
Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing industry.
FL
-1,400
Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, service, and manufacturing industries, and agriculture.
LA
-1,178
No comment.
PA
-1,076
Fewer layoffs in the mining, primary metals, and manufacturing industries.
SC
-1,046
Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing industry.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State
Change
State Supplied Comment
IL
+1,496
Layoffs in the trade, service, and manufacturing industries.
CA
+3,911
Layoffs in the trade and service industries.
OH
+4,634
Layoffs in the automobile industry.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.5 percent for the week ending July 26, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate of 2.5 percent.
The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 26 was 3,311,000, an increase of 31,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 3,280,000. The 4-week moving average was 3,201,000, an increase of 27,000 from the preceding week's revised average of 3,174,000.
The fiscal year-to-date average for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment for all programs is 2.975 million.
UNADJUSTED DATA
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 381,529 in the week ending Aug. 2, an increase of 6,379 from the previous week. There were 270,563 initial claims in the comparable week in 2007.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.4 percent during the week ending July 26, unchanged from the prior week. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 3,175,663, a decrease of 35,404 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 1.9 percent and the volume was 2,445,524.
Extended benefits were available in Alaska and Rhode Island during the week ending July 19.
Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,071 in the week ending July 26, a decrease of 236 from the prior week. There were 1,428 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 224 from the preceding week.
There were 14,182 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending July 19, an increase of 1,363 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 20,897, an increase of 346 from the prior week.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending July 19 were in Puerto Rico (4.9 percent), Michigan (4.0), Rhode Island (3.5), New Jersey (3.4), Pennsylvania (3.4), Wisconsin (3.4), California (3.1), Oregon (3.1), Massachusetts (3.0), and South Carolina (3.0).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 26 were in Ohio (+4,634), California (+3,911), Illinois (+1,496), Oregon (+817), and West Virginia (+664), while the largest decreases were in Michigan (-7,492), Wisconsin (-6,835), North Carolina (-4,415), Puerto Rico (-3,972), and Indiana
(-3,792).
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Advance
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
Aug. 2
July 26
Change
July 19
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Initial Claims (SA)
455,000
448,000
+7,000
403,000
318,000
Initial Claims (NSA)
381,529
375,150
+6,379
411,408
270,563
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)
419,500
392,750
+26,750
381,750
312,000
Advance
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
July 26
July 19
Change
July 12
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ins. Unemployment (SA)
3,311,000
3,280,000
+31,000
3,097,000
2,553,000
Ins. Unemployment (NSA)
3,175,663
3,211,067
-35,404
3,164,970
2,445,524
4-Wk Moving Average (SA)
3,201,000
3,174,000
+27,000
3,131,750
2,549,750
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ins. Unemployment Rate (SA)2
2.5%
2.5%
0.0
2.3%
1.9%
Ins. Unemployment Rate (NSA)2
2.4%
2.4%
0.0
2.4%
1.9%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
July 26
July 19
Change
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal Employees
1,071
1,307
-236
1,151
Newly Discharged Veterans
1,428
1,652
-224
1,694
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prior1
WEEK ENDING
July 19
July 12
Change
Year
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal Employees
14,182
12,819
+1,363
14,568
Newly Discharged Veterans
20,897
20,551
+346
21,377
Railroad Retirement Board
2,000
2,000
0
2,000
Extended Benefits
1,483
1,777
-294
0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FOOTNOTES
SA - Seasonally Adjusted Data
NSA - Not Seasonally Adjusted Data
1 - Prior year is comparable to most recent data.
2 - Most recent week used covered employment of 133,690,617 as denominator.
UNADJUSTED INITIAL CLAIMS FOR WEEK ENDED 07/26/2008
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
STATES WITH A DECREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State
Change
State Supplied Comment
MI
-7,492
No comment.
WI
-6,835
Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, service, and manufacturing industries.
NC
-4,415
Fewer layoffs in the construction, transportation, transportation equipment, furniture, food, and textile industries.
PR
-3,972
No comment.
IN
-3,792
No comment.
TX
-3,200
Fewer layoffs in the trade, service, and manufacturing industries.
TN
-2,619
Fewer layoffs in the apparel, transportation equipment, industrial machinery, rubber/plastics, and fabricated metals industries.
AL
-2,290
Fewer layoffs in the service industry.
VA
-1,688
Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing industry.
NY
-1,561
Fewer layoffs in the construction, service, and transportation industries.
GA
-1,430
Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing industry.
FL
-1,400
Fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, service, and manufacturing industries, and agriculture.
LA
-1,178
No comment.
PA
-1,076
Fewer layoffs in the mining, primary metals, and manufacturing industries.
SC
-1,046
Fewer layoffs in the manufacturing industry.
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STATES WITH AN INCREASE OF MORE THAN 1,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State
Change
State Supplied Comment
IL
+1,496
Layoffs in the trade, service, and manufacturing industries.
CA
+3,911
Layoffs in the trade and service industries.
OH
+4,634
Layoffs in the automobile industry.
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