Massachusetts
Massachusetts Monthly Unemployment Claimant Data for August 2022
MASSACHUSETTS — MONTHLY UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMANT DATA
BOSTON, MA— September 15, 2022—Massachusetts had 23,997 preliminary claims for normal Unemployment Insurance coverage (UI) through the month of August, a lower of 1,6391 claims from the earlier month. Most preliminary claims (IC) this month have been seen in Development, Retail
Commerce, and Healthcare and Social Help. Continued weeks claimed (CWC) decreased by 12,158 from the earlier month to 229,060. Most CWC have been seen in Retail Commerce, Meals and Lodging, and Transportation and Warehouse.
The Pandemic Unemployment Help (PUA) program, which was applied on Could 21, 2020, had 0 preliminary claims filed and 342 continued weeks claimed, a lower of 206 CWC from the earlier month. The PUA advantages program ended on September 4, 2021.
The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), which was applied on Could 21, 2020, had a complete of 19 preliminary claims. CWC decreased by 17 to 385 claims. The PEUC program ended on September 4, 2021.
The federal/state Prolonged Advantages (EB) program, which triggered on Could 3, 2020, because of the excessive quantity of claims, had yet another IC from the earlier month and CWC additionally elevated by 2 claims. The EB program ended on July 17, 2021.
The Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), which was applied on Could 21, 2020 and offered an extra $300 every week on prime of standard advantages, additionally ended on September 4, 2021 and has had no modifications since.
NOTE: Following the termination of pandemic help (PUA, FPUC, PEUC) and long-term profit (EB) applications, claims stories shall be revealed at the side of the Massachusetts Unemployment and Job Estimates month-to-month releases, at mass.gov/lwd within the Information and Updates part. Weekly UI claims reporting could be discovered at https://www.dol.gov/ui/information.pdf.
1 That is the distinction from the estimate which DUA/DER calculated contemplating July 2022 noticed a rise in probably fraudulent preliminary
claims filed
OVER-THE-MONTH CHANGES BY NAICS
All however 5 sectors noticed will increase in preliminary claims filed over the month of August. Development leads with the best enhance in variety of initials claims (+76%). The most important proportion enhance is seen within the Administration of Corporations sector (98%). Of the highest three sectors with preliminary claims will increase, Development sector claims differ most from the median development in earlier years. The Meals and Lodging, Retail Commerce, and Wholesale Commerce sectors noticed the most important drops in variety of preliminary claims in August.
All sectors apart from Arts, Leisure, and Recreation, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Looking, and Development noticed decreases in CWC over the month. Meals and Lodging sector claims dropped by roughly 6,000. Following a spike within the month of July, Retail Commerce sector claims dropped by nearly 2,000.
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