Unemployment Benefits - Employment Development Department Unemployment benefits are temporary income for eligible workers who lost their job (or had hours reduced) through no fault of their own You get from $40 to $450 each week, depending on how much you earned in the past 18 months Our Unemployment Benefit Calculator helps estimate your benefit amount
US weekly jobless claims fall; continuing claims increase The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell last week, but more out of work people are struggling to find new opportunities amid weak hiring
US applications for jobless benefits inch up for the first time in 7 . . . The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending July 26 ticked up by 1,000 to 218,000, less than the 225,000 new applications analysts forecast It was the first time in seven weeks that benefit applications rose, although layoffs remain at historically low levels
U. S. jobless rolls jump as shutdown clouds labor data WASHINGTON >> The number of Americans on jobless benefits surged between mid-September and mid-October, government data showed today, suggesting an elevated unemployment rate in October as an
Labor Department Fills in Some Missing Jobless-Claims Data A one-off data point has popped into view on the Labor Department’s website: a figure showing that 232,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims in the week through Oct 18
US Records 232K Initial Jobless Claims Mid-October Initial jobless claims in the US totaled 232,000 on the week ending October 18th, remaining firmly above the averages from the period since the end of the second quarter It was the first data update by the Department of Labor since the US government shutdown its Federal operations in the first day of October, which risked the employment standing for a large portion of Federal government
Unemployment benefits - USAGov To qualify for benefits, many states require that you: There is no federal unemployment program Each state manages its own unemployment insurance program and pays benefits Select your state on this map to learn how to file for unemployment