SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
In the week ending June 29, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 343,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 348,000. The 4-week moving average was 345,500, a decrease of 750 from the previous week's revised average of 346,250.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent for the week ending June 22, unchanged from the prior week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending June 22 was 2,933,000, a decrease of 54,000 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,987,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,969,250, a decrease of 9,500 from the preceding week's revised average of 2,978,750.
The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 333,920 in the week ending June 29, a decrease of 2,595 from the previous week. There were 369,826 initial claims in the comparable week in 2012.
The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.1 percent during the week ending June 22, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's unrevised rate. The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,766,055, a decrease of 42,033 from the preceding week's revised level of 2,808,088. A year earlier, the rate was 2.5 percent and the volume was 3,145,031.
The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for the week ending June 15 was 4,557,765, an increase of 1,059 from the previous week. There were 5,857,081 persons claiming benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2012.
Extended Benefits were not available in any state during the week ending June 15.
Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian employees totaled 1,295 in the week ending June 22, an increase of 89 from the prior week. There were 2,251 initial claims filed by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 11 from the preceding week.
There were 17,253 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending June 15, an increase of 323 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 34,229, a decrease of 380 from the prior week.
States reported 1,667,864 persons claiming EUC (Emergency Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending June 15, a decrease of 39,245 from the prior week. There were 2,616,147 persons claiming EUC in the comparable week in 2012. EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier activity.
The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending June 22 were in Puerto Rico (4.9), Alaska (4.2), New Mexico (3.2), Connecticut (3.1), New Jersey (3.1), Pennsylvania (3.1), California (3.0), Nevada (2.8), Oregon (2.7), and Virgin Islands (2.7).
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending June 22 were in California (+6,181), New Jersey (+4,952), Oregon (+2,076), New York (+1,882), and Massachusetts (+732), while the largest decreases were in Pennsylvania (-4,238), Florida (-2,050), North Carolina (-2,009), Ohio (-1,679), and Kentucky (-1,466).
