Unemployment Compensation
Claim Statistics & COVID-19
The Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) was providing real-time reporting of initial claim applications during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pennsylvania; however, to align with the confirmed number of initial claims reported to the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) by the Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, including workshare and interstate claims, L&I will now be reporting claim numbers every Thursday by 12 p.m.
Week Start Date |
Week End Date |
Total Initial Claims Count |
3/15/2020 | 3/21/2020 |
363,000 |
3/22/2020 | 3/28/2020 |
374,056 |
3/29/2020 | 4/4/2020 |
239,077 |
4/5/2020 | 4/11/2020 |
172,733 |
4/12/2020 | 4/18/2020 |
124,633 |
4/19/2020 | 4/25/2020 |
82,414 |
4/26/2020 | 5/2/2020 |
58,240 |
5/3/2020 | 5/9/2020 |
50,299 |
5/10/2020 | 5/16/2020
|
41,673 |
5/17/20 | 5/23/20 |
55,374 |
5/24/20 | 5/30/20 |
42,266 |
5/31/20 | 6/6/20 |
45,049 |
6/7/20 | 6/13/20 |
44,341 |
6/14/20 | 6/20/20 |
42,577 |
6/21/20 | 6/27/20 |
45,261 |
6/28/20 | 7/4/20
|
44,086 |
7/5/20 | 7/11/20 |
44,798 |
7/12/20
| 7/18/20
| 37,986
|
7/19/20
| 7/25/20
|
35,808
|
7/26/20
| 8/1/20
|
29,371
|
8/2/20
| 8/8/20
|
27,094 |
8/9/20
| 8/15/20
| 25,584
|
8/16/20
| 8/22/20
|
27,510
|
8/23/20
| 8/29/20
| 24,883
|
8/30/20
| 9/5/20
| 22,626
|
9/6/20
| 9/12/20
| 21,747
|
9/13/20
| 9/19/20
| 22,762
|
9/20/20
| 9/26/20
| 22,955
|
9/27/20
| 10/3/20
|
19,844
|
10/4/20
| 10/10/20
| 20,251
|
10/11/20
| 10/17/20
|
19,223
|
10/18/20
| 10/24/20
| 19,974
|
10/25/20
| 10/31/20 | 23,742
|
11/01/20
| 11/07/20
| 23,051
|
11/08/20
| 11/14/20
| 22,756
|
11/15/20
| 11/21/20
|
26,983
|
11/22/20
| 11/28/20
| 23,878
|
11/29/20
| 12/05/20
| 40,833
|
12/06/20
| 12/12/20
| 39,258
|
12/13/20
| 12/19/20
| 47,305
|
12/20/20
| 12/26/20
| 38,279
|
12/27/20
| 1/02/21
| 38,512
|
1/03/21
| 1/09/21
| 41,424
|
1/10/21
| 1/16/21
| 32,921
|