For Release:
April 18, 2024
Contact:
Virginia Works
Economic Information & Analytics Division
LMI@virginiaworks.gov
(804) 786-7496

Virginia’s Latest Unemployment Insurance Weekly Initial Claims at 2,238; Continued Claims at 15,263

RICHMOND— Virginia Works announced today that 2,238 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed during the week ending April 13, 2024, which is 2.2 percent lower than last week's 2,288 claims and 27.2 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (1,760).  Nearly 82 percent of claimants self-reported an associated industry; of those reported, the top five industries (61 percent) were Administrative and Support and Waste Management (257); Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (249); Retail Trade (203); Health Care and Social Assistance (182); and Manufacturing (171).

Continued weeks claims (15,263) were 0.6 percent lower than last week (15,351) and were 30.8 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (11,672). Nearly 93 percent of claimants self-reported an associated industry; of those reported, the top five industries (58 percent) were Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (2,276); Administrative and Support and Waste Management (2,102); Health Care and Social Assistance (1,337); Manufacturing (1,329); and Retail Trade (1,199).

Significant Layoffs and Announcements are available at the following websites:

WARN Notices | Virginia Employment Commission

Announcements | Virginia Economic Development Partnership

Initial Claims – Comparison of Unemployment Insurance Activity

 

Week Ending

04/13/2024

Week Ending

04/06/2024

Week Ending

03/30/2024

Last Year

04/15/2023

Initial Claims

2,238

2,288

2,081

1,760

Initial Change (%)

-50 (-2.2%)

+207 (+9.9%)

-17 (-0.8%)

+478 (+27.2%)

Continued Claims

15,263

15,351

15,302

11,672

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Virginia Continued Weeks Claimed

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Initial Claims for All States

In the week ending April 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 212,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 211,000 to 212,000. The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 208,509 in the week ending April 13, a decrease of 6,756 (or  3.1 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 6,369 (or  3.0 percent)  from the previous week. There were 216,740 initial claims in the comparable week in 2023. 

Initial State Claims (5 largest decreases)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

State

Initial Claims (this week)

Initial Claims (prior week)

Change

New Jersey

9,405

13,956

-4,551

Wisconsin

4,629

6,427

-1,798

Pennsylvania

11,547

13,194

-1,647

Illinois

7,951

9,491

-1,540

Ohio

4,444

5,698

-1,254

 

Initial State Claims (5 largest increases)
(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

 

State

Initial Claims (this week)

Initial Claims (prior week)

Change

California

45,469

42,406

3,063

Oregon

7,168

5,404

1,764

Connecticut

4,589

2,937

1,652

Georgia

5,669

4,448

1,221

New York

17,184

16,588

596

 

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