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In January 2023, 3.12 billion U.S. dollars were paid out in unemployment benefits in the United States. This is a slight increase from January 2022, when 2.42 billion U.S. dollars were paid in unemployment benefits. The large figures seen at the start of 2020 are largely due to the impact of the Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from January 2020 to January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on U.S. unemployment
Unemployment
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- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment level 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. monthly number of job losers 2021-2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. annual unemployment rate 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment level seasonally adjusted monthly number 2021-2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate 2021-2023
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate February 2023, by occupation
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate February 2023, by industry and class of worker
- Basic Statistic Average duration of unemployment in the U.S. 1990-2022
Unemployment demographics
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- Basic Statistic U.S. male unemployment rate 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. female unemployment rate 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate, by ethnicity 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate by age 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate 1992-2022, by level of education
- Basic Statistic U.S. high school graduates and dropouts: unemployment rate 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate of recent graduates 2016-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. youth unemployment rate seasonally adjusted 2021-2023
Unemployment by location
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Outlook
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- Basic Statistic U.S. unemployment rate and forecasts FY 2022-2033
- Basic Statistic U.S. employment growth 2021-2031, by industry
- Basic Statistic Projected U.S. employment change by major occupational groups 2021-2031
- Basic Statistic U.S. industries with largest projected payroll employment growth 2021-2031
- Basic Statistic U.S. industries with largest projected payroll employment declines 2021-2031
Further related statistics
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- U.S. continued unemployment insurance claims U.S. 2021
- Number of unemployment benefit recipients in Sweden 2020, by unemployment fund
- Worker compensation benefits paid from self-insurance in the U.S. 2020, by state
- Worker compensation benefits paid by private insurers in the U.S. 2017, by state
- Share of employee organization memberships in Finland 2005-2015, by type
- Number of unemployment benefit recipients in Sweden 2010-2022
- Job seekers not compensated by the unemployment insurance in France 2014, by reason
- U.S. state unemployment insurance: benefits paid 2011, by state
- U.S. state unemployment insurance: extended benefits paid 2011, by state
- U.S. state unemployment insurance: beneficiaries, first payments 2011, by state
- Average number of workers with covered employment in the U.S. 2014, by state
- Unemployment insurance minimum standard in Beijing 2016-2021
- Unemployment benefit payments made in Macao 2013-2021
- Number of people receiving employment insurance in Canada 2020, by province
- Total amount of real benefit payments under labor insurance Taiwan 2021, by type
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Statistics
- U.S. continued unemployment insurance claims U.S. 2021
- Number of unemployment benefit recipients in Sweden 2020, by unemployment fund
- Worker compensation benefits paid from self-insurance in the U.S. 2020, by state
- Worker compensation benefits paid by private insurers in the U.S. 2017, by state
- Share of employee organization memberships in Finland 2005-2015, by type
- Number of unemployment benefit recipients in Sweden 2010-2022
- Job seekers not compensated by the unemployment insurance in France 2014, by reason
- U.S. state unemployment insurance: benefits paid 2011, by state
- U.S. state unemployment insurance: extended benefits paid 2011, by state
- U.S. state unemployment insurance: beneficiaries, first payments 2011, by state
- Average number of workers with covered employment in the U.S. 2014, by state
- Unemployment insurance minimum standard in Beijing 2016-2021
- Unemployment benefit payments made in Macao 2013-2021
- Number of people receiving employment insurance in Canada 2020, by province
- Total amount of real benefit payments under labor insurance Taiwan 2021, by type
US Department of Labor. (March 22, 2023). Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from January 2020 to January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 23, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor. "Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from January 2020 to January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor. (2023). Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from January 2020 to January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 23, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor. "Total Monthly Unemployment Insurance Benefits Paid in The United States from January 2020 to January 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/
US Department of Labor, Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from January 2020 to January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/ (last visited March 23, 2023)
Total monthly unemployment insurance benefits paid in the United States from January 2020 to January 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], US Department of Labor, March 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/284857/total-unemployment-benefits-paid-in-the-us/