APPENDIX F. DATA ON EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS, AND UNEMPLOYMENT The following tables and charts provide additional data on unemployment and the Unemployment Compensation Program. TABLE F-1.--SEASONALLY ADJUSTED MONTHLY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AND INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, 1990-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Avg. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Civilian Unemployment Rate--Total (Seasonally Adjusted) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970............................................ 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.9 6.1 4.9 1971............................................ 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.9 1972............................................ 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.6 1973............................................ 4.9 5.0 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.9 1974............................................ 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.9 6.0 6.6 7.2 5.6 1975............................................ 8.1 8.1 8.6 8.8 9.0 8.8 8.6 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.5 1976............................................ 7.9 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.7 1977............................................ 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.2 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.4 7.1 1978............................................ 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.1 1979............................................ 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.8 1980............................................ 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.9 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.1 1981............................................ 7.5 7.4 7.4 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.2 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.5 7.6 1982............................................ 8.6 8.9 9.0 9.3 9.4 9.6 9.8 9.8 10.1 10.4 10.7 10.7 9.7 1983............................................ 10.4 10.4 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.1 9.4 9.4 9.2 8.8 8.4 8.2 9.6 1984............................................ 8.0 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.5 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.5 1985............................................ 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.2 1986............................................ 6.8 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.8 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.7 7.0 1987............................................ 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.2 1988............................................ 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.5 1989............................................ 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 1990............................................ 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.5 1991............................................ 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.1 6.7 1992............................................ 7.1 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.5 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.3 7.4 1993............................................ 7.1 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.8 1994............................................ 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.4 6.1 1995............................................ 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insured Unemployment Rate Under State Programs -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970............................................ 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.4 1971............................................ 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.1 1972............................................ 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.5 1973............................................ 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.7 1974............................................ 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.7 4.4 5.0 3.5 1975............................................ 5.6 5.8 6.4 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.3 4.9 6.0 1976............................................ 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 1977............................................ 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9 1978............................................ 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.3 1979............................................ 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.9 1980............................................ 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.9 1981............................................ 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.5 1982............................................ 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.2 5.3 4.8 4.6 1983............................................ 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.9 1984............................................ 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.8 1985............................................ 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.8 1986............................................ 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 1987............................................ 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4 1988............................................ 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 1989............................................ 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 1990............................................ 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.4 1991............................................ 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 1992............................................ 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 3.0 1993............................................ 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 1994............................................ 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.5 1995............................................ 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. TABLE F-2.--STATE INSURED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNDER THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM, 1989-95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1995, by quarter ------------------------------------------------------- 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 I II III IV ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alabama................................................. 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.9 1.9 Alaska.................................................. 4.7 5.5 6.2 6.4 5.5 6.0 7.4 5.7 3.8 5.2 Arizona................................................. 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.3 Arkansas................................................ 3.0 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.6 3.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 California.............................................. 2.6 3.0 4.1 4.5 3.9 4.0 4.3 3.7 3.3 3.5 Colorado................................................ 1.7 1.5 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.1 Connecticut............................................. 1.7 2.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.5 Delaware................................................ 1.2 1.4 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.9 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.8 District of Columbia.................................... 1.7 1.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.9 Florida................................................. 1.2 1.5 2.3 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.5 Georgia................................................. 1.4 1.7 2.3 2.0 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 Hawaii.................................................. 1.1 1.2 1.6 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.9 Idaho................................................... 3.2 3.2 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.1 4.8 3.2 2.4 2.7 Illinois................................................ 2.1 2.4 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.3 2.8 2.3 2.0 2.1 Indiana................................................. 1.3 1.4 2.0 1.8 1.4 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 Iowa.................................................... 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.5 2.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 Kansas.................................................. 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.3 Kentucky................................................ 2.1 2.3 3.0 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 Louisiana............................................... 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.7 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 Maine................................................... 2.3 3.4 5.0 4.0 2.9 3.1 4.2 3.1 2.3 2.4 Maryland................................................ 1.5 1.9 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.0 2.0 Massachusetts........................................... 2.8 3.8 4.4 3.7 2.9 2.9 3.4 2.6 2.4 2.2 Michigan................................................ 3.0 3.2 4.1 3.6 2.9 2.4 3.1 2.0 1.9 1.5 Minnesota............................................... 1.9 2.1 2.4 2.2 1.9 1.7 2.4 1.6 1.2 1.3 Mississippi............................................. 2.6 2.7 3.2 3.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.1 Missouri................................................ 2.2 2.4 3.0 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.4 1.7 1.8 1.6 Montana................................................. 2.8 2.8 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.2 4.5 3.0 2.1 2.7 Nebraska................................................ 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.8 Nevada.................................................. 1.8 2.1 3.3 3.3 2.9 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.1 New Hampshire........................................... 1.1 2.2 3.0 2.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.1 0.9 New Jersey.............................................. 2.3 3.0 3.9 4.0 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.1 3.1 2.9 New Mexico.............................................. 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.6 New York................................................ 2.3 2.7 3.7 3.7 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.7 North Carolina.......................................... 1.4 1.9 2.7 2.0 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.4 North Dakota............................................ 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.5 2.6 1.4 1.0 1.1 Ohio.................................................... 1.9 2.1 2.8 2.8 2.1 1.8 2.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 Oklahoma................................................ 1.6 1.6 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 Oregon.................................................. 2.9 3.2 4.2 4.3 3.8 3.6 4.1 3.4 2.9 3.9 Pennsylvania............................................ 2.7 3.1 4.1 4.1 3.4 3.5 4.1 3.3 3.1 3.1 Puerto Rico............................................. 4.8 5.1 5.9 6.4 6.6 7.0 6.4 6.1 6.3 6.1 Rhode Island............................................ 2.8 4.5 5.5 5.0 4.0 4.6 6.0 4.5 4.3 3.5 South Carolina.......................................... 1.7 1.9 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.8 South Dakota............................................ 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 Tennessee............................................... 2.1 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.5 1.8 1.7 Texas................................................... 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.6 Utah.................................................... 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.8 Vermont................................................. 2.1 3.2 4.3 4.0 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.1 2.3 2.5 Virginia................................................ 0.9 1.1 1.7 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.0 Virgin Islands.......................................... 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.9 1.9 3.2 2.1 2.4 2.5 3.6 Washington.............................................. 3.2 3.1 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.3 4.8 3.9 3.5 4.0 West Virginia........................................... 2.8 2.9 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.0 3.9 2.9 2.5 2.6 Wisconsin............................................... 2.2 2.3 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.2 3.1 2.0 1.7 1.9 Wyoming................................................. 2.0 1.7 2.0 2.3 1.9 1.9 2.9 2.0 1.3 1.7 ------------------------------------------------------- United States........................................... 2.1 2.4 3.1 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. TABLE F-3.--UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY SEX, AGE, RACE, AND EXPERIENCE, 1976-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By sex and age By race By selected groups Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (all Both Experienced Married Period civilian Men 20 Women 20 sexes 16- Black and wage and men, Women who workers) years years 19 years White Black other \1\ salary spouse maintain and over and over workers present families -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1976........................................ 7.7 5.9 7.4 19.0 7.0 14.0 13.1 7.3 4.2 10.1 1977........................................ 7.1 5.2 7.0 17.8 6.2 14.0 13.1 6.6 3.6 9.4 1978........................................ 6.1 4.3 6.0 16.4 5.2 12.8 11.9 5.6 2.8 8.5 1979........................................ 5.8 4.2 5.7 16.1 5.1 12.3 11.3 5.5 2.8 8.3 1980........................................ 7.1 5.9 6.4 17.8 6.3 14.3 13.1 6.9 4.2 9.2 1981........................................ 7.6 6.3 6.8 19.6 6.7 15.6 14.2 7.3 4.3 10.4 1982........................................ 9.7 8.8 8.3 23.2 8.6 18.9 17.3 9.3 6.5 11.7 1983........................................ 9.6 8.9 8.1 22.4 8.4 19.5 17.8 9.2 6.5 12.2 1984........................................ 7.5 6.6 6.8 18.9 6.5 15.9 14.4 7.1 4.6 10.3 1985........................................ 7.2 6.2 6.6 18.6 6.2 15.1 13.7 6.8 4.3 10.4 1986........................................ 7.0 6.1 6.2 18.3 6.0 14.5 13.1 6.6 4.4 9.8 1987........................................ 6.2 5.4 5.4 16.9 5.3 13.0 11.6 5.8 3.9 9.2 1988........................................ 5.5 4.8 4.9 15.3 4.7 11.7 10.4 5.2 3.3 8.1 1989........................................ 5.3 4.5 4.7 15.0 4.5 11.4 10.0 5.0 3.0 8.1 1990........................................ 5.5 4.9 4.8 15.5 4.7 11.3 10.1 5.3 3.4 8.2 1991........................................ 6.7 6.3 5.7 18.6 6.0 12.4 11.1 6.5 4.4 9.1 1992........................................ 7.4 7.0 6.3 20.0 6.5 14.1 12.7 7.1 5.0 9.9 1993........................................ 6.8 6.4 5.9 19.0 6.0 12.9 11.7 6.5 4.4 9.5 1994........................................ 6.1 5.4 5.4 17.6 5.3 11.5 10.5 5.9 3.7 8.9 1995........................................ 5.6 4.8 4.9 17.3 4.9 10.4 9.6 5.4 3.3 8.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ ``Other'' includes: American Samoans, Native Americans, Asians, and Black Hispanics. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. TABLE F-4.--UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY DURATION OF AND REASON FOR UNEMPLOYMENT, 1977-95 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Percent distribution of unemployment by Percent distribution of unemployment by duration \1\ reason \1\ Unemployment ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Period (thousands) Less than 5 5-14 15-26 27 weeks Job Job Reentrants New weeks weeks weeks and over losers leavers entrants -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977............................................. 6,991 41.8 30.5 13.1 14.7 45.3 13.0 28.1 13.6 1978............................................. 6,202 46.2 31.0 12.4 10.4 41.7 14.1 29.9 14.3 1979............................................. 6,137 48.1 31.7 11.5 8.7 42.9 14.3 29.4 13.3 1980............................................. 7,637 43.1 32.3 13.8 10.7 51.7 11.7 25.2 11.4 1981............................................. 8,273 41.7 30.7 13.6 14.0 51.6 11.2 25.4 11.9 1982............................................. 10,678 36.4 31.0 16.0 16.6 58.7 7.9 22.3 11.1 1983............................................. 10,717 33.3 27.4 15.4 23.9 58.4 7.7 22.5 11.3 1984............................................. 8,539 39.2 28.7 12.9 19.1 51.8 9.6 25.6 13.0 1985............................................. 8,312 42.1 30.2 12.3 15.4 49.8 10.6 27.1 12.5 1986............................................. 8,237 41.0 32.0 12.4 14.5 47.9 13.0 25.7 13.4 1987............................................. 7,425 43.7 29.6 12.7 14.0 48.0 13.0 26.6 12.4 1988............................................. 6,701 46.0 30.0 12.0 12.1 46.1 14.7 27.0 12.2 1989............................................. 6,528 48.6 30.3 11.2 9.9 45.7 15.7 28.2 10.4 1990............................................. 6,874 46.1 32.0 11.8 10.1 48.3 14.8 27.4 9.5 1991............................................. 8,426 40.1 32.3 14.5 13.0 54.7 11.6 24.8 8.9 1992............................................. 9,384 34.8 29.4 15.2 20.6 56.4 10.4 23.7 9.5 1993............................................. 8,734 36.2 28.9 14.6 20.4 54.6 10.8 24.6 10.0 1994............................................. 7,996 34.1 30.1 15.5 20.3 47.7 9.9 34.8 7.6 1995............................................. 7,404 36.5 31.6 14.7 17.3 46.9 11.1 34.1 7.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Detail may not add to 100 percent because of rounding. Source: Office of the President (1996). TABLE F-5.--STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM EXHAUSTIONS BY MONTH--REGULAR BENEFITS, 1975-95 [In thousands] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January......................................................... 229 332 261 211 184 215 309 258 421 269 238 290 230 176 168 203 265 359 293 270 251 February........................................................ 230 295 251 184 160 201 275 267 394 245 207 208 220 170 150 169 228 303 265 240 209 March........................................................... 278 326 290 201 193 220 291 341 470 251 228 231 245 198 176 191 261 343 303 282 240 April........................................................... 369 305 265 192 185 259 289 362 431 245 253 256 244 183 166 197 306 364 288 268 227 May............................................................. 406 273 242 193 195 251 246 338 398 243 235 233 206 174 174 208 314 324 249 265 237 June............................................................ 438 282 254 176 162 246 244 378 383 198 194 214 204 172 162 184 277 335 269 261 217 July............................................................ 487 263 215 151 169 298 247 360 336 213 235 245 212 161 161 208 350 358 270 252 227 August.......................................................... 413 254 234 158 166 256 215 365 341 212 205 212 179 169 173 202 316 312 268 262 230 September....................................................... 370 239 198 138 140 254 207 351 264 163 182 210 170 142 148 169 276 295 252 217 190 October......................................................... 350 212 183 133 161 292 200 347 244 197 208 223 160 138 152 198 303 278 237 215 212 November........................................................ 291 231 192 144 159 259 201 384 249 183 180 183 183 148 156 190 260 256 245 226 212 December........................................................ 336 251 192 149 162 319 265 424 248 188 214 241 184 148 154 205 314 306 262 220 209 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total......................................................... 4,195 3,262 2,776 2,030 2,037 3,072 2,989 4,175 4,180 2,607 2,579 2,746 2,408 1,979 1,940 2,324 3,472 3,821 3,201 2,978 2,662 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. TABLE F-6.--STATE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM EXHAUSTIONS BY MONTH--EXTENDED BENEFITS, 1975-95 [In thousands] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ January................................. 52 366 177 126 11 24 169 9 91 7 4 5 9 0 (\1\) (\1\) 2 (\1\) (\1\) 18 3 February................................ 50 215 166 66 10 15 128 14 95 6 4 6 0 (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) 12 3 March................................... 100 244 187 50 13 18 134 38 128 7 (\1\) 5 5 (\1\) (\1\) 2 (\1\) 1 (\1\) 5 3 April................................... 161 253 177 45 15 28 117 114 153 6 7 5 1 1 (\1\) 3 3 1 (\1\) 5 4 May..................................... 207 190 159 49 31 74 95 134 156 12 9 4 2 1 1 (\1\) 6 5 (\1\) 5 5 June.................................... 228 197 170 49 19 66 90 193 120 3 5 3 2 (\1\) (\1\) 1 25 4 (\1\) 6 5 July.................................... 245 175 141 50 13 67 48 128 44 1 5 8 1 (\1\) (\1\) 1 16 4 (\1\) 6 5 August.................................. 245 178 92 38 12 64 21 121 23 (\1\) 6 14 1 0 0 (\1\) 5 1 (\1\) 15 3 September............................... 271 180 94 23 11 139 23 126 11 (\1\) 5 8 0 0 (\1\) (\1\) 3 (\1\) (\1\) 4 3 October................................. 294 174 137 30 14 208 15 126 7 1 4 8 0 0 0 (\1\) 4 (\1\) (\1\) 4 3 November................................ 258 187 136 12 12 147 14 93 6 3 3 7 0 0 0 (\1\) 1 (\1\) (\1\) 4 3 December................................ 286 178 137 10 11 189 11 94 6 4 (\1\) 13 0 0 0 2 (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) 4 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year total............................ 2,398 2,536 1,774 549 172 1,039 862 1,188 840 50 52 86 21 2 1 9 67 17 1 86 43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Less than 500. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. TABLE F-7.--U.S. AVERAGE WAGE REPLACEMENT RATE: RATIO OF AVERAGE WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT TO AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE, 1971-95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Second Third Fourth Year quarter quarter quarter quarter Average ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1971.......................................................... NA NA NA NA 0.365 1972.......................................................... NA NA NA NA 0.361 1973.......................................................... NA NA NA NA 0.361 1974.......................................................... NA NA NA NA 0.365 1975.......................................................... 0.377 0.375 0.381 0.368 0.375 1976.......................................................... 0.390 0.374 0.368 0.359 0.373 1977.......................................................... 0.384 0.361 0.356 0.361 0.365 1978.......................................................... 0.383 0.360 0.359 0.359 0.365 1979.......................................................... 0.372 0.357 0.361 0.362 0.363 1980.......................................................... 0.376 0.376 0.373 0.350 0.369 1981.......................................................... 0.372 0.359 0.363 0.358 0.363 1982.......................................................... 0.381 0.378 0.383 0.373 0.379 1983.......................................................... 0.384 0.378 0.364 0.360 0.372 1984.......................................................... 0.358 0.355 0.358 0.352 0.356 1985.......................................................... 0.354 0.352 0.362 0.352 0.355 1986.......................................................... 0.356 0.361 0.369 0.353 0.360 1987.......................................................... 0.359 0.362 0.363 0.342 0.357 1988.......................................................... 0.357 0.357 0.351 0.333 0.350 1989.......................................................... 0.356 0.361 0.365 0.343 0.356 1990.......................................................... 0.361 0.370 0.373 0.346 0.362 1991.......................................................... 0.374 0.374 0.375 0.343 0.367 1992.......................................................... 0.371 0.372 0.368 0.369 0.370 1993.......................................................... 0.377 0.367 0.366 0.365 0.369 1994.......................................................... 0.368 0.366 0.357 0.360 0.363 1995.......................................................... 0.368 0.368 0.357 0.360 0.363 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA--Not available. Note.--Wage replacement rate is defined as the average weekly unemployment benefit divided by the average weekly wage for unemployed workers. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. TABLE F-8.--NUMBER UNEMPLOYED 27 WEEKS OR LONGER AS A PERCENT OF ALL UNEMPLOYED, 1971-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ First Second Third Fourth Year quarter quarter quarter quarter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1971............................ 8.7 11.1 11.0 10.8 1972............................ 12.1 13.5 10.8 9.8 1973............................ 8.6 8.5 7.0 7.4 1974............................ 6.8 8.3 7.5 7.1 1975............................ 8.7 14.8 18.7 19.1 1976............................ 19.7 20.1 16.7 16.3 1977............................ 15.5 16.5 13.6 12.9 1978............................ 11.1 11.8 10.1 8.7 1979............................ 9.0 9.5 8.1 8.3 1980............................ 8.3 9.9 11.1 13.5 1981............................ 15.3 15.0 13.7 12.3 1982............................ 13.0 16.7 17.1 19.4 1983............................ 23.2 26.3 23.8 21.9 1984............................ 21.0 21.0 17.7 16.5 1985............................ 15.8 16.4 14.7 14.7 1986............................ 13.8 15.0 14.6 14.2 1987............................ 14.0 15.1 13.9 12.9 1988............................ 12.3 12.9 11.7 11.1 1989............................ 10.4 10.5 9.0 9.6 1990............................ 9.5 10.2 10.4 10.2 1991............................ 10.8 12.9 13.6 14.9 1992............................ 17.9 21.4 21.8 21.4 1993............................ 20.4 20.2 20.3 20.6 1994............................ 20.4 20.5 20.1 20.2 1995............................ 17.8 17.3 17.0 16.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Office of the President (various years). TABLE F-9.--RATIO OF INSURED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS TO ALL JOB LOSERS, 1968-95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insured unemployment Ratio: Insured -------------------------- unemployment to Job losers job losers Year (thousands) All Regular ------------------- programs programs All Regular (thousands) (thousands) programs programs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1968................................................. 1,070 1,187 1,111 110.9 103.8 1969................................................. 1,017 1,177 1,101 115.7 108.3 1970................................................. 1,811 2,070 1,805 114.3 99.7 1971................................................. 2,323 2,608 2,150 112.3 92.6 1972................................................. 2,108 2,192 1,848 104.0 87.7 1973................................................. 1,694 1,793 1,632 105.8 96.3 1974................................................. 2,242 2,558 2,262 114.1 100.9 1975................................................. 4,386 4,937 3,986 112.6 90.9 1976................................................. 3,679 3,846 2,991 104.5 81.3 1977................................................. 3,166 3,308 2,655 104.5 83.9 1978................................................. 2,585 2,645 2,359 102.3 91.3 1979................................................. 2,635 2,592 2,434 98.4 92.4 1980................................................. 3,947 3,837 3,350 97.2 84.9 1981................................................. 4,267 3,410 3,047 79.9 71.4 1982................................................. 6,268 4,594 4,061 73.3 64.8 1983................................................. 6,258 3,775 3,396 60.3 54.3 1984................................................. 4,421 2,561 2,476 57.9 56.0 1985................................................. 4,139 2,693 2,611 65.1 63.1 1986................................................. 4,033 2,746 2,650 68.1 65.7 1987................................................. 3,566 2,401 2,332 67.3 65.4 1988................................................. 3,092 2,135 2,081 69.0 67.3 1989................................................. 2,983 2,205 2,158 73.9 72.3 1990................................................. 3,322 2,575 2,522 77.5 75.9 1991................................................. 4,608 3,406 3,342 73.9 72.5 1992................................................. 5,291 3,348 3,245 63.3 61.3 1993................................................. 4,769 2,845 2,751 59.7 57.7 1994................................................. 3,815 2,746 2,670 72.0 70.0 1995................................................. 3,476 2,641 2,575 76.0 74.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Office of the President (1996). TABLE F-10.--NET BALANCES IN STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNTS, 1960-95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Balance (in billions) ------------------------- End of calendar year Current 1994 dollars dollars \1\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1960.......................................... $6.4 $28.8 1961.......................................... 5.6 24.9 1962.......................................... 6.0 26.4 1963.......................................... 6.4 27.8 1964.......................................... 7.1 30.4 1965.......................................... 8.2 34.4 1966.......................................... 9.7 39.6 1967.......................................... 10.7 42.4 1968.......................................... 11.7 44.4 1969.......................................... 12.6 45.6 1970.......................................... 11.9 40.8 1971.......................................... 9.7 31.6 1972.......................................... 9.4 29.5 1973.......................................... 10.9 32.3 1974.......................................... 10.5 28.6 1975.......................................... 3.1 7.7 1976.......................................... 0.9 2.1 1977.......................................... 1.0 2.2 1978.......................................... 4.6 9.5 1979.......................................... 8.6 16.3 1980.......................................... 6.6 11.5 1981.......................................... 5.7 9.1 1982.......................................... -2.6 -3.9 1983.......................................... -5.8 -8.3 1984.......................................... 2.2 3.0 1985.......................................... 10.1 13.5 1986.......................................... 15.4 20.1 1987.......................................... 23.2 29.3 1988.......................................... 31.1 37.9 1989.......................................... 36.9 43.2 1990.......................................... 37.9 42.5 1991.......................................... 30.2 32.6 1992.......................................... 25.8 27.1 1993.......................................... 28.2 28.9 1994.......................................... 31.3 31.3 1995.......................................... 35.4 34.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Adjusted to 1994 dollars using the implicit price deflator for gross domestic product. Source: Congressional Budget Office. TABLE F-11.--BALANCE IN ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT (ESAA), FISCAL YEARS 1995-2001 [In billions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year Source or balance -------------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUTA income............................................ ...... 4.59 4.64 4.70 3.94 3.63 3.63 Interest earnings...................................... ...... 0.12 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.07 General revenue........................................ ...... (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) (\1\) State administration (outlays)......................... ...... 3.37 3.51 3.52 3.53 3.54 3.65 Unemployment insurance............................. ...... 2.31 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.57 Other.............................................. ...... 1.06 1.02 1.02 1.03 1.05 1.09 Federal administration................................. ...... 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.15 0.16 Balance (end of year).................................. 2.16 3.03 2.45 2.59 1.81 1.48 1.36 Ceiling \2\........................................ 1.40 1.38 1.46 1.47 1.47 1.47 1.52 Excess (shortfall)................................. \3\ 2. 82 1.65 0.99 1.12 0.34 0.01 (0.16) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Less than $5 million. \2\ Statutory ceiling is 40 percent of current year's appropriation. \3\ Includes $0.47 billion appropriated to ESAA for fiscal year 1995 after October 1, 1995. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. TABLE F-12.--STATUS OF EXTENDED BENEFIT ACCOUNT (EUCA), FISCAL YEARS 1995-2001 [In billions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year Source or balance ---------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FUTA income................................................ ...... 1.15 1.16 1.17 0.99 0.91 0.91 Interest earnings.......................................... ...... 0.37 0.56 0.70 0.86 0.94 0.96 General revenue advances................................... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... ..... Overflow from ESAA/FUA..................................... ...... 2.82 1.68 1.05 1.19 ..... ..... Advance from FUA........................................... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... ..... Repayment of FUA........................................... ...... ...... ...... ...... ..... ..... ..... EB outlays--Federal share.................................. ...... 0.05 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.05 EUCA balance (end of year)................................. 2.20 6.49 9.81 12.67 15.64 16.50 17.26 Ceiling \1\............................................ 11.84 12.59 13.28 14.00 14.71 15.44 16.21 Excess (shortfall)..................................... (9.62) (6.10) (3.47) (1.33) 0.93 1.06 1.05 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Statutory ceiling is 0.5 percent of covered wages. Note.--FUTA = Federal Unemployment Tax Act; ESAA = employment security administration account; FUA = Federal unemployment account; EB = extended benefits; EUCA = extended unemployment compensation account. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. TABLE F-13.--STATUS OF FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT LOAN ACCOUNT (FUA), FISCAL YEARS 1995-2001 [In billions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year Source or balance --------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income: State repayments........................................ ....... 0.25 0.29 0.19 ..... ..... ..... State interest payments................................. ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Interest earnings....................................... ....... 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.44 0.46 0.47 Overflow from ESAA/EUCA................................. ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Repayment from EUCA..................................... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Outgo: State loans............................................. ....... 0.25 0.29 0.19 ..... ..... ..... Advance to EUCA......................................... ....... ...... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... FUA balance (end of year)................................... 7.51 6.32 6.71 7.06 7.44 7.81 8.19 Ceiling \1\............................................. 5.92 6.30 6.64 7.00 7.35 7.72 8.11 Excess (shortfall)...................................... 1.59 (0.02) 0.07 0.06 0.09 0.09 0.08 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Statutory ceiling is 0.25 percent of covered wages. Note.--ESAA = employment security administration account; EUCA = extended unemployment compensation account. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. TABLE F-14.--STATUS OF STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNTS, FISCAL YEARS 1995-2001 [In billions of dollars] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal year Income, outgo, or balance --------------------------------------------------------- 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income................................................ ........ 26.77 27.83 28.61 29.16 29.88 30.73 Collections....................................... ........ 24.05 25.01 25.69 26.31 26.92 27.67 Interest earnings................................. ........ 2.48 2.53 2.72 2.86 2.95 3.06 Loans............................................. ........ 0.25 0.29 0.19 ...... ...... ...... Excess reduced credits............................ ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... Reed Act transfers................................ ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... 1.36 1.16 Outgo................................................. ........ 23.41 24.51 25.09 25.70 26.60 27.64 Benefits.......................................... ........ 23.16 24.22 24.90 25.70 26.60 27.64 Lump-sum repayments............................... ........ 0.25 0.29 0.19 ...... ...... ...... --------------------------------------------------------- Balance (end of year)................................. 35.94 39.30 42.62 46.14 49.60 54.24 58.49 Outstanding loans................................. ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... --------------------------------------------------------- Net balance (excluding loans)......................... 35.94 39.30 42.62 46.14 49.60 54.24 58.49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.