ESC monthly activity [2007 : April]

ESC Monthly Activity Employment Security Commission April 2007 Released: Tuesday of North Carolina May 22. 2007 Harry Payne, Jr. Chairman APRIL (Preliminary) LABOR MARKET INFORMATION ACTIVITY Prior Month (Revised) John Cilley 4.5% U. S. Unemployment Rate 4.4% Jack Cipriani 4.8% North Carolina Unemployment Rate 4.5% Valerie Dorsett 4,528,369 Size of North Carolina Civilian Labor Force 4,520,971 Edward If. Kelly, III 4,312,899 Number of workers employed in North Carolina 4,319,254 Thom M vers 215,470 Number of workers unemployed in North Carolina 201,717 Linda Sutton APRIL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) ACTIVITY1 Prior Month2 Unemployment 298,401 Individuals receiving one or more UI checks - 2006 298,401 Benefit Payments 86,592 Individuals receiving UI benefits - April 2007 85,852 April 2007 281,354 Weeks of UI paid in April 2007 261,679 Mecklenburg $7,108,650 $830.5 Million Amount paid in UI - 2006 $830.5 Million Wake $4,622,211 $66.7 Million Amount paid in UI - April 20073 $69.2 Million Guilford $3,879,018 $397.00 Amount paid in Federal Benefits - TEUC - April 2007 $614.00 Rowan $2,458,037 $256.13 Average UI Check - 2006 (per week) $256.13 Forsyth $2,441,652 $264.67 Average UI Check - April 2007 $258.29 Gaston $2,115,920 $39 / $457 Minimum/Maximum amount of UI benefits (per week) $39 / $457 Davidson $1,853,848 13.7 Weeks Average Duration (Oct. 2006- Dec. 2006) 13.7 Weeks Cumberland $1,728,174 19й1 (Lowest) Duration Ranking (Oct. 2006- Dec. 2006) tie: NC and AR 19,h (Lowest) Iredell $1,655,348 Catawba $1,556,372 $1,091.4 Million Total collected in UI Taxes in 12-month period ending April 2007 $1,085.7 Million $839.0 Million Total paid in UI Benefits in 12-month period ending April 2007 $830.6 Million $113.6 Million Trust Fund Balance - April 30, 2007 $117.4 Million $0 Federal Loan Balance - April 30, 2007 $0 $0 Tax Anticipation Bonds Payback Balance - April 30, 2007 $0 $0 Tax Anticipation Bonds on-hand - April 30, 2007 $0 $35.4 Million State Reserve Balance - April 30, 2007 $16.3 Million Current Locations APRIL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ACTIVITY Prior Month2 93 local offices 16,612 New Job Applicants - April 2007 18,535 105 Job Link Career Centers 230,376 Total New Jobseekers for PY (July 2005 - June 2006) 230,376 60 ESC hosted 194,015 Total New Jobseekers - Y-T-D (July 2006 - April 2007) 177,403 45 non-ESC hosted 268,956 Jobseekers available as of April 30, 2007 271,541 42 community colleges 5 military bases 31,821 Jobseekers Provided Service - April 20074 36,534 4 universities 22,246 Jobseekers Referred to Jobs - April 20074 25,983 264,519 Total Services Provided - April 2007 286,411 26,999 Job Openings listed - April 2007 26,013 293,232 Job Openings listed for PY (July 2005 - June 2006) 293,232 241,805 Job Openings listed - Y-T-D (July 2006 - April 2007) 214,806 3,160 UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - April 2007 3,851 36,313 UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - Y-T-D (July 2006 - April 2007) 33,916 8,568 Jobseekers entering employment - April 2007 10,250 lr. . .Tin . .1 132,290 Jobseekers entering employment - Y-T-D (July 2006 - April 2007) 121,384 2Dala in ihis column represent prior month, prior quarter or prior year data as published in the previous month's report; i.e.. prior year equals 2004 data, 'includes benefits paid from the UI Trust Fund for U1 benefits for period March 30, 2007 - April 29. 2007. ‘'Totals for Jobseekers Provided Service and Jobseekers Referred to Jobs represent the number of customers who. during the report month, received a reportable service or were referred to employment for the first time since the beginning of the Program Year. This information may be downloaded from ESC Online, the Employment Security Commission Web Page at: h ttp ://www, nee sc . com