ESC Monthly Activity
Employment Security Commission
June 2009
Released: Wednesday
of North Carolina
July 22, 2009
Chairman
Current Month
JUNE 09
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION ACTIVITY
Prior Month'
MAY 09
Valerie Dorset t
9.5%
U. S. Unemployment Rate
9.4%
David Gantt
11.0%
North Carolina Unemployment Rate
11.1%
Edward W. Kelly, III
4,556,761
Size of North Carolina Civilian Labor Force
4,567,108
Kevin McLaughlin
4,054,498
Number of workers employed in North Carolina
4,060,124
Thom Myers
502,263
Number of workers unemployed in North Carolina
506,984
Charles Roth
3,947,000
Estimated Nonfarm Employment in North Carolina
3,942,300
JUNE 09
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) ACTIVITY2*
MAY 09
Unemployment
414,992
Individuals receiving one or more UI checks - 2008
414,992
Benefit Payments
240,569
Individuals receiving UI benefits - Jun. 2009
239,894
June 2009
869,985
Weeks of UI paid in Jun. 2009
827,411
Mecklenburg $26,828,669
$1,313.6 Million
Amount paid in UI - 2008
$1313.6 Million
Wake $20,828,671
$258.1 Million
Amount paid in UI - Jun. 2009''
$239.4 Million
Guilford $13,415,685
$104.2 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier I - Jun. 200945
$70.1 Million
Forsyth $8,330,340
$29.2 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier II - Jun. 2(X)9J
$21.8 Million
Gaston $8,104,211
$6.5 Million
Amount NC paid in Extended Benefits - EB - Jun. 2009’
$2.9 Million
Catawba $6,814,761
$277.00
Average UI Check - 2008 (per week)
$277.00
Iredell $6,213,603
$299.96
Average UI Check - Jun. 2009
$300.94
Rowan $5,684,626
$42
/
$494
Minimum/Maximum amount of UI benefits (per week)
$42
/
$494
Davidson $5,321,363
13.3 Weeks
Average Duration (Jan. 2009 - Mar. 2(X)9)
13.3 Weeks
Union $5,276,999
20lh (Lowest)
Duration Ranking (Jan. 2009 - Mar. 2009)
20lh (Lowest)
$1,013.1 Million
Total collected in UI Taxes in 12-month period ending Jun. 2009
$1,012.7 Million
$2,208.6 Million
Total paid in UI Benefits in 12-month period ending Jun. 2009
$2,040.4 Million
-$721.9 Million
Trust Fund Balance - Jun. 30, 2009
-$468.6 Million
$728.8 Million
Federal Loan Balance - Jun. 30, 2009
$472.4 Million
$18.5 Million
State Reserve Balance - Jun. 30, 2009
$20.9 Million
Current Locations
JUNE 09
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ACTIVITY
MAY 09
89 local offices
22,053
New Job Applicants - Jun. 2009
20,352
101 Job Link Career Centers
234,790
Total New Jobseekers for PY (Jul. 2007 - Jun. 2008)
234,790
61 ESC hosted
267,262
Total New Jobseekers - Y-T-D (Jul. 2008 - Jun. 2009)
245,209
40 non-ESC hosted
420,802
Jobseekers available as of Jun. 30, 2009
419,339
42 community colleges
40,003
Jobseekers provided service - Jun. 20096
36,847
21,990
Jobseekers referred to jobs - Jun. 2009'’
20,226
317,877
Total Services provided - Jun. 2009
280,959
12,556
Job Openings listed - Jun. 2(X)9
10,516
245,744
Job Openings listed for PY (Jul. 2007 - Jun. 2008)
245,744
153,282
Job Openings listed - Y-T-D (Jul. 2008 - Jun. 2009)
140,726
2,813
UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - Jun. 2009
2,875
35,520
UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - Y-T-D (Jul. 2(X)8 -
32,042
7,397
Jun. 2009)
Jobseekers entering employment - Jun. 2009
6,849
1 .
106,160
Jobseekers entering employment - Y-T-D (Jul. 2008 - Jun. 2009)
95,941
2 Regular UI Benefits. Extended Benefits (EB) and/or Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) unless otherwise noted.
''includes benefits paid from the UI Trust Fund for UI benefits for period May 29, 2009 - Jun. 29, 2009.
'Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) provides up to 33 weeks of 100% federally funded compensation.
5 Extended Benefits program (EB) provides 80% or up to a maximum of 20 weeks of extended unemployment insurance benefits.
‘‘Totals for Jobseekers provided service and Jobseekers referred lo jobs represent the number of customers who, dui ing the report month, received
a reportable service or were referred to employment for the first time since the beginning of the Program Year (July 1 , 2008).
This information may be downloaded from ESC Online,
the Employment Security Commission Web Page at:
http.V/www.ncesc. com
