ESC Monthly Activity
Employment Security Commission
April 2010
Released: Friday
of North Carolina
May 21, 2010
Chairman
Current Month
APR 10
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION ACTIVITY
Prior Month1
MAR 10
Valerie Dorset t
9.9%
U. S. Unemployment Rate
9.7%
David Gantt
10.8%
North Carolina Unemployment Rate
11.1%
Edward W. Kelly, III
4,571,156
Size of North Carolina Civilian Labor Force
4,564,936
Kevin McLaughlin
4,079,689
Number of workers employed in North Carolina
4,056,953
Juanita Pilgrim
491,467
Number of workers unemployed in North Carolina
507,983
Charles Roth
3,902,000
Estimated Nonfarm Employment in North Carolina
3,894,500
APR 10
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) ACTIVITY2
MAR 10
Unemployment
675,300
Individuals receiving one or more UI payments - 2009
675,300
Benefit Payments
190,311
Individuals receiving UI benefits - Apr. 2010
213,786
April 2010
647,459
Weeks of UI paid in Apr. 2010
784,854
Mecklenburg $20,172,064
$2.8 Billion
Amount paid in UI - 2009
$2.8 Billion
Wake $16,333,092
$189.3 Million
Amount paid in UI - Apr. 20 103
$227.2 Million
Guilford $9,818,409
$106.0 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier I - Apr. 201 O’1
$121.2 Million
Forsyth $6,348,656
$40.0 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier II - Apr. 20104
$53.3 Million
Gaston $4,868,506
$37.2 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier III - Apr. 20 1 04
$45.5 Million
Cabarrus $4,185,419
$15.5 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier IV - Apr. 201 04
$22.0 Million
Catawba $4,156,868
$18.1 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EB - Apr. 2010s
$9.2 Million
Durham $4,145,745
$211,000
Amount NC paid in Extended Benefits - EB - Apr. 2010s
$0.00
Iredell $4,110,720
$296.02
Average Weekly UI Benefit Amount - 2009
$296.02
Union $3,956,134
$292.39
Average Weekly UI Benefit Amount - Apr. 2010
$289.52
$43
/
$505
Minimum/Maximum amount of UI benefits (per week)
$43
/
$505
17.1 Weeks
Average Duration (Oct. 2(X)9 - Dec. 2009)
17.1 Weeks
18lh (Lowest)
Duration Ranking (Oct. 2009 - Dec. 2009)
18,h (Lowest)
$959.5 Million
Total collected in UI Taxes in 12-month period ending Apr. 2010
$958.5 Million
$2.7 Billion
Total paid in UI Benefits in 12-month period ending Apr. 2010
$2.7 Billion
-$2.3 Billion
Trust Fund Balance - Apr. 30, 2010
-$2.1 Billion
$2.3 Billion
Federal Loan Balance - Apr. 30, 2010
$2.1 Billion
$34.3 Million
State Reserve Balance - Apr. 30, 2010
$21.3 Million
Current Locations
APR 10
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ACTIVITY
MAR 10
89 local offices
17,776
New Job Applicants - Apr. 2010
21,860
102 Job Link Career Centers
267,262
Total New Jobseekers for PY (Jul. 2008 -Jun. 2009)
267,262
63 ESC hosted
218,217
Total New Jobseekers - Y-T-D (Jul. 2009 - Apr. 2010)
200,441
39 non-ESC hosted
354,327
Jobseekers available as of Apr. 30, 2010
362,757
36,348
Jobseekers provided service - Apr. 20106
45,992
22,700
Jobseekers referred to jobs - Apr. 20 1()6
26,270
352,900
Total Services provided - Apr. 2010
409,280
16,140
Job Openings listed - Apr. 2010
17,740
153,282
Job Openings listed for PY (Jul. 2008 - Jun. 2009)
153,282
132,958
Job Openings listed - Y-T-D (Jul. 2009 - Apr. 2010)
116,818
2,482
UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - Apr. 2010
2,390
20,985
UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - Y-T-D (Jul. 2(X)9 -
Apr. 2010)
18,493
5,963
Jobseekers entering employment - Apr. 2010
6,162
1 ^ •
85,650
Jobseekers entering employment - Y-T-D (Jul. 2009 - Apr. 2010)
77,363
Regular UI Benefits unless otherwise noted.
3 Includes benefits paid according to the federal ETA 5159 Claims and Payment Activities Report.
4 Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) provides up to 53 weeks of 100% federally funded compensation.
' 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 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 (July 1 . 2009).
This information may be downloaded from ESC Online,
the Employment Security Commission Web Page at: http://www.ncesc.com
