ESC Monthly Activity
Employment Security Commission
March 2010
Released: Thursday
of North Carolina
April 22. 2010
Chairman
Current Month
MAR 10
LABOR MARKET INFORMATION ACTIVITY
Prior Month1
FEB 10
Valerie Dorset t
9.7%
U. S. Unemployment Rate
9.7%
David Gantt
11.1%
North Carolina Unemployment Rate
11.2%
Edward W. Kelly, III
4,564,367
Size of North Carolina Civilian Labor Force
4,549,039
Kevin McLaughlin
4,056,681
Number of workers employed in North Carolina
4,038,559
Juanita Pilgrim
507,686
Number of workers unemployed in North Carolina
510,480
Charles Roth
3,891,800
Estimated Nonfarm Employment in North Carolina
3,888,500
MAR 10
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) ACTIVITY2
FEB 10
Unemployment
675,300
Individuals receiving one or more UI checks - 2009
675,300
Benefit Payments
216,344
Individuals receiving UI benefits - Mar. 2010
220,761
March 2010
784,854
Weeks of UI paid in Mar. 2010
728,724
Mecklenburg $22,756,810
$2,758.0 Million
Amount paid in UI - 2009
$2,758.0 Million
Wake $18,146,763
$227.2 Million
Amount paid in UI - Mar. 20 103
$211.9 Million
Guilford $11,351,318
$121.2 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier I - Mar. 20 104
$107.6 Million
Forsyth $7,235,775
$53.3 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier II - Mar. 20104
$51.6 Million
Gaston $5,823,042
$45.5 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier III - Mar. 20104
$39.0 Million
Catawba $5,038,773
$22.0 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EUC Tier IV - Mar. 20 10*
$0.00
Iredell $5,026,736
$9.2 Million
Amount paid in Federal Benefits - EB - Mar. 2010s
$11.6 Million
Cabarrus $4,839,701
$0.00
Amount NC paid in Extended Benefits - EB - Mar. 2010s
$28,000
Durham $4,751,586
$296.02
Average UI Check - 2009 (per week)
$296.02
Buncombe $4,719,258
$289.52
Average UI Check -Mar. 2010
$290.84
$43
/
$505
Minimum/Maximum amount of UI benefits (per week)
$43
/
$505
17.1 Weeks
Average Duration (Oct. 2(X)9 - Dec. 2009)
16.0 Weeks
18lh (Lowest)
Duration Ranking (Oct. 2009 - Dec. 2009)
17,h (Lowest)
$958.5 Million
Total collected in UI Taxes in 12-month period ending Mar. 2010
$957.6 Million
$2,733.7 Million
Total paid in UI Benefits in 12-month period ending Mar. 2010
$2,787. 1 Million
-$2,134.2 Million
Trust Fund Balance - Mar. 31, 2010
-$1,912.5 Million
$2,135.9 Million
Federal Loan Balance - Mar. 31, 2010
$1,916.3 Million
$21.3 Million
State Reserve Balance - Mai-. 31, 2010
$40.9 Million
Current Locations
MAR 10
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE ACTIVITY
FEB 10
89 local offices
21,860
New Job Applicants - Mar. 2010
19,157
102 Job Link Career Centers
267,262
Total New Jobseekers for PY (Jul. 2008 -Jun. 2009)
267,262
63 ESC hosted
200,441
Total New Jobseekers - Y-T-D (Jul. 2009 - Mar. 2010)
178,581
39 non-ESC hosted
362,757
Jobseekers available as of Mar. 31, 2010
356,694
45,992
Jobseekers provided service - Mar. 20 106
41,121
26,270
Jobseekers referred to jobs - Mar. 2010®
23,239
409,280
Total Services provided - Mar. 2010
335,440
17,740
Job Openings listed - Mar. 2010
12,364
153,282
Job Openings listed for PY (Jul. 2008 - Jun. 2009)
153,282
116,818
Job Openings listed - Y-T-D (Jul. 2009 - Mar. 2010)
99,078
2,390
UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - Mar. 2010
1,960
18,493
UI Eligible Claimants entering employment - Y-T-D (Jul. 2(X)9 -
Mar. 2010)
16,253
6,162
Jobseekers entering employment - Mar. 2010
5,565
1 •
77,363
Jobseekers entering employment - Y-T-D (Jul. 2(X)9 - Mar. 2010)
70,026
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