RICHMOND— Virginia Works announced today that 2,238 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed during the week ending April 13, 2024, which is 2.2 percent lower than last week's 2,288 claims and 27.2 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (1,760).  Nearly 82 percent of claimants self-reported an associated industry; of those reported, the top five industries (61 percent) were Administrative and Support and Waste Management (257); Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (249); Retail Trade (203); Health Care and Social Assistance (182); and Manufacturing (171).

Continued weeks claims (15,263) were 0.6 percent lower than last week (15,351) and were 30.8 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (11,672). Nearly 93 percent of claimants self-reported an associated industry; of those reported, the top five industries (58 percent) were Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (2,276); Administrative and Support and Waste Management (2,102); Health Care and Social Assistance (1,337); Manufacturing (1,329); and Retail Trade (1,199).

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Virginia Continued Weeks Claimed

Initial Claims for All States

In the week ending April 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 212,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 211,000 to 212,000. The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 208,509 in the week ending April 13, a decrease of 6,756 (or  3.1 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected a decrease of 6,369 (or  3.0 percent)  from the previous week. There were 216,740 initial claims in the comparable week in 2023.