RICHMOND— Virginia Works announced today that 2,288 unemployment insurance weekly initial claims were filed during the week ending April 06, 2024, which is 9.9 percent higher than last week's 2,081 claims and 46.9 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (1,558).  Nearly 78 percent of claimants self-reported an associated industry; of those reported, the top five industries (61 percent) were Administrative and Support and Waste Management (260); Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (260); Retail Trade (207); Manufacturing (176); and Health Care and Social Assistance (166).

Continued weeks claims (15,351) were 0.3 percent higher than last week (15,302) and were 31.4 percent higher than the comparable week of last year (11,681). Nearly 93 percent of claimants self-reported an associated industry; of those reported, the top five industries (57 percent) were Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (2,242); Administrative and Support and Waste Management (2,078); Health Care and Social Assistance (1,354); Manufacturing (1,293); and Retail Trade (1,169).

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Virginia Continued Weeks Claimed

Initial Claims for All States

In the week ending April 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 211,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 221,000 to 222,000. The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 214,386 in the week ending April 6, an increase of 17,037 (or 8.6 percent) from the previous week. The seasonal factors had expected an increase of 27,749 (or 14.1 percent) from the previous week. There were 223,382 initial claims in the comparable week in 2023.