Initial jobless claims filed in Nevada surpass 900,000 mark

The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation office in Carson City on June 4, 2020.

The Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation office in Carson City on June 4, 2020.



For the week ending March 27, initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 11,677, up 4,036 claims, or 52.8%, compared to the previous week’s total of 7,641 claims, according to finalized data released April 2 by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).


Through the week ending March 27, there have been a total of 908,138 initial claims filed since the week ending March 14, 2020, according to DETR.


Below are other stats and figures from the April 2 report:


  • Continued claims totaled 70,509 claims, a decrease of 1,216 claims, or 1.7%, from the previous week’s total of 71,725.
  • The Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program saw 98,706 claims filed in the week, a decline of 8,350 claims from last week’s total of 107,056.
  • The State Extended Benefit (SEB) program saw 25,549 claims filed in the week, a decrease of 2,747 claims from a week ago.
  • The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program saw 746 initial claims filed in the week ending March 27, a decline of 2,227 claims, or 74.9%, from last week’s total of 2,973.
  • Through the week ending March 27, there have been a total of 1,106,654 PUA initial claims filed.
  • There were 58,548 PUA continued claims filed in the week ending March 27, a decrease of 12,382 claims, or 17.5%, from the previous week’s revised total of 70,930.

Go to www.nevadaworkforce.com for the full report and more statistics.

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