A staggeringly large across-the-board pay cut in August: Unemployment Insurance benefits as percentage of total wage and salary income
Date | UI benefits as percentage of wage and salary income |
---|---|
Jan-2006 | 0.52% |
Feb-2006 | 0.51% |
Mar-2006 | 0.50% |
Apr-2006 | 0.49% |
May-2006 | 0.49% |
Jun-2006 | 0.49% |
Jul-2006 | 0.50% |
Aug-2006 | 0.51% |
Sep-2006 | 0.50% |
Oct-2006 | 0.50% |
Nov-2006 | 0.51% |
Dec-2006 | 0.50% |
Jan-2007 | 0.51% |
Feb-2007 | 0.51% |
Mar-2007 | 0.50% |
Apr-2007 | 0.50% |
May-2007 | 0.50% |
Jun-2007 | 0.50% |
Jul-2007 | 0.51% |
Aug-2007 | 0.52% |
Sep-2007 | 0.51% |
Oct-2007 | 0.52% |
Nov-2007 | 0.52% |
Dec-2007 | 0.54% |
Jan-2008 | 0.55% |
Feb-2008 | 0.55% |
Mar-2008 | 0.57% |
Apr-2008 | 0.58% |
May-2008 | 0.58% |
Jun-2008 | 0.60% |
Jul-2008 | 0.69% |
Aug-2008 | 0.96% |
Sep-2008 | 1.01% |
Oct-2008 | 0.99% |
Nov-2008 | 1.02% |
Dec-2008 | 1.30% |
Jan-2009 | 1.48% |
Feb-2009 | 1.61% |
Mar-2009 | 1.81% |
Apr-2009 | 1.95% |
May-2009 | 2.09% |
Jun-2009 | 2.21% |
Jul-2009 | 2.25% |
Aug-2009 | 2.33% |
Sep-2009 | 2.36% |
Oct-2009 | 2.30% |
Nov-2009 | 2.33% |
Dec-2009 | 2.47% |
Jan-2010 | 2.58% |
Feb-2010 | 2.56% |
Mar-2010 | 2.53% |
Apr-2010 | 2.35% |
May-2010 | 2.23% |
Jun-2010 | 2.07% |
Jul-2010 | 1.89% |
Aug-2010 | 2.20% |
Sep-2010 | 2.03% |
Oct-2010 | 1.97% |
Nov-2010 | 1.92% |
Dec-2010 | 1.85% |
Jan-2011 | 1.83% |
Feb-2011 | 1.75% |
Mar-2011 | 1.74% |
Apr-2011 | 1.67% |
May-2011 | 1.66% |
Jun-2011 | 1.62% |
Jul-2011 | 1.55% |
Aug-2011 | 1.56% |
Sep-2011 | 1.52% |
Oct-2011 | 1.52% |
Nov-2011 | 1.51% |
Dec-2011 | 1.48% |
Jan-2012 | 1.44% |
Feb-2012 | 1.38% |
Mar-2012 | 1.33% |
Apr-2012 | 1.30% |
May-2012 | 1.25% |
Jun-2012 | 1.21% |
Jul-2012 | 1.18% |
Aug-2012 | 1.14% |
Sep-2012 | 1.09% |
Oct-2012 | 1.08% |
Nov-2012 | 1.07% |
Dec-2012 | 1.03% |
Jan-2013 | 1.00% |
Feb-2013 | 0.98% |
Mar-2013 | 0.96% |
Apr-2013 | 0.94% |
May-2013 | 0.91% |
Jun-2013 | 0.89% |
Jul-2013 | 0.86% |
Aug-2013 | 0.83% |
Sep-2013 | 0.80% |
Oct-2013 | 0.80% |
Nov-2013 | 0.78% |
Dec-2013 | 0.80% |
Jan-2014 | 0.56% |
Feb-2014 | 0.52% |
Mar-2014 | 0.51% |
Apr-2014 | 0.49% |
May-2014 | 0.48% |
Jun-2014 | 0.47% |
Jul-2014 | 0.46% |
Aug-2014 | 0.45% |
Sep-2014 | 0.45% |
Oct-2014 | 0.43% |
Nov-2014 | 0.43% |
Dec-2014 | 0.43% |
Jan-2015 | 0.43% |
Feb-2015 | 0.42% |
Mar-2015 | 0.42% |
Apr-2015 | 0.41% |
May-2015 | 0.41% |
Jun-2015 | 0.42% |
Jul-2015 | 0.41% |
Aug-2015 | 0.41% |
Sep-2015 | 0.41% |
Oct-2015 | 0.41% |
Nov-2015 | 0.41% |
Dec-2015 | 0.41% |
Jan-2016 | 0.41% |
Feb-2016 | 0.41% |
Mar-2016 | 0.40% |
Apr-2016 | 0.40% |
May-2016 | 0.41% |
Jun-2016 | 0.40% |
Jul-2016 | 0.40% |
Aug-2016 | 0.40% |
Sep-2016 | 0.39% |
Oct-2016 | 0.39% |
Nov-2016 | 0.38% |
Dec-2016 | 0.38% |
Jan-2017 | 0.38% |
Feb-2017 | 0.37% |
Mar-2017 | 0.37% |
Apr-2017 | 0.36% |
May-2017 | 0.36% |
Jun-2017 | 0.36% |
Jul-2017 | 0.36% |
Aug-2017 | 0.36% |
Sep-2017 | 0.35% |
Oct-2017 | 0.35% |
Nov-2017 | 0.35% |
Dec-2017 | 0.34% |
Jan-2018 | 0.34% |
Feb-2018 | 0.33% |
Mar-2018 | 0.33% |
Apr-2018 | 0.32% |
May-2018 | 0.31% |
Jun-2018 | 0.31% |
Jul-2018 | 0.31% |
Aug-2018 | 0.31% |
Sep-2018 | 0.30% |
Oct-2018 | 0.30% |
Nov-2018 | 0.30% |
Dec-2018 | 0.30% |
Jan-2019 | 0.31% |
Feb-2019 | 0.30% |
Mar-2019 | 0.30% |
Apr-2019 | 0.29% |
May-2019 | 0.30% |
Jun-2019 | 0.30% |
Jul-2019 | 0.30% |
Aug-2019 | 0.30% |
Sep-2019 | 0.29% |
Oct-2019 | 0.30% |
Nov-2019 | 0.29% |
Dec-2019 | 0.30% |
Jan-2020 | 0.29% |
Feb-2020 | 0.29% |
Mar-2020 | 0.80% |
Apr-2020 | 5.71% |
May-2020 | 15.30% |
Jun-2020 | 15.53% |
Jul-2020 | 14.41% |
Aug-2020 | 6.83% |
Source: National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Table 2.6.