Facts and Figures Report – April 2022
The Facts and Figures Report is prepared monthly and posted after the county press release as a quick reference for employees, legislators, partners and others who may be interested.
What is included in the Facts and Figures?
- Unemployment rates
- Monthly job growth or loss
- Data for unemployment claims and benefits
- Long-term unemployed data
- Average wage/minimum wage
- Unemployment taxes/trust fund
- WorkSource services
- ESD employee data
- Toll-free numbers to resources for UI claimants, employers, job seekers and more
Unemployment rates 3/2022)
1Statewide: 3/2022: 4.2%
1Statewide: 3/2021: 5.8%
2Highest county rate: 3/2022: 10.6% (Ferry)
2Lowest county rate: 3/2022: 2.5% (King)
1 = seasonally adjusted;
2 = not seasonally adjusted
Jobs (growth/loss 3/2022)
Month/month: 8,800 (preliminary)
Year/year: 173,000 or 5.3%
Since recession start (2/20): -30,300 or -0.9%
Top growth industries:
Professional and business services: +2,300
Leisure and hospitality: +1,400
Information: +1,400
Total jobs (labor force): 4,003,500
Total covered employment: 3,484,300
Job losses during recession (12/07-6/09): -147,800
Job losses recession start (2/20): -30,300
Unemployed, seeking work: 166,200
www.esd.wa.gov/labormarketinfo
Unemployment claims (3/2022)
Claimants, (regular benefits), 3/2022: 53,132
CY16 = 210,554; CY17 = 224,823; CY18 = 187,603;
CY19 = 196,545; CY20 = 898,712; CY21 = 341,774
Continued regular claims: -59% since 3/2021
Regular Benefits paid, 3/2022: $101.8M
CY16 = $1.0B; CY17 = $1.03B; CY18 = $995.4M;
CY19 = $1.06B; CY20 = $5.0B' CY21 = $1.6B
Average weekly benefit (regular claims), 3/2022: $580
CY15 = $418; CY16 = $473; CY17 = $484; CY18 = $467;
CY19 = $478; CY20 = $446; CY21 = $490
Highest/lowest weekly benefit: $929/$295
Long-term unemployed (LTU)
Definition: unemployed more than 26 weeks
LTU job seekers in Washington,
4/2021-3/2022: 60,700
LTU = of all unemployed job seekers: 29.8%
LTU = of total labor force (3.9M): 1.5%
Male: 62%
Female: 38%
Average wage/minimum wage in Washington
Average yearly wage, 2020: $76,741 (+10.1% from 2019)
Average weekly wage, 2020: $1,475
Minimum wage, 2022: $14.49
Unemployment taxes/trust fund
Taxes collected, Q4-2021: $324.0M
CY14 = $1.52B; CY15 = $1.33B; CY16 = $1.18B; CY17 = $1.12B;
CY18 = $1.09B; CY19 = $1.09B; CY20 = $1.20B; CY21 = $1.60B
Low/high tax rates, 2021: 0.23-6.02%, Avg. = 1.06%
($130-$3,401 per worker earning =/> $56,500/year)
Taxable wage base: 2022: $62,500; 2021: $56,500
Trust fund balance, 3/31/2022: $2.23B
WorkSource services (as of 3/31/2022)
Total jobs listed on WorkSourceWA.com: 1,463,333*
Total employers with job postings: 19,635*
Total employers with WorkSourceWA.com accounts: 27,893*
Total job seekers with WorkSourceWA.com accounts: 934,051*
WorkSource customers who found jobs: 59,115**
*Since WorkSourceWA.com go-live May 2016
**Rolling four quarters (CY2020 Q3 through CY2021 Q2)
ESD employees (as of 3/31/2022)
Number of employees: 2,344 (2,094 perm)
Employee ages <25 = 1.2%; 25-39 = 26.5%;
40-54 = 39.2%; 55+ = 33.1%
Employees of color: 40.1%
Toll-free numbers
For UI claimants
- “Regular” claims: 800-318-6022
- Training benefits: 877-600-7701
- Debt collection unit (overpayments):
- 866-697-4831
- Trade Act: 888-317-0480
- Assistance with eServices sign-in: 855-682-0785
For employers
- UI benefits questions: 877-504-5607
- Web tax filing help and employer tax
questions: 855-829-9243 (855-TAX-WAGE) - SharedWork help line: 800-752-2500
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit: 800-669-9271
Other
- Veterans (Dept. of Veterans Affairs): 800-562-2308
- WorkSourceWA.com sign-in assistance:
888-316-5627 - Washington Service Corps: 888-713-6080
- Labor market information: 833-572-8421
- Benefit and tax fraud: 800-246-9763
- Federal bonding program: 800-669-9271
- Paid Family and Medical Leave: 833-717-2273
Facts and Figures for 2022 are available in PDF format as a one-page fact sheet or a front to back, two-to-a-page file to print and cut for 4.25 x 11 rack cards that are useful for workshops, presentations and other events. The file to print cards is only available for the current monthly issue.
If you have any questions, requests, or want to see data from 2020/2021, please contact the DATA Division at data@esd.wa.gov.
Note: Year-to-date information is no longer available for payment amounts/claim totals and average weeks on regular benefits.
Select your April 2022 download
One page report 4.25 x 11 Cards
Previous reports are available below: