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Virginia unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in July
Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent in July, 3.7 percentage points below the rate from one year ago.
Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2 percent in July, 3.7 percentage points below the rate from one year ago.
The Virginia Employment Commission is notifying customers that all COVID-19 related federal unemployment programs will end on Sept. 4.
For the filing week ending Aug. 7, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 10,226, an increase of 4,197 claimants from the previous week.
For the filing week ending July 31, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 6,029, a decrease of 149 claimants from the previous week.
For the filing week ending July 24, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 6,178, a decrease of 126 claimants from the previous week.
The Commonwealth will commit $935.6 million in federal American Rescue Plan funding to replenish the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund and accelerate critical upgrades to the Virginia Employment Commission.
For the filing week ending July 17, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 6,304, an increase of 352 claimants from the previous week.
Virginia’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in June, less than half of the 8.8 percent rate that we saw in the Commonwealth one year ago, at the height of the COVID-19 shutdown.
For the filing week ending July 10, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 5,952, a decrease of 873 claimants from the previous week.
For the filing week ending July 3, the figure for seasonally unadjusted initial unemployment claims in Virginia was 6,825, a decrease of 1,371 claimants from the previous week.
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