Georgia unemployment rate july 2020. Estimates for the current month are subject to revision the following month. 709 pm edt july 24 2020 atlanta while the national and georgias employment rates are falling we continue to hear from many georgians waiting on unemployment benefits. Government releases data on the number of laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits the week prior and retail sales in june.
Notice of amended rules july 17 2020. Georgias unemployment rate dropped in june to 76 a decrease of 18 percentage points from may but still more than double the rate from a year ago. Maximum unemployment pay varies state by state and the average unemployment benefit is 385 per week nationwide according to the center on budget and policy priorities.
Statistics ga unemployment rate. However the first payable week ending date wed was july 4 2020 based on the first payable wed of peuc was april 4 2020 for 13 weeks. The georgia department of labor announced thursday that it has paid out more than 11 billion in state and federal unemployment benefits since the middle of march.
That reality will be on display thursday july 16 2020 when the us. Democratic senator ron wyden proposed a tiered plan that would extend the extra 600 per week in unemployment benefits until a states three month average total unemployment rate drops below 11. State extended benefits or seb is an extension of benefits that occurs when a state meets the unemployment rate threshold for a designated period.
The unemployment rate in georgia peaked in april 2020 at 126 and is now 50 percentage points lower. Georgia became eligible to pay seb may 10 2020. These include administration of georgias unemployment insuran.
139 pm edt july 30 2020. Jobless workers in every state get this extra 600 a week through july 31 2020 on top of what the unemployed receive from their regular state unemployment benefits. Rates shown are a percentage of the labor force.
As of july 14. Form 1099 g tax information.