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The number of people filing for unemployment in Montgomery County during the week ending July 4 remained constant as compared with last week. For the second week in a row, slightly more than 3,500 county residents filed initial claims for unemployment. The county’s unemployment rate in May was 8.9 percent, which was the most recent […]

Almost 5,000 Montgomery County residents filed for unemployment during the week that ended May 30, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. An additional 1,599 county residents filed through the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistant (PUS) and the Pandemic Emergency Compensation (PEUC), which is slightly less than last week. Those two funds are part of the […]

Unemployment claims in Montgomery County topped 5,200 last week, which is about 2,000 fewer than were filed the week ending on May 9, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. An additional 2,624 county residents filed through the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistant (PUS) and the Pandemic Emergency Compensation (PEUC), which is slightly less than last […]

Unemployment claims in Montgomery County topped 7,000 last week, which is about 4,000 fewer than were filed the week ending on May 2, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. An additional 3,258 county residents filed through the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistant (PUS) and the Pandemic Emergency Compensation (PEUC), which is about 5,000 fewer than […]

Montgomery County had 5,615 unemployment insurance claims last week, ending on April 25.  This was about a 19 percent decrease from the week before ending on April 18, when Montgomery County had 6,938. Maryland overall saw 37,225 claims last week, a decrease of about 22 percent from the week before, which saw 47,545 claims, according […]

Montgomery County had 9,548 unemployment insurance claims last week, ending on April 11. This about a 39 percent decrease from the week before ending on April 4, when Montgomery County had 15,751. Maryland overall saw 61,770 claims last week, a decrease of about 43 percent from the week before, which saw 108,508 claims, according to […]

The Maryland Department of Labor saw more than 108,000 unemployment insurance claims over the past week, and 240,000 in the past month. That’s more than the number of claims filed total in 2019, Gov. Larry Hogan said at a press conference Friday.  “These are not just numbers. Each one of these represents a struggling Marylander,” […]

Maryland ranked 14th among states when comparing the number of initial unemployment claims filed during the week of March 30, according to WalletHub, a personal finance website. Marylanders filing for initial unemployment claims skyrocketed 4,227 percent, when WalletHub compared statistics during that as compared to the same week 2019. During the first week in 2020, […]

Montgomery County had 15,751 unemployment insurance claims last week, ending on April 4. Last week’s number was an increase from 9,384 claims the week before, ending on March 28. Maryland overall saw 108,508 insurance claims last week, an increase from 84,230 the week before, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. Two weeks ago ending […]

Unemployment insurance claims in Montgomery County more than doubled for the second week in a row, and nearly doubled in Maryland overall.  Last week Montgomery County saw 9,384 claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. It had 3,941 claims the week before. Maryland overall saw 84,230 claims last week, with 42,334 the week before.  […]