US Bureau of Labor Statistics

April 8, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims Continue to Decline

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents continued to decrease during the week that ended April 3. That week, only 141 residents filed initial unemployment claims. The prior week, which ended March 27, 1,307 residents filed unemployment claims. One week earlier, county residents filed 2,401 initial claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor […]

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March 18, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

County Initial Unemployment Claims More than Double in One Week

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents, which had been decreasing for several weeks, rose during the week ending March 13. During that week, 2,024 residents filed initial claims. During the week that ending March 6, 897 county residents filed initial claims. During the week that ended Feb. 27, 1,304 residents filed, which […]

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March 4, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims Continue to Fall

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents continued to fall. During the week that ended Feb. 27, 1,304 residents filed, which is about 100 fewer than the 1,410 county residents who filed initial claims during the week that ended Feb. 20. During the week that ended Feb. 13, 2.899 residents filed initial claims, […]

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February 25, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims Drop By Half in Montgomery County and Maryland

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents continued to fall. During the week that ended Feb. 20, 1,410 county residents filed initial claims. During the week that ended Feb. 13, 2.899 residents filed initial claims. The prior week, 3,033 residents had filed initial claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor (DOL). During the week, […]

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February 18, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Montgomery County Unemployment Claims Fall Slightly

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents continued to fall. During the week that ended Feb. 13, about 100 fewer residents filed initial claims that week than during the week that ended on Feb. 6. Last week, 2,899 county residents filed initial claims. The prior week, 3,033 residents had filed initial claims, according […]

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January 14, 2021 | Suzanne Pollak

Unemployment Claims by Montgomery County Residents Triple

Initial claims for unemployment filed by Montgomery County residents tripled as compared to those filing at the start of the new year. During the week that ended Jan. 9, 3,376 residents filed initial claims, according to the Maryland Department of Labor (DOL). During the prior week, that ended Jan. 2, 1,067 county residents had filed […]

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October 15, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Claims For Unemployment In County Drop Slightly

Initial claims for unemployment by Montgomery County residents dropped slightly during the week that ended Oct. 10 to 3,228. During the previous week, there were 3,363 initial claims filed, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. During the week that ended Sept. 26, 1,715 new unemployment claims were filed. Statewide, the number of initial claims […]

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October 9, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

New Unemployment Claims Double Both in County and State

For the second week in a row, the number of Montgomery County residents who filed initial claims for unemployment more than doubled as compared to the previous week. There were 3,363 new unemployment claims filed during the week that ended Oct. 3, according to the Maryland Department of Labor. During the week that ended Sept. […]

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October 1, 2020 | Andrea Sarralde

Se Duplican los Reclamos por Desempleo en Sólo una Semana en Montgomery

El número de residentes del condado de Montgomery que presentaron reclamos por desempleo, durante la semana que finalizó el 26 de septiembre, se duplicó en comparación con la semana anterior. Se presentaron 1,715 nuevos reclamos por desempleo durante la semana que terminó el 26 de septiembre. Durante la semana que terminó el 19 de septiembre, […]

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October 1, 2020 | Suzanne Pollak

Initial Unemployment Claims More Than Double In One Week

The number of Montgomery County residents who filed initial claims for unemployment during the week that ended Sept. 26 more than doubled as compared to the previous week. There were 1,715 new unemployment claims filed during the week that ended Sept. 26. During the week that ended Sept. 19, only 695 county residents had filed […]

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