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FACTS AND FIGURES

These statistics are for the State of Montana
State Fiscal Year 2007
- July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 -

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Unemployment benefits paid out, SFY 07 $76,510,835
Contributions paid in SFY 07 $82,983,728
Maximum weekly benefit amount, SFY 07 $386
Minimum weekly benefit amount, SFY 07 $114
Average weekly benefit amount, SFY 07 $223
Number of UI claims filed, SFY 07 55,047
Number of Internet claims filed, SFY 07 21,600
% of Internet claims filed by Internet, SFY 07 39.24%
Number of claimants receiving benefits 28,151
Active UI employer accounts, SFY 07 37,115
UI Trust Fund balance, SFY 07 $259,232,654
Montana total labor force, SFY 07 506,385
Total employed, SFY 07 493,889
Montana unemployment rate, June 30, 2007 2.4%
State average weekly wage, SFY 07 $573.31
State average annual wage, SFY 07 $29,811.99
50% of State average annual wage, SFY 07 $14,906
7% of State average annual wage, SFY 07 $2,087
This page last updated October, 2007