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To implement and oversee unemployment insurance programs for eligible workers through federal and state cooperation; including unemployment compensation for federal employees or ex-service members, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and to assist in the oversight of Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance, Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance programs, and temporary UI programs enacted in times of economic shocks or downturns.
This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the
administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.
For more information on each of these data sources, please see the
About the data page.
States collected $34.6 billion in state unemployment taxes and paid $27.4 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 5.1 million beneficiaries.
States collected $36.9 billion in state unemployment taxes and paid $195.1 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 43.1 million beneficiaries. This is a substantial increase from 2019, where states collected $34.6 billion in state unemployment taxes and paid $27.4 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 5.1 million beneficiaries.
Fiscal Year 2021: States reported $50.4 billion in state unemployment tax contributions and paid $217.8 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 14.1 million beneficiaries. Reported contributions are up partly due to higher benefits in FY 2020 and partly due to states’ use of supplemental funding sources. Benefits are up in FY 2021 as the CARES Act programs remained available for nearly the entire fiscal year, while the number of new beneficiaries in FY 2021 declined from FY 2020 as many claimants carried over from the prior year.
States deposited $59.3 billion in state unemployment taxes and paid $26.2 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 4.3 million beneficiaries. This is compared to 2021, where states deposited $50.36 billion in state unemployment taxes and paid $217.8 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 8.9 million beneficiaries.
States collected $41.276 billion in state unemployment taxes and paid $30.181 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 5.07 million beneficiaries. This is compared to 2022, where states collected $59.294 billion in state unemployment taxes and paid $26.715 billion in federal and state UI benefits to 4.36 million beneficiaries.
Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):
For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.
OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.
