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South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation
123 W. Missouri Ave.
Pierre, SD 57501
For Immediate Release: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020
Media Contact: Dawn Dovre, 605-773-3101
Unemployment Claims Filed for Week Ending Oct. 10
PIERRE, S.D. – During the week of Oct. 4-10, a total of 382 initial weekly claims for state unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 62 claims from the prior week’s total of 444.
A total of $907,000 was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $772,000 in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC), $498,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) and $131,000 in Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) benefits.
The Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund balance was $119.2 million on Oct. 11.
The latest number of continued state claims is 5,389 for the week ending Oct. 3, an increase of 311 from the prior week’s total of 5,078. This indicates the number of unemployed workers eligible for and receiving benefits after their initial claim.
Benefits paid since March 16:
- Regular State = $84.4 million
- FPUC = $206.8 million
- PUA = $15.1 million
- PEUC = $2.0 million
Total = Approximately $308.3 million
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NOTE: DLR will send out weekly news release updates on new unemployment claims every Thursday after the U.S. Department of Labor publishes the official release at 8:30 a.m. EDT. View at https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claims_arch.asp.