Unemployment insurance claims and benefits data

See how many workers are filing for unemployment benefits across Washington and by county.

The Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides unemployment benefits to eligible workers who become unemployed through no fault of their own and meet certain other eligibility requirements.

Claims and benefits data updated for 2025

Weekly initial claims applications for unemployment benefits through week 10:

As reported to the Department of Labor: Unemployment Insurance Initial Claims Weekly Dashboard

Weekly claims filed for unemployment benefits through week 10:

Additional data

Additional UI statistics are available in the report library.

Data set (CSV, 980KB) for the figure shown below.