Unemployment Insurance Claims Data

Number of Initial Claims filed by New Hampshire Residents
An Initial Claim is any notice of unemployment requesting a determination of entitlement to, and eligibility for, compensation; or beginning a second or subsequent period of eligibility within a benefit year or period of eligibility.
Initial Claims | January 1990 through October 2024 | Chart: Initial Claims

Number of Continued Weeks of Unemployment Benefits Claimed by New Hampshire Residents
Continued Weeks Claimed are the total number of weeks of unemployment benefits claimed each month, whether or not those weeks were paid. It is not the number of New Hampshire claimants, since a claimant can file for multiple weeks of unemployment benefits in a given month.
Continued Weeks Claimed | January 1990 through October 2024 | Chart: Continued Weeks Claimed

Average Payment for a Week of Unemployment
The average weekly benefit amount paid to New Hampshire claimants.
Average Payment for a Week of Total Unemployment | January 1997 through October 2024

New Hampshire Unemployment Insurance Historical Data, 1977-2018 An analysis that contains statistical data, charts, and some narrative explanations of the UI program to aid viewers' observation and analysis of how the data has fluctuated through various recession and expansion periods in New Hampshire's economy. January 2020