The Montana Department of Labor & Industry (DLI) today announced that $66.8 million in Unemployment Insurance (UI) payments were issued over the month of January 2021, providing benefits to eligible Montanans.
That figure includes:
PEUC, PUA, and FPUC benefits are 100% federally funded. Below is a data breakdown of outgoing UI payments by UI benefit week for the month of January 2021:
|
UI Benefit Week |
Regular UI Benefits |
Reg UI & PEUC FPUC Payments |
PUA Benefits |
PUA-FPUC Payments |
PEUC Benefits |
Extended Benefits |
Total Payments - $ |
|
1/3 - 1/9 |
$4,851,602 |
$4,302,000 |
$791,711 |
$297,562 |
$1,516,846 |
$29,813 |
$11,853,094 |
|
1/10 - 1/16 |
$4,430,703 |
$5,133,300 |
$3,864,772 |
$4,998,284 |
$1,883,764 |
$10,497 |
$20,378,607 |
|
1/17 - 1/23 |
$4,540,325 |
$5,531,400 |
$2,102,533 |
$2,688,333 |
$1,918,153 |
$1,948 |
$16,825,723 |
|
1/24 - 1/30 |
$4,377,727 |
$5,996,400 |
$2,128,240 |
$2,741,415 |
$2,495,679 |
$19,581 |
$17,804,928 |
|
Total |
$18,200,357 |
$20,963,100 |
$8,887,256 |
$10,725,594 |
$7,814,442 |
$61,839 |
$66,862,352 |
Claimants with technical, eligibility, or benefits questions are encouraged to view the COVID-19 resource website at dli.mt.gov/covid-19. A variety of information for both Montana workers and employers are available, in addition to resources to help claimants navigate the unemployment process.
A landing page for easy access to relevant Labor Market Information, including UI claims data, is available here: dli.mt.gov/labor-market-information.
