Estimated Improper Payment Rate for the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021: 19.99%
Three-Year Improper Payments Estimate: $2,409,948,617
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Improper Payment Root Causes as a Percent of Total UI Benefits Paid
The Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019, requires programs to report an annual improper payment rate below 10 percent, and the UI program established a performance measure for states to meet the 10 percent requirement.
This bar chart depicts the state's estimated overpayment and root cause rates as a percent of total UI benefits paid for the three-year period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021:
UI Improper Payment Root Causes as a Percent of Overpayments
This pie chart depicts the state's estimated overpayment root causes as a percent of total overpayments for the three-year period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021:
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10/13/2022 CPI for all items rises 0.4% in September as shelter and food increase, gasoline falls
10/13/2022 Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.1% in September
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