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Disability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) Insurance Statistics
Job Services Statistics
Labor Market Information for California
Payroll Taxes Collected
Unemployment Insurance (UI) Statistics

**Disability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) Insurance Statistics**
Data Archives	Current Data As of Calendar Year 2012
Contribution Rate Average SDI Contributions	1.00%
Taxable Wage Ceiling	$95,585
Maximum Worker Contribution Per Year	$956
Minimum Weekly Benefit Amount	$50
Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount	$1,011

**Disability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) Insurance Statistics**
Data Archives	Current Data For the Month of December 2011
DI Trust Fund Balance as of December 2011	$1,967,259,612.99
DI Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$446
DI Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$446
DI Total Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year (YTD)	726,493
DI Monthly Average of Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year	60,541
DI Initial Claims Filed in December 2011	59,651
DI Total Benefits Paid in Calendar Year (YTD)	$4,341,906,993.83
DI Benefits Paid in December 2011 DI Program Statistics	$366,540,781.84
PFL Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$489
PFL Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$491
PFL Total Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year (YTD)	205,833
PFL Monthly Average of Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year	17,153
PFL Initial Claims Filed in December 2011	17,302
PFL Total Benefits Paid in Calendar Year (YTD)	$510,724,416.15
PFL Benefits Paid in December 2011 PFL Program Statistics	$44,442,190.43

**Job Services Statistics**
Data Archives	Current Data For July 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010
Total Active Employers in CalJOBS^SM	15,437
Total Active Job Seekers in CalJOBS^SM	1,209,758
Total Résumés in CalJOBS^SM	311,310
Total Accesses in CalJOBS^SM	4,953,341
Employer Registrations	3,239
Total Job Openings	275,472
Job Seeker Registrations	327,645

**Labor Market Information for California**
Data Element	Current Data For the Month of December 2011
Civilian Labor Force (seasonally adjusted)	18,218,800
Employment (seasonally adjusted)	16,197,600
Unemployment (seasonally adjusted)	2,021,200
Unemployment Rate (seasonally adjusted)	11.1%
Total Nonfarm Industry Employment (seasonally adjusted)	14,199,000
Average Hourly Wage in 2011 - First Quarter	$24.68

**Payroll Taxes Collected**
Type of Tax Collected	Current Data For July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011
Unemployment Insurance (includes the School Employee Fund)	$1,764,374,080
School Employee Fund	$216,053,231
Disability Insurance	$2,749,271,209
Personal Income	$19,287,708,544
Employment Training	$11,883,669
Contingent Fund	$45,414,525

**Unemployment Insurance (UI) Statistics**
Data Archives	Current Data For the Month of December 2011
Tax Schedules	Schedule F+
Taxable Wage Ceiling	$7,000
Minimum Weekly Benefit Amount	$40
Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount	$450
Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$292
Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$293
Initial Claims Filed	281,142
Total Initial Claims Filed (YTD)	3,324,747
Weeks Paid	1,975,984
Total Weeks Paid (YTD)	25,441,893
Benefits Paid	$545,013,134
Total Benefits Paid (YTD)	$7,033,793,235
UI Trust Fund Balance as of December 2011	$(9,862,619,416.55)
Insured Unemployment Rate (13 week average)	3.53%
Information by County	Contains current and historical information

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