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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 2013
Contribution Rate Average SDI Contributions	1.00%
Taxable Wage Ceiling	$100,880
Maximum Worker Contribution Per Year	$1,009
Minimum Weekly Benefit Amount	$50
Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount	$1,067

**Disability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL) Insurance Statistics**
Data Archives	Current Data For the Month of March 2013
DI Trust Fund Balance as of March 2013	$2,198,867,960.06
DI Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$468
DI Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$467
DI Total Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year (YTD)	168,812
DI Monthly Average of Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year	56,271
DI Initial Claims Filed in March 2013	54,826
DI Total Benefits Paid in Calendar Year (YTD)	$1,047,983,654.74
DI Benefits Paid in March 2013 DI Program Statistics	$340,587,587.15
PFL Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$519
PFL Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$519
PFL Total Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year (YTD)	51,563
PFL Monthly Average of Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year	17,188
PFL Initial Claims Filed in March 2013	14,976
PFL Total Benefits Paid in Calendar Year (YTD)	$137,574,179.90
PFL Benefits Paid in March 2013 PFL Program Statistics	$41,895,519.90

**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 March 2013
Civilian Labor Force (seasonally adjusted)	18,628,900
Employment (seasonally adjusted)	16,880,400
Unemployment (seasonally adjusted)	1,748,500
Unemployment Rate (seasonally adjusted)	9.4%
Total Nonfarm Industry Employment (seasonally adjusted)	14,592,100
Average Hourly Wage in 2012 - First Quarter	$25.30

**Payroll Taxes Collected**
Type of Tax Collected	Current Data For July 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013
Unemployment Insurance (includes the School Employee Fund)	$2,683,903,964
School Employee Fund	$380,577,881
Disability Insurance	$3,994,238,155
Personal Income	$34,101,252,932
Employment Training	$21,162,534
Contingent Fund	$70,640,288

**Unemployment Insurance (UI) Statistics**
Data Archives	Current Data For the Month of March 2013
Tax Schedules	Schedule F+
Taxable Wage Ceiling	$7,000
Minimum Weekly Benefit Amount	$40
Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount	$450
Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$295
Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$297
Initial Claims Filed	219,763
Total Initial Claims Filed (YTD)	743,954
Weeks Paid	1,933,124
Total Weeks Paid (YTD)	5,880,198
Benefits Paid	$544,677,783
Total Benefits Paid (YTD)	$1,665,668,637
UI Trust Fund Balance as of March 2013	$(10,608,150,651.84)
Insured Unemployment Rate (13 week average)	3.62%
Information by County	Contains current and historical information

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