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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 March 2012
DI Trust Fund Balance as of March 2012	$2,287,384,616.67
DI Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$449
DI Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$448
DI Total Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year (YTD)	178,652
DI Monthly Average of Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year	59,551
DI Initial Claims Filed in March 2012	63,007
DI Total Benefits Paid in Calendar Year (YTD)	$1,064,073,271.97
DI Benefits Paid in March 2012 DI Program Statistics	$358,949,373.29
PFL Average Weekly Benefit Amount	$492
PFL Average of Average Weekly Benefit Amount (CYTD)	$493
PFL Total Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year (YTD)	54,295
PFL Monthly Average of Initial Claims Filed in Calendar Year	18,098
PFL Initial Claims Filed in March 2012	19,206
PFL Total Benefits Paid in Calendar Year (YTD)	$132,913,896.70
PFL Benefits Paid in March 2012 PFL Program Statistics	$43,811,712.78

**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 April 2012
Civilian Labor Force (seasonally adjusted)	18,482,600
Employment (seasonally adjusted)	16,475,700
Unemployment (seasonally adjusted)	2,007,000
Unemployment Rate (seasonally adjusted)	10.9%
Total Nonfarm Industry Employment (seasonally adjusted)	14,237,000
Average Hourly Wage in 2011 - First Quarter	$24.68

**Payroll Taxes Collected**
Type of Tax Collected	Current Data For July 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012
Unemployment Insurance (includes the School Employee Fund)	$2,686,613,646
School Employee Fund	$383,034,588
Disability Insurance	$4,296,792,923
Personal Income	$30,823,278,535
Employment Training	$18,075,718
Contingent Fund	$64,950,399

**Unemployment Insurance (UI) Statistics**
Data Archives	Current Data For the Month of April 2012
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)	$292
Initial Claims Filed	252,699
Total Initial Claims Filed (YTD)	1,050,820
Weeks Paid	2,109,887
Total Weeks Paid (YTD)	8,693,351
Benefits Paid	$585,011,725
Total Benefits Paid (YTD)	$2,414,230,917
UI Trust Fund Balance as of March 2012	$(10,804,988,155.60)
Insured Unemployment Rate (13 week average)	3.93%
Information by County	Contains current and historical information

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