Section C -- Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

This section presents data on unemployment and sickness benefits paid to qualified railroad employees under the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act (RUIA). Railroad unemployment and sickness benefits, by law, are based on a July-June 

benefit year. Therefore, railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefit operations are presented on a benefit year 

basis, rather than on a fiscal year basis.

Normal benefits of each type may be paid for as many as 130 days in a period of 26 or more weeks but may not exceed the 

total creditable base year compensation of the beneficiary. After exhaustion of normal benefits, an employee with 10 or 

more years of railroad service may receive additional benefits in an extended benefit period provided he(she) has not 

voluntarily retired, has not left work without good cause (for unemployment benefits only), and is less than 65 years old 

(for sickness benefits only). Extended benefits are paid in a 13-week period.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), enacted February 17, 2009, authorized payment 

of special extended unemployment benefits to railroad employees with jobless claims during the period from July 1, 2008, 

to June 30, 2009. Key provisions related to railroad unemployment benefits included the following:

• Railroad employees who previously were not eligible for extended unemployment benefits because they did not 

have 10 years of railroad service were eligible for up to 65 days within an extended period consisting of 7 

consecutive 2-week registration periods.

• Railroad employees who were previously eligible for extended unemployment benefits of up to 65 days were

eligible for extended benefits of up to 130 days within an extended period consisting of 13 consecutive 2-week 

registration periods. 

• The special extended unemployment benefit periods had to begin no later than December 31, 2009.

Enacted on November 6, 2009, the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009 contained an 

appropriation of $175,000,000 to extend the provisions of the Recovery Act by one year. The Tax Relief, Unemployment 

Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (enacted December 17, 2010), the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut 

Continuation Act of 2011 (enacted December 23, 2011), the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

(enacted February 22, 2012), and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (enacted January 2, 2013) each continued the 

special unemployment benefit provision for periods ranging from two months to one year, for a total extension of three

years. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.
An employee was qualified for benefit year 2014-2015 if in the preceding calendar (base) year his(her) compensation for 

railroad work, excluding earnings over $1,405 a month, was $3,512.50 or more. Additionally, if the employee was a new 

entrant to the industry in the base year, he(she) must have had at least five months of service in that year. For a longservice employee (one with 10 or more years of railroad service) a benefit year could be started early if he(she) was not 

currently qualified but would be qualified for the next benefit year. Also, an extended benefit period could continue 

beyond the usual June 30 ending date of a benefit year and thus extend the duration of the employee's benefit year. 

Therefore, the tables in this section on payments for unemployment and sickness that occurred during the July 2014 - June 

2015 period include benefits that technically were payable in extensions of the 2013-2014 benefit year or accelerations of 

the 2015-2016 benefit year as well as those payable for the general benefit year (2014-2015).

Table C1 shows the principal figures for operations in benefit year 2014-2015 and other recent years. Figures in this table 

refer to payments made and other administrative actions taken under the unemployment and sickness programs during the 

designated benefit year. Table C2 provides various unemployment and sickness benefit and beneficiary data for benefit 

years 1985-1986 through 2014-2015. Tables C3 through C7 contain benefit data for unemployment and sickness which 

occurred in claim periods paid during the particular benefit years stated in the table headings or to which reference is made 

in the footnotes. Table C8 is a graph of unemployment and sickness beneficiaries by month for benefit year 2014-2015. 

Table C9 shows the distribution of experience based contribution rates, by number of employers, for 2015.

Payments for maternity under a separate program were discontinued by amendments adopted in 1968. However, 

provision was made for payment of sickness benefits to female employees prevented from working because of pregnancy 

or childbirth. The sickness benefit data in this section include such payments.

The unemployment and sickness beneficiary tables for benefit year 2014-2015 include all payments made by June 30, 

2015. Benefits are paid for compensable days of unemployment or sickness at a daily rate equal to 60 percent of the 

employee's last daily rate of pay in the base year, subject to a $70.00 maximum and a $12.70 minimum in benefit year 

2014-2015.

In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control 

Act of 2011, unemployment and sickness benefit amounts reflect a reduction of 9.2% under sequestration for days of 

unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for 

days after September 30, 2014.

The most important qualifications of the data for each table are shown in footnotes to the table.
Table C1.-- Principal administrative data for the unemployment and sickness benefit programs, 

benefit years 2010-2011 through 2014-2015, cash basis

 

Item 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-20131 2013-20141 2014-20151

 

Qualified employees................................. 239,100 235,100 243,800 247,600 248,200

Maximum daily benefit rate...................... $66 $66 $66 $68 $70

UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

Net amount of benefits paid (thousands) $51,424 $40,691 $47,174 $39,867 $30,752

Payments:2

 Number................................................... 89,300 71,800 83,500 69,700 52,100

 Average amount per two week

 claim period......................................... $566 $573 $557 $550 $578

Beneficiaries............................................... 11,600 9,200 10,700 10,000 7,600

Applications received................................ 14,500 12,300 14,500 13,100 11,500

Claims received.......................................... 101,100 81,400 96,000 82,900 62,500

Normal benefit accounts exhausted........ 2,800 2,200 2,500 2,300 1,900

Non-compensable waiting period only3.. (4) (4) (4) (4) (4)

 

SICKNESS BENEFITS

Net amount of benefits paid (thousands) $51,161 $49,056 $43,394 $45,316 $48,428

Payments:2

 Number................................................... 117,100 112,200 102,500 101,100 102,700

 Average amount per two week

 claim period......................................... $585 $585 $571 $555 $572

Beneficiaries............................................... 17,400 16,700 15,800 15,600 15,500

Applications received................................ 21,200 20,600 19,400 19,100 19,400

Claims received.......................................... 137,300 131,700 121,100 119,900 121,300

Normal benefit accounts exhausted........ 3,100 3,000 2,600 2,600 2,800

Non-compensable waiting period only3.. 100 100 (4) (4) 100

 

1 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts reflect a

 reduction of 9.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30,

 2013, and 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014.

2 Not adjusted for recoveries or settlements of underpayments. 3 Benefits are payable for each day of unemployment or sickness in excess of 7 during the first 14-day registration period in a benefit year. 4 Less than 50.

NOTE.--Data covered program activities during the year, regardless of when unemployment or sickness occurred. Starting in June 2009, includes temporary 

extended unemployment benefits authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act 

of 2009, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, the 

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013. Net benefits 

for these temporary payments were $9,388,000 in 2010-2011, $7,011,000 in 2011-2012, $6,868,000 in 2012-2013, $2,391,000 in 2013-2014, and

-$327,000 in 2014-2015.
0 20 40 60

2010-2011

2011-2012

2012-2013

2013-2014

2014-2015

Net Unemployment & Sickness Benefits 

(In millions of dollars)

Table C1.--Net benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act,

benefit years 2010-2011 through 2014-2015, cash basis

Sickness

Unemployment

Starting in June 2009, includes temporary extended unemployment benefits authorized by the the American Recovery and Reinvestment

Act of 2009, the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization,

and Job Creation Act of 2010, the Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act of 2011, the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of

2012, and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.

In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts

reflect a reduction of 9.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days

after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014. 
Table C2.--Unemployment and sickness beneficiaries, benefit averages, and related data, by benefit year, 1985-1986 through 2014-2015

 

Average per beneficiary

 

Amount of Beneficiaries Benefit Amount of benefits

gross per 100 exhaustions Creditable Creditable/

Number of benefits qualified per 100 registration compensable Daily Total for Total per

Year beneficiaries (thousands) employees1 beneficiaries1 periods days2 benefit year week3

 

UNEMPLOYMENT

1985-1986.................... 86,800 $142,795 19 19 8.0 98 $24.98 $1,645 $124.90 

1986-1987.................... 75,200 127,235 18 8 8.2 68 24.72 1,693 123.60 

1987-1988.................... 54,400 84,938 14 18 7.5 63 24.72 1,561 123.60 

1988-1989.................... 35,200 59,047 10 15 7.0 59 28.29 1,679 141.45 

1989-1990.................... 29,900 57,488 9 17 7.5 64 30.14 1,921 150.70 

1990-1991.................... 30,500 63,315 9 18 7.9 67 30.85 2,078 154.25 

1991-1992.................... 26,400 462,185 8 21 8.7 76 30.94 2,353 154.70 

1992-1993.................... 20,700 451,150 7 19 8.5 75 32.82 2,466 164.10 

1993-1994.................... 18,600 44,016 6 16 8.1 71 32.94 2,348 164.70 

1994-1995.................... 18,700 39,670 6 15 6.8 59 35.73 2,120 178.65 

1995-1996.................... 16,800 42,263 6 19 7.8 69 35.86 2,461 179.30 

1996-1997.................... 15,300 40,228 5 18 7.2 63 40.57 2,564 202.85 

1997-1998.................... 11,300 30,175 4 18 6.9 60 42.78 2,571 213.90 

1998-1999.................... 12,600 35,354 5 16 7.0 62 43.81 2,719 219.05 

1999-2000.................... 13,700 38,317 5 13 6.9 61 45.51 2,759 227.56 

2000-2001.................... 16,700 46,120 6 13 6.6 57 47.81 2,736 239.05 

2001-2002.................... 17,800 51,398 7 14 6.7 58 49.62 2,862 248.08 

2002-2003.................... 15,400 49,563 6 17 7.1 62 51.45 3,182 257.27 

2003-2004.................... 11,700 41,315 5 19 7.4 64 54.38 3,503 271.89 

2004-2005.................... 9,300 34,394 4 21 7.4 66 55.27 3,633 276.34 

2005-2006.................... 8,900 30,478 4 18 6.9 61 55.27 3,393 276.35 

2006-2007.................... 9,500 32,529 4 17 6.8 60 56.29 3,398 281.47 

2007-2008.................... 10,100 38,187 4 18 7.2 64 58.40 3,732 292.01 

2008-2009.................... 21,400 582,572 8 13 7.4 63 60.66 3,846 303.32 

2009-2010.................... 24,800 5142,609 10 30 10.3 90 63.43 5,715 317.14 

2010-2011.................... 11,600 555,623 5 24 8.4 73 65.23 4,742 326.15 

2011-2012.................... 9,200 545,562 4 24 8.6 75 65.22 4,921 326.12 

2012-20136................... 10,700 551,648 4 23 8.6 75 63.98 4,792 319.89 

2013-20146................... 10,000 542,946 4 23 7.8 69 62.36 4,286 311.79 

2014-20156................... 7,600 533,873 3 25 7.7 69 64.66 4,451 323.31 

 

See footnotes at end of table. 
 

Average per beneficiary

 

Amount of Beneficiaries Benefit Amount of benefits

gross per 100 exhaustions Creditable Creditable/

Number of benefits qualified per 100 registration compensable Daily Total for Total per

Year beneficiaries (thousands) employees1 beneficiaries1 periods days2 benefit year week3

 

SICKNESS

1985-1986.................... 46,400 $69,114 10 17 6.4 85 $24.88 $1,491 $124.40 

1986-1987.................... 45,200 72,678 11 19 6.9 65 24.69 1,609 123.45 

1987-1988.................... 41,700 66,809 11 18 6.9 65 24.74 1,602 123.70 

1988-1989.................... 33,700 62,115 9 19 7.1 67 27.63 1,845 138.15 

1989-1990.................... 28,200 58,337 8 20 7.2 68 30.24 2,068 151.20 

1990-1991.................... 25,600 54,528 8 21 7.4 69 30.81 2,133 154.05 

1991-1992.................... 23,600 52,666 7 21 7.7 72 30.97 2,232 154.85 

1992-1993.................... 21,800 50,693 7 20 7.6 71 32.80 2,323 164.00 

1993-1994.................... 21,600 50,613 7 16 7.5 71 32.98 2,328 164.90 

1994-1995.................... 21,000 54,006 7 20 7.7 72 35.74 2,573 178.70 

1995-1996.................... 20,400 55,437 7 21 7.9 74 35.94 2,652 179.70 

1996-1997.................... 20,500 60,566 7 21 7.6 70 40.18 2,825 200.90 

1997-1998.................... 20,500 63,356 7 18 7.7 69 42.90 2,967 214.50 

1998-1999.................... 20,600 64,203 8 16 7.6 68 43.91 2,999 219.55 

1999-2000.................... 22,000 69,992 8 17 7.8 69 45.75 3,152 228.73 

2000-2001.................... 23,000 78,584 8 19 7.9 71 47.88 3,388 239.42 

2001-2002.................... 23,000 84,125 9 21 8.2 73 49.85 3,629 249.25 

2002-2003.................... 22,400 83,690 9 19 8.0 71 51.83 3,701 259.17 

2003-2004.................... 21,600 83,718 9 19 7.9 70 54.80 3,848 274.02 

2004-2005.................... 20,200 78,547 8 18 7.8 69 55.89 3,855 279.46 

2005-2006.................... 19,700 76,041 8 17 7.7 69 55.93 3,835 279.63 

2006-2007.................... 19,000 73,140 8 17 7.6 67 56.83 3,814 284.17 

2007-2008.................... 18,400 72,336 7 17 7.5 66 58.76 3,896 293.78 

2008-2009.................... 17,600 71,704 7 17 7.5 67 60.69 4,040 303.45 

2009-2010.................... 17,800 76,991 7 17 7.6 68 63.62 4,298 318.11 

2010-2011.................... 17,400 77,555 7 17 7.6 68 65.66 4,441 328.28 

2011-2012.................... 16,700 74,457 7 17 7.5 67 65.77 4,413 328.85 

2012-20136................... 15,800 66,743 6 16 7.4 65 64.50 4,202 322.48 

2013-20146................... 15,600 64,075 6 16 7.4 65 63.09 4,100 315.46 

2014-20156................... 15,500 66,950 6 17 7.5 66 65.44 4,314 327.20 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Table C2.--Unemployment and sickness beneficiaries, benefit averages, and related data, by benefit year, 1985-1986 through 2014-2015 - Continued
 

Footnote 1 and Footnote 2 expire when those years drop off. Change title in column G to Compensable days only.

Table C2.--Unemployment and sickness beneficiaries, benefit averages, and related data, by benefit year, 1985-1986 through 2014-2015 - Continued

1 Through benefit year 1985-1986, beneficiaries per 100 qualified employees based on data for current general benefit year; exhaustions per 100 beneficiaries refer to

 normal benefits only. 2 Compensable days data was first used in benefit year 1986-1987. Previous years' data refers to creditable days. 3 Benefit for full week of unemployment or sickness. 4 Includes benefits under Title V of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 1991, as amended, which provided extended unemployment benefits to

 claimants with less than 10 years of service and additional extended benefits to those with 10-14 years. 5 Includes benefits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act of 2009, as amended,

 which provided extended unemployment benefits to claimants with less than 10 years of service and additional extended benefits to those with 10 or more years of service.

 Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.

6 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts reflect a reduction of 9.2% 

 under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after 

 September 30, 2014.

NOTE.--Data include all unemployment and sickness in claims periods begun in the year. For this reason, and because adjustments of benefit amounts have occurred after 

tabulating cutoff dates, the total amounts of benefits differ substantially from the figures in Tables A1 and C1. Beginning in benefit year 1986-1987 the table was compiled using 

different source materials than those used in previous years. 
Table C3.--Unemployment and sickness beneficiaries in benefit year 2014-2015 and selected data, by completed years of service

 Beneficiaries Average per beneficiary

 Per 100 Compensable Amount of 

 qualified days on Daily benefits

Completed years of service Total employees benefit rolls benefit1 for year1

UNEMPLOYMENT2

Under 10........................................ 4,581 4 65 $64.69 $4,175

10-14.............................................. 1,213 4 78 64.68 5,065

15 and over.................................... 1,774 2 73 64.60 4,746

 

Total............................................... 7,568 3 69 $64.66 $4,451

 

SICKNESS

Under 10........................................ 6,592 5 58 $65.11 $3,783

10-14.............................................. 2,295 7 70 65.09 4,571

15 and over.................................... 6,629 7 72 65.82 4,753

 

Total............................................... 15,516 6 66 $65.44 $4,314

 

1

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts

 reflect a reduction of 9.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days 

 after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014.

2

 Includes temporary extended unemployment benefits authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the

 the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, as amended. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.
 

 

Unemployment benefits1 Sickness benefits

States Beneficiaries Total amount2 Beneficiaries Total amount2

 

 

Alabama................................... 234 $969,000 249 $1,063,000 

Alaska...................................... 54 362,000 1 5,000 

Arizona.................................... 72 362,000 153 663,000 

Arkansas.................................. 175 700,000 243 1,119,000 

California................................. 383 1,942,000 929 4,115,000 

Colorado.................................. 95 415,000 183 758,000 

Connecticut............................. 31 174,000 123 537,000 

Delaware.................................. 18 99,000 132 590,000 

Washington DC....................... 9 69,000 24 122,000 

Florida...................................... 250 1,223,000 321 1,418,000 

Georgia.................................... 384 1,893,000 460 1,888,000 

Hawaii...................................... ..... ..... ..... ..... 

Idaho........................................ 47 208,000 91 356,000 

Illinois...................................... 610 3,073,000 1,358 6,071,000 

Indiana..................................... 326 1,429,000 674 2,965,000 

Iowa.......................................... 98 327,000 252 1,011,000 

Kansas..................................... 134 604,000 294 976,000 

Kentucky................................. 177 737,000 392 1,799,000 

Louisiana................................. 171 835,000 227 1,048,000 

Maine....................................... 61 349,000 38 168,000 

Maryland.................................. 129 635,000 347 1,483,000 

Massachusetts........................ 79 441,000 236 1,001,000 

Michigan.................................. 196 859,000 288 1,340,000 

Minnesota................................ 155 574,000 326 1,445,000 

Mississippi.............................. 70 309,000 131 606,000 

Missouri................................... 241 908,000 413 1,737,000 

Montana................................... 195 663,000 110 357,000 

Nebraska................................. 134 541,000 847 3,114,000 

Nevada..................................... 19 89,000 30 135,000 

New Hampshire...................... 16 75,000 26 119,000 

New Jersey.............................. 127 630,000 776 3,261,000 

New Mexico............................. 30 125,000 95 430,000 

See footnotes at end of table.

Table C4.--Unemployment and sickness beneficiaries, and total gross benefits for the year,

by state, benefit year 2014-2015
Table C4.--Unemployment and sickness beneficiaries, and total gross benefits for the year,

by state, benefit year 2014-2015 - Continued

 

 

Unemployment benefits1 Sickness benefits

States Beneficiaries Total amount2 Beneficiaries Total amount2

 

New York................................. 357 $1,677,000 671 $3,161,000 

North Carolina......................... 108 463,000 188 856,000 

North Dakota........................... 36 148,000 117 482,000 

Ohio......................................... 347 1,328,000 628 2,732,000 

Oklahoma................................ 63 291,000 101 483,000 

Oregon..................................... 67 329,000 161 692,000 

Pennsylvania........................... 336 1,451,000 957 4,253,000 

Rhode Island........................... 7 41,000 47 221,000 

South Carolina........................ 114 551,000 145 605,000 

South Dakota.......................... 22 99,000 56 210,000 

Tennessee............................... 153 640,000 355 1,523,000 

Texas....................................... 504 2,382,000 817 3,527,000 

Utah.......................................... 69 313,000 102 445,000 

Vermont................................... 8 24,000 4 20,000 

Virginia.................................... 178 706,000 411 2,002,000 

Washington............................. 136 615,000 267 1,058,000 

West Virginia........................... 105 342,000 260 1,257,000 

Wisconsin................................ 162 650,000 311 1,156,000 

Wyoming................................. 75 202,000 143 545,000 

Total3 ....................................... 7,568 $33,873,000 15,516 $66,950,000 

 

 

1

 Includes temporary extended unemployment benefits authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and 

 the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, as amended. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.

2

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 

 2011, amounts reflect a reduction of 9.2% under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, 

 a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after September 30, 2014.

 

3 Includes beneficiaries whose state of residence was unknown.

NOTE.--Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Data is partly estimated.
Table C5.--Beneficiaries and selected averages for benefit year 2014-2015 unemployment, by age and sex 

 

Number of beneficiaries Average per beneficiary

Per 100

Qualified qualified Compensable days Daily Amount of

Age on birthday in 2014 Total Female employees employees of unemployment benefit1 benefits for year1

 

Under 25.................. 141 2 5,300 3 67 $63.70 $4,275 

25 to 29.................... 585 47 19,200 3 62 64.49 3,971 

30 to 34.................... 1,009 70 28,700 4 64 64.86 4,129 

35 to 39.................... 1,177 74 32,100 4 66 65.10 4,280 

40 to 44.................... 1,184 85 34,600 3 68 64.68 4,427 

45 to 49.................... 1,138 87 31,000 4 71 64.83 4,628 

50 to 54.................... 940 88 29,100 3 74 64.70 4,757 

55 to 59.................... 821 74 36,900 2 76 64.10 4,853 

60 to 64.................... 473 40 25,400 2 72 64.42 4,642 

65 to 69.................... 94 13 4,700 2 64 63.92 4,108 

70 and older............ 6 2 800 1 37 56.26 2,082 

 

ALL BENEFICIARIES

Male........................ 6,986 ..... 224,900 3 67 $64.69 $4,358 

Female.................... 582 582 23,000 3 87 $64.41 $5,575 

Total2...................... 7,568 582 248,200 3 69 $64.66 $4,451 

 

1

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts reflect a reduction of 9.2%

 under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after

 September 30, 2014. 

2 Includes employees whose sex and/or age was not reported.

NOTE.-- Beneficiary figures based on payments made in the year, regardless of the benefit year for which payment was made. Qualified employees for 2014-2015

benefit year are those qualified on the basis of 2013 compensation. Includes temporary extended unemployment benefits authorized by the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, as amended. Benefits had to begin by December 31, 2013.
Table C6.--Beneficiaries and selected averages for benefit year 2014-2015 sickness, by age and sex 

 

Number of beneficiaries Average per beneficiary

Per 100

Qualified qualified Compensable days Daily Amount of

Age on birthday in 2014 Total Female employees employees of sickness benefit1 benefits for year1

 

Under 25.................. 100 9 5,300 2 48 $64.73 $3,080 

25 to 29.................... 635 117 19,200 3 56 64.87 3,644 

30 to 34.................... 1,245 233 28,700 4 54 65.25 3,550 

35 to 39.................... 1,699 261 32,100 5 61 65.19 3,990 

40 to 44.................... 1,903 186 34,600 5 64 65.35 4,155 

45 to 49.................... 1,973 216 31,000 6 65 65.35 4,262 

50 to 54.................... 2,125 284 29,100 7 67 65.21 4,397 

55 to 59.................... 3,140 294 36,900 9 71 65.86 4,687 

60 to 64.................... 2,316 231 25,400 9 74 66.03 4,887 

65 to 69.................... 345 49 4,700 7 61 62.85 3,861 

70 and older............ 35 4 800 4 49 52.34 2,541 

 

ALL BENEFICIARIES

Male........................ 13,632 ...... 224,900 6 66 $65.51 $4,334 

Female.................... 1,884 1,884 23,000 8 64 $64.93 $4,171 

Total2...................... 15,516 1,884 248,200 6 66 $65.44 $4,314 

 

1

 In accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011, amounts reflect a reduction of 9.2%

 under sequestration for days of unemployment and sickness after February 28, 2013, a reduction of 7.2% for days after September 30, 2013, and 7.3% for days after

 September 30, 2014. 

2 Includes employees whose sex and/or age was not reported.

NOTE.-- Beneficiary figures based on payments made in the year, regardless of the benefit year for which payment was made. Qualified employees for 2014-2015

benefit year are those qualified on the basis of 2013 compensation.
Table C7.--Beneficiaries and average compensable days for benefit year 2014-2015 sickness, by type of sickness

 

 

 

International Average compensable

list no. Type of sickness Beneficiaries days of sickness

 

001-139 Infective and parasitic diseases ............................................................................. 61 43

140-239 Neoplasms.............................................................................................................. 744 71

240-279 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and immunity disorders................. 212 62

280-289 Diseases of the blood and blood forming organs................................................... 13 64

290-319 Mental disorders..................................................................................................... 1,791 69

320-389 Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs............................................... 704 69

390-459 Diseases of the circulatory system......................................................................... 1,004 70

460-519 Diseases of the respiratory system......................................................................... 361 52

520-579 Diseases of the digestive system............................................................................ 963 35

580-629 Diseases of the genitourinary system..................................................................... 166 54

630-679 Pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium, total1

............................................. 285 50

680-709 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue....................................................... 140 53

710-739 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue............................ 3,347 80

740-759 Congenital anomalies............................................................................................. 126 53

780-799 Symptoms and ill-defined conditions...................................................................... 1,385 61

800-999 Injury and complications of poisoning..................................................................... 4,214 64

 

15,516 66

 

 

 Total.........................................................................................................................................

1 Includes normal periods of pregnancy and the puerperium in addition to morbidities included in the classifications numbered 630-679.

NOTE.--Type of sickness is determined by the first sickness for which payment was made. Classification by sickness group is in accordance 

with The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM), United States Government.
1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

TABLE C8. - UI & SI BENEFICIARIES

BY MONTH FOR BENEFIT YEAR 2014-2015

UI

SI

AUG

Beneficiaries

JUL SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN
0

100

200

300

400

500

600

TABLE C9. - EXPERIENCE RATING DISTRIBUTION, 

BY NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS, 2015

2.15 2.16-4.08 4.09 4.10-6.00 6.01-11.99 12.00 

CONTRIBUTION RATE (percent)

EMPLOYERS