Unemployment Insurance Opportunity Reports

June 2, 2026

With unemployment rates hovering at 4.3%, UI exhaustion rates at nearly 40% and long-term unemployment at 1.8 million, up 50% in two years, states have a ripe opportunity to make an important impact through their UI work search policy, services and tools. 

RESEA Participation

One promising area is the RESEA reemployment program where states are improving on the number of claimants who attend their first RESEA reemployment  scheduled appointment, with the national average as of December 2025 at 76% and the top 10 states rates averaging 90 percent. 

Your State’s Opportunity Report

You can access your state’s participation rates as well as other key reemployment performance metrics in our latest Unemployment Insurance Opportunity reports.

They chart your state’s recent performance trends and compare your state to other states in UI claim duration, exhaustion, cost per claim, RESEA participation rates and socialized costs.

The measures provide some insight into your state’s progress and achievements as well as areas that may offer opportunities.

The US DOL measures are not perfect and no one measure fully captures a state’s performance. But we think the data, taken together and analyzed for trending, provides useful insights.

For questions or to explore a Reemployment Assessment or consulting for your state, contact us at info@fullemployment.org to be connected with our team of consultants.