The following figure shows the current status of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) in every state.

Scroll over each state for the latest update from the State UI Office or click here for Excel format.

We aim to keep this figure up to date until PUA comes online in all states. Please email if you believe we have something wrong in the figure.


Dmitri Koustas, Yalun Su and Zhi Zhang. PUA Status by State. Last Updated 5/17/2020. dmitrikoustas.com/pua

We thank the Becker Friedman Institute for financial support.

See the companion policy White Paper: Dmitri Koustas and Andrew Garin. "Relief for Self-Employed Workers: Why the Hold Up and How to Fix It?" BFI White Paper 04/20/2020