Breakdown of Federal Expenditures:

Unemployment Compensation

Amount % of Budget

$21.9B 1.44%

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Unemployment compensation accounts for $21.9 billion dollars of which about 90% is put into the unemployment trust fund. The other 10% is used for administering the program under the Unemployment Insurance Service to pay for staff services at state unemployment offices, and to pay some benefits. What do you want to do? Do we want this program? Yes, your future employer may be required to pay into this program, but your future employer looks at that payment as a part of his/her cost of hiring you.