According to new monthly statistics from Akademikernas a-kassa for May, the proportion of their members who are unemployed is again at the same low level as May 2019 – 1.6 percent. This is a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the same time last year when the corresponding figure was 2.1 percent.
In pure numbers, there are thousands fewer in unemployment with a decrease from 16,063 to 11,968. At least one in four of them has thus left unemployment since May 2021.
“Unemployment insurance is a very important financial security and during the pandemic it has really worked as intended – as a adjustment insurance for a limited period,” says Alexandra Oljans Ahlin, communicator at Akademikernas a-kassa, in a press release.
Payments have also decreased. During the first five months of the year, SEK 594 million was paid out in unemployment insurance. That is 39 percent less compared to the same period last year.
According to Akademikernas a-kassa, 6,473 academics received unemployment benefits in May. This is the lowest number in the entire 2000s.