Table 4: Wage Changes After Job Losses by Pre-Job Loss Wage Levels for Frequent Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimants
(for the Period 1996 to 1998)

		Wage Change*
		< -10%		-10% to 0		0.1 to +10%		> +10%		Total**
UI Claimants	Pre-Job Loss Quarterly Wage	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	Row %	Claimants	% of Subtotal
Seasonal Claimants	Less than $3,000	249	20.8%	68	5.7%	114	9.5%	766	64.0%	1,197	35.7%
	$3,000 - $4,999	367	32.5%	117	10.4%	119	10.5%	525	46.5%	1,128	33.6%
	$5,000 - $6,999	273	41.0%	75	11.3%	97	14.6%	221	33.2%	666	19.9%
	$7,000 - $8,999	118	47.6%	47	19.0%	36	14.5%	47	19.0%	248	7.4%
	$9,000 - $10,999	59	68.6%	13	15.1%	5	5.8%	9	10.5%	86	2.6%
	$11,000 or More	20	66.7%	5	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	16.7%	30	0.9%
	Subtotal	1,086	32.4%	325	9.7%	371	11.1%	1,573	46.9%	3,355	100.0%
Non-seasonal Claimants	Less than $3,000	217	21.1%	58	5.6%	70	6.8%	683	66.4%	1,028	39.6%
	$3,000 - $4,999	276	34.2%	62	7.7%	63	7.8%	405	50.2%	806	31.1%
	$5,000 - $6,999	168	36.7%	58	12.7%	52	11.4%	180	39.3%	458	17.7%
	$7,000 - $8,999	93	45.6%	26	12.7%	28	13.7%	57	27.9%	204	7.9%
	$9,000 - $10,999	36	59.0%	14	23.0%	2	3.3%	9	14.8%	61	2.4%
	$11,000 or More	28	75.7%	4	10.8%	2	5.4%	3	8.1%	37	1.4%
	Subtotal	818	31.5%	222	8.6%	217	8.4%	1,337	51.5%	2,594	100.0%
Total:		1,904	32.0%	547	9.2%	588	9.9%	2,910	48.9%	5,949	100.0%

* Wage change: comparison of the average quarterly wage between the claimants' re-employment (1997) and pre-job loss employment (1995), see Footnote 7.
** The 278 records that have no wage change information are not included in this table.

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