Unemployment Insurance Performance Management
BAM is a statistical survey used to identify and support resolutions of deficiencies in the state’s unemployment insurance (UI) system and is also used to estimate state UI improper payments to be reported to DOL as required by the Payment Integrity Information Act (PIIA) of 2019 and Appendix C to OMB Circular A-123, issued March 5, 2021. BAM is also used to identify the root causes of improper payments and supports other analyses conducted by DOL to identify improper payment prevention strategies and to measure progress in meeting improper payment reduction targets
The BAM survey covers the three largest permanently authorized unemployment compensation programs: State UI, Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE), and Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Service Members (UCX). State agencies (except Virgin Islands) are required to conduct BAM investigations by regulation (20 CFR Part 602 at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-20/chapter-V/part-602).
Current Data
- PIIA 2023 Benefit Accuracy Measurement Annual Report
- PIIA 2023 Integrity Rates All States
- PIIA 2022 - PIIA 2023 Integrity Rate Changes
- Integrity Rates - Cause / Responsibility*
- PIIA 2023 Integrity Rates by Cause
- IPIA 19 PIIA 23 Overpayment Rate by Quarter & State
- PIIA 2023 Integrity Rates by Responsibility
- PIIA 2023 Overpayment Rate Cause and Responsibility
- PIIA 2023 Work Search, ES Reg Counts
- Integrity Rates - Prior Action / Point of Detection*
- PIIA 2023 Integrity Rates Cause x Prior Agency Action
- PIIA 2023 Cause x Prior Claimant Action
- PIIA 2023 Integrity Rates Cause x Prior Employer Action
- PIIA 2023 Integrity Rates by Point of Detection
- PIIA 2023 Claim Filing Methods
- Underpayments and Denied Claim Accuracy*
- PIIA 2023 Base Period Wages Report
- PIIA 2023 Improper Denial Rates All States
- PIIA 2023 Denied Claims Accuracy & Error Rates
- PIIA 2023 Agency Action on Improper Denials By Denial Type
- PIIA 2023 Improper Denials by Cause
- PIIA 2023 Improper Denials by Prior Agency Action
- PIIA 2023 Proper and Improper Monetary Denials
- PIIA 2023 Denied Claims Accuracy Separation Determinations
- PIIA 2023 Denied Claims Accuracy Nonseparation Determinations
- PIIA 2023 Improper Denials by Responsibility
BAM Methodology
- PIIA 2023 Methodology and Program Description
- PIIA 2023 Method Claimant Information Obtained
- PIIA 2023 Report State Contacts
- ET 395 Handbook 5th Edition BAM State Operations Guidance
- Code of Federal Regulations-Quality Control in the Federal State UI System
Other References
- Comparison of State Unemployment Insurance Laws PIIA 2022
- Significant Provisions of State UI Laws January 2023
Note: The spreadsheets may have several pages or worksheets Prepared by: U. S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Unemployment Insurance Division of Performance Management (July 2023)
Archived Reports and Integrity Rates
- PIIA 2022
- PIIA 2021
- IPIA 2020
- IPIA 2019
- IPIA 2018
- IPIA 2017
- IPIA 2016
- IPIA 2015
- IPIA 2014
- IPIA 2013
- IPIA 2012
- CY 2011
- CY 2010
- CY 2009
- CY 2008
- CY 2007
- CY 2006
- CY 2005
- CY 2004
- CY 2003
- CY 2002
- CY 2001
- CY 2000
- CY 1999
- CY 1998 Full Report PDF | HTML
- CY 1998
- CY 1997
- CY 1996
- CY 1994 (BQC)
- CY 1993 (BQC)
- Denied Claims Accuracy Pilot Project (May 1999) PDF | HTML