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What Determines My Benefit Amount?

The amount of your unemployment insurance is determined by the amount of wages in your base period. The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters prior to the effective date of your claim. An individual's weekly benefit amount for a benefit year shall be one­twenty­sixth (1/26) of his total wages for insured work paid during that quarter of his base period in which such total wages were highest.

The maximum weekly benefit amount shall not exceed Two Hundred Ten Dollars ($210.00) for any benefit year that begins on or after July 1, 2002. The minimum weekly benefit amount for the individual shall be Thirty Dollars ($30.00). If an individual's weekly benefit amount would compute to less than the said minimum, then such individual would be entitled to no benefits.

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