Does anyone know how much you get paid when you collect unemployment?

Question

Does anyone know how much you get paid when you collect unemployment?

Answer 1

It is based on what you were making at your previous job. When I was on it I got very little, 1/4 of what I made at my job.  You have to be looking for work while receiving the checks and I got audited and had to prove i was looking for work so it does happen!

Answer 2

Check with the State employment agency in your city... It really depends on your past employment.

Answer 3

Depends on your state, on what you were making, and sometimes on how many dependents you have - it's usually somewhere around half of what you were making.

Answer 4

288 a week

Answer 5

Count on about 55% of your average wage in 2007.

Answer 6

It depends on two things.  Your state, and your previous salary.  No one can answer you accurately without that information.

Answer 7

some kind of formula i suspect depends on where you live i got only $220 a week when i got unemployment which is about a third of gross pay or closer to half net pay. its aslo a pain in the...butt to get and to keep and the indian givers that gave it to me decided 6 months latter that i didn't deserve it so they just declared i owe them $1000!