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* In a few instances data shown is effective a few days after date shown.
** not available at press time

¹ABBREVIATIONS: weekly benefit amount, wba; base period, BP; base-period wages, bpw; fiscal year, FY; high quarter,HQ; high-quarter wages, hqw;average annual wage, aaw; average weekly wage, aww; benefityear, BY; calendar quarter, CQ; calendar year, CY;dependent, dep; dependents allowances, da; minimum, min;maximum, max; quarter, qtr; week, wk

²Unless otherwise noted, waiting periodsame for total or partial unemployment. In Ga. by interpretation. In Calif. it may be suspended by the Governor if compliance wouldhinder or delay the effects of any state of war emergency or state of emergency.

³When States use weighted high-quarter, annual-wage, or average weekly-wage formula, approximate fractions or percentages figured at midpoint of lowest and highest normal wage brackets. When daprovided, fraction applies to basic wba. In States noted variable amountsabove max. basic benefits limited to claimants with specified number of dep. and earnings in excess of amounts applicable to max. basic wba.. InIowa,and Ohio claimants may be eligible for augmented amount at all benefit levels but benefit amounts above basic max. available only to claimantsin dependency classes whose hqw or aww are higher than that required formax. basic benefit. In Mass. for claimant with aww in excess of $66 wba computed at 1/26 of 2 highest quarters of earnings or 1/13 of highest quarter if claimant has no more than 2 quarters work.

⁴When 2 amounts given, higher includes da.. Higher for min. wba includes max. allowance for one dep.. In D.C.,Md., and N.J., same max. with or without dep.

⁵In computing wba for partial unemployment,in States noted full wba paid if earnings are less than 1/2 wba; 1/2 wba if earnings are 1/2 wba but less than wba. In Mich. for each $1earned the wba will be reduced by 50 cents; there is also a limitation on total weekly benefits and earnings at 1-1/2 times the benefit amount with an equal reduction of benefits foreach $1 earned; if the reduction in the wba results in a zero benefit rate,the weeks of benefit payments will be reduced by 1 week.

⁶States noted have weighted schedule with percent of benefits based on bottom of lowest and highest wage brackets.

⁷Benefits extended under State program when unemployment in State reaches specified levels; Alaska, Calif., N.J.(until March 1, 1997), by 50%; Conn. by 13 weeks; D.C. by 10 weeks; Oreg. by 25%. In Hawaii benefits extended by 13 weeks when a manmade or disaster causes damage to either the State as awhole or any of its counties and creates an unemployment problem involvinga substantial number of persons and families. In P.R. benefits extended by 32 weeks in certain industries, occupations or establishments when special unemployment situation exists. Benefits also may be extended during periodsof high unemployment by 50%, up to 13 weeks, under Federal-State Extended Compensation Program.

⁸For claimants with min. qualifying wages and min. wba. When two amounts shown, range of duration applies to claimants with min. qualifying wages in BP; longer duration applies withmin. wba; shorter duration applies with max. possible concentration of wages in HQ; therefore highest wba possible for such BP earnings.

⁹Waiting period compensable if claimant unemployed after 9 consecutive weeks, Mo.; when benefits are payable for third week following waiting period, N.J.; after benefits paid equaling 3 x wba, Tex..

¹⁰14 weeks of employment and BP wages equal to 20 x the State aww, Mich.; BP wages in 2 qtrs. of 1-1/2x the min. Missouri taxable wage base for that year, Mo.; 20 wks.of work with 5% of monetary BP wage requirement (8% of insured average FY wage for preceding FY in BP) in each week, Utah.; wages in 2 qtrs., 40 x wba in BP, Ga..

¹¹For N.Y., waiting period is 4 effective days accumulated in 1-4 weeks; partial benefits 1/4 wba for each 1 to 3 effective days. Effective days: fourth and each subsequent day of total unemployment in week for which not more than $300 is paid.

¹²To 58.5% State aww if claimant has nonworking spouse; 65.5% if he has dep. child, Ill.; 1/19-1/23 up to 65% of State aww for claimants with dep, Iowa; 1/46 of wagesin highest 2 qtrs. if the trust fund balance is at least $90 million, oras 1/52 of wages in highest 2 qtrs. if the trust fund balance is less than $90 million, Del.; higher of 50 percent of the individual's avww during the base period, to a maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the State aww;or 50 percent of the individual's aww during the high quarter to a maximum of 50 percent of the State's aww, or $331, whichever is higher, Minn.;wages in the 2 highest qtrs. divided by 45, Vt.; if HQ wages exceed $4,966.99, the max. wba will be 39% of these wages divided by 13, Calif.;1/24 of HQ if alternative qualifying wages are used, Ga..

¹³Up to 66-2/3% of State aww, La. 62% of State aww depending on the trust fund reserves or 65% of State aww depending on trust fund reserves and the State's average contribution rate if below the nationwide average for the preceding yr., N.Dak..

¹⁴Duration can be much less than 26 wks. for individuals with only one BP ER; duration will be lesser of 26x wba, percentage (based on the UC fund balance and ranging from 20 to25 percent) of the State's average annual wage, or a percentage (based on the UC fund balance and ranging from 40 to 50 percent) of the individual's insured wages during the BP, Okla..

¹⁵$1,500 in any CQ in current or preceding CY unless otherwise specified.

¹⁶Max. amount adjusted annually: by same percentage increase as occurs in State aww (Ohio) by $7 for each $10 increase in average weekly wage of manufacturing production workers(Texas).

¹⁷ Reserved

¹⁸Wba's will be reduced by 5% or by the reduction determined by a trigger mechanism, but the wba may not be reduced to less than half the max. wba, Pa.; wba's over $90 will be reduced to 85% of the computed amount when revenues in the fund are inadequate to pay benefits, Wyo.; the greater of $197 or 60%, 57.5%,55%, 52.5% or 50% of State aww of the second preceding CY depending on the condition of the fund, Okla.; if the trust fund balance is greater than 250 million than the max. wba will be $315, if the trust fund is less than $250 million but equal to or greater than $200 million, the max. wba will be $300, if the trust fund balance is less than $200 million but equal to or greater than $165 million, the max. wba will be $265, if the trust fund balance is less than $165 million but equal to or greater than $150 million, the max. wba will be $245, if the trust fund balance is less than $150 million but equal to or greater than $90 million, the max. wba will be $225 and if the trust fund balance is less than $90 million, the max.wba will be $205, Del..

¹⁹Qualifying wages are 200 times min. hourly wage in 1 qtr. and BP wages of 1-1/2 times HQ, however the BP wages must be at least 400 times min. hourly wage, R.I.; with min. aww, greater of 21 times the min. hourly wage in effect on Feb. 4, 1991, or $80, N.Y.; BP wages of 1-1/2 x HQ or wages in 3 of the 4 qtrs. inthe BP, Nev.; claimant with BP earnings outside HQ of less than the lesser of 6 x wba or $900 will not be eligible for benefits, Tenn..

²⁰The taxable wage base depends on the condition of the fund; it could be $7,000, $7,700, or $8,500, (for 2000 the wage base is $7,000), La..

²¹Several alternate qualifying requirements are available, see N.J. unemployment insurance law for details.

²² First 8 weeks of benefits are increased by 5% to a wba of $288.

If you have any questions, please contact Bob Kenyon Jr. at 202-219-5201, ext 354 or Loryn Lancaster at 202-219-5200,ext 368.