What Is The Max You Can Draw On Unemployment

Although we cannot tell yous how much you will receive until you utilize for benefits, you can estimate your own weekly benefit corporeality alee of time.

When will I know my weekly do good amount?

After you apply for benefits, nosotros volition mail you an Unemployment Claim Determination letter that tells you how much you are potentially eligible to receive.

How much can I get each calendar week?

In Washington state, this is how your weekly do good amount is calculated:

Pace 1: We add together together the gross wages from the two highest quarters in your base yr, then nosotros divide by 2.

Footstep 2: Multiply the amount in step ane past 0.0385.

If this is more than Washington'due south official maximum weekly benefit amount of $929, you will get $929.
If this is less than $295, we go to step 3.

Step 3: We calculate your weekly wage. We accept the amount calculated in step 1, multiply by four and split up past 52 weeks. That equals your estimated weekly wage.

Step 4: Then nosotros compare your estimated weekly wage to $295. You will get the lesser amount.

Examples of weekly benefit amount calculation:

Step 1: Average of two highest quarters	Stride 2: Multiplied past .0385	Step 3: Estimated weekly wage	Pace iv: Weekly benefit amount
$2,800	$107.80	$215.38	$215
$4,000	$154.00	$307.69	$295
$10,508	$404.56	$808.30	$404
$xix,480	$749.98	$1,498.46	$749
$30,000	$ane,155	$2,307.69	$929

What is my base year?

Your base of operations year is the showtime four of the last five completed agenda quarters before the week in which you apply for benefits. For example, if you practical for unemployment benefits on January. xx, 2021, your base of operations yr would include wages earned from Oct. 1, 2019, through Sept. thirty, 2020.

Y'all could be eligible for an alternating base year claim if y'all do not have enough hours in that base year for a valid claim (meet below).

When y'all file your claim hither:

Unemployment base year

Your base year is the bluish-shaded area.

How much tin I get before my benefits run out?

The total amount of benefits potentially payable on your merits is found by taking the smaller of:

26 times your weekly benefit amount or
1/3 of the full gross wages in all four quarters of your base year.

Estimate your ain WBA

Identify the two highest quarters in your base year.
Primal each full in the boxes below.
Press "Calculate" to run across how much you are potentially eligible to receive.
To effort again, press "Clear" and first over.

Keep in mind that this is just an gauge of your weekly benefit amount. Your bodily weekly benefit amount may be different when yous file your claim.

Your weekly benefit corporeality:

Alternating base year (ABY) claims

You could be eligible for an alternate base year claim if you do not have the required 680 hours of work in your regular base year.

The base year for an alternate base year merits is the final 4 completed calendar quarters before the week in which you file your claim. Yous must take 680 hours of work in the alternate base yr and still meet all of the other eligibility requirements.

If you file your claim hither: