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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 07:59 PM
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A question about unemployment
What percentage of normal earnings does one usually get when collecting unemployment? Or how does the size of the benefit determined if not by a percentage of normal income?
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 08:00 PM
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1. I think it's about half, but no more than like $500/week
I think
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jemelanson Donating Member (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 08:02 PM
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2. The amount varies state by state.
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Ruby the Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 08:05 PM
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3. Your state's DOL webpage likely has a chart of benefits.
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 08:08 PM
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4. This site has a chart of all the states, it's dated Feb. 2009:
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/LearnToBudget/how-much-jobless-pay-would-you-get.aspx

Plus there is extra for kids if I remember right.
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 08:15 PM
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5. 60% tops but could be much less as there is a hard cap. Here it is like 430 or so a week.
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