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How Much Do I Get?

• Most claimants receive $64 per day
• Generally for 2-week period
  • Unemployment benefits $640
  • Sickness benefits resulting from on-the-job injury $640
  • Other sickness benefits reduced to $591.04 for tier I tax for first 6 months

Notes:

• Up to a total of $8,320 of normal benefits payable in benefit year but no more than base-year earnings, counting earnings up to $1,653 per month in calendar year 2008.
• First 6 months of sickness benefits not resulting from on-the-job injuries credited as tier I compensation but not as service months.
• $640 biweekly sickness payment subject to tier I tax of 7.65%.

  Maximum net payment is $591.04

  $640.00
  - 48.96 (7.65%)
  $591.04

• These payments are reported on the BA-6 form as miscellaneous compensation.
• Daily benefit rate increases to $66 in benefit year beginning July 2010.
• Current projections estimate daily benefit rate will increase in annual increments to $87 by 2019.