On $120,000 a year in Arizona, about $320 in weekly benefits.

What shapes the award.

Weekly range

$236 to $320. Wage requirements still apply.

Duration

Up to 24 weeks under this program. The modeled benefit balance is $7,680.

Dependents

No dependents allowance in this modeled regular benefit.

Base period

First four of the last five completed calendar quarters before the first day of the benefit year. No alternate period is modeled here. Understand the quarters.

Alternate-period detail

There is no general last-four-quarter alternative. A separate pre-disability period may be available after qualifying workers’ compensation. It requires agency review of filing deadlines, the earlier unused wages and return-to-work efforts; this estimator uses the ordinary period only.

Covered-wage requirements

For the 2026 $15.15 Arizona minimum wage, one route requires at least $5,908.50 in the highest quarter and at least half that quarter in the other three combined. The other requires at least $8,000 in total covered wages across two or more quarters, including a quarter of at least $7,987.50. These are alternative routes, not cumulative tests.

Partial-week conditions

Work must be less than full-time through no fault of your own, and gross wages must be strictly below the regular weekly rate before the $160 allowance applies. Deduct wages above $160, then round the payment to the nearest dollar, with halves up. Report all work and earned wages for the week worked, even before payment. Shared Work has different rules.

Duration conditions

The current DES page lists a 24-week ceiling. The most recently published complete quarter of seasonally adjusted state unemployment rates selects 24 weeks below 5% or 26 at 5% or more. The lesser of that weekly-rate balance and one-third of base-period wages is rounded to the nearest dollar, with halves up. DES can issue a monetary redetermination during an existing benefit year.

Work registration

Register with Arizona Job Connection before benefits can be paid. DES attempts registration using your application; follow any notice to complete or activate it. Follow agency instructions for union or other approved arrangements.

Repeat benefit years

A subsequent benefit year requires services performed after the beginning of the prior benefit year and wages payable before the new year equal to at least eight times the new claim’s weekly rate. Already-used wages cannot be reused. This estimator does not check that intervening-work history.

Before you count on it.

• Covered wages and employment are required.
• This checks only the modeled monetary rules. The agency also checks your employment history and other eligibility conditions.
• Separation, availability, work search and certification can affect payment.
• Tax withholding, offsets and agency adjustments can change the amount received.

This is a wage calculation and an informational screen. Your agency or insurer decides your claim.

Keeping the claim eligible.

Unless DES grants an exception, complete at least four approved work-search contacts or activities on four different days each claimed week, including the waiting week. Enter details in CACTUS and keep verifiable records for two years from the start of the claim. Follow required reemployment appointments.

Taxes and the amount received.

Benefits are taxable. You may elect 10% federal withholding, or federal withholding plus Arizona withholding equal to 10% of the federal deduction. State-only withholding is unavailable. DES provides Form 1099-G. This estimate is before withholding, child support and other offsets.