On $750 a week in Arkansas, about $375 in weekly benefits.

What shapes the award.

Weekly range

$81 to $451. Wage requirements still apply.

Duration

Up to 12 weeks under this program. The modeled benefit balance is $4,500.

Dependents

No dependents allowance in this modeled regular benefit.

Base period

First four of the last five completed calendar quarters. An alternate or extended period may be available under the state’s conditions. Understand the quarters.

Alternate-period detail

If the regular first four of the last five completed calendar quarters cannot establish a claim, the agency considers the most recent four completed calendar quarters. Use the four quarters on the agency determination; this estimator does not select or combine periods.

Reporting work

Report gross wages and all hours for the Sunday-Saturday week in which you worked, even before payday. Report other income requested by the agency. Severance, vacation, pension and other deductions require separate agency review.

Covered-wage requirements

At least two of the four selected quarters must contain covered wages. Total covered base-period wages must reach 35 times the weekly rate after the $81 minimum and $451 maximum are applied. The minimum-rate wage threshold is $2,835; a protected weekly minimum does not override wage qualification.

Partial-week conditions

Work fewer than 40 hours in the calendar week and earn strictly less than 140% of the weekly rate. The first 40% of the rate is ignored; wages above it reduce payment dollar for dollar. Round the final payment down to a whole dollar. This can produce zero before the gross-earnings limit is reached. Shared Work has separate rules.

Duration conditions

For initial claims filed on or after January 1, 2024, the ordinary ceiling is 12 weeks. The award uses the lesser of 12 weekly rates or one-third of covered base-period wages. Current codified section 11-10-504(b) says to round that award up to a weekly-rate multiple; direct primary-source confirmation of that rounding remains open.

Work registration

Register for work and create your Arkansas LAUNCH account with work experience, credentials or licenses and relevant job information. Follow the identity-verification instructions on your EZARC confirmation and any agency reporting or reemployment appointments. Agency-approved exceptions may apply.

Repeat benefit years

A succeeding benefit year requires the ordinary two-quarter and 35-times-rate wage tests, plus covered work and paid wages since filing the previous claim equal to at least ten times the weekly rate for the new claim. The 2019 amendment increased the intervening-wage test from eight to ten. This estimator does not check that separate 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 the agency grants an exception, complete and report at least five qualifying work-search activities each claimed week. These include applications or resumes submitted to employers, interviews, a job fair (at most one per week), and qualifying training. Report the activities as part of weekly certification through LAUNCH or Arkline and keep details for audit. LAUNCH recommends matched jobs; follow required agency appointments.

Taxes and the amount received.

Arkansas benefits are taxable for federal and state income tax. You may elect 10% federal withholding. The agency provides Form 1099-G, normally by the end of January. The estimate is before withholding, child support and other offsets; a state withholding percentage is not assumed.