On $30,000 a year in New Jersey, about $346 in weekly benefits.

What shapes the award.

Weekly range

$186 to $905. Wage requirements still apply.

Duration

Up to 26 weeks under this program. The modeled benefit balance is $8,996.

Dependents

The state has a dependents rule. Qualifying relationships and limits apply; use the dependents input to model it.

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 standard period fails, the agency can review the last four completed quarters, then the last three completed quarters plus covered weeks and wages in the filing quarter through the last day of work. Separate rules can apply after disability.

Who counts as a dependent

Apply within six weeks of the claim and provide the agency with dependency proof. A spouse or civil-union partner must be unemployed in the claim week; an employed partner prevents the allowance. Eligible children must meet the agency age, student or disability conditions. Only one partner may claim the allowance when both are unemployed.

Partial-week conditions

You must work no more than 80% of your usual hours. Report gross wages in the week earned. Election-board earnings have a separate exclusion. The statutory partial-benefit calculation uses the greater of $5 or a whole-dollar 20% allowance.

Repeat benefit years

A new claim after the benefit year generally requires at least four weeks of intervening covered work and earnings of six times the previous weekly rate, as well as the new monetary and other eligibility tests. This estimator does not check the intervening 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 exempt, actively seek work each claimed week and keep a record of employer contacts, applications and other accepted search methods. The agency can ask for those contacts at any time during the claim. Follow scheduled reemployment appointments and weekly certification instructions.

Taxes and the amount received.

New Jersey does not tax unemployment benefits, but federal income tax applies. You may elect 10% federal withholding. The estimate is before withholding and other offsets; the agency provides Form 1099-G.