On $55,000 a year in Oklahoma, about $597 in weekly benefits.

What shapes the award.

Weekly range

$16 to $649. Wage requirements still apply.

Duration

Up to 16 weeks under this program. The modeled benefit balance is $9,552.

Dependents

No dependents allowance in this modeled regular benefit.

Base period

First four of the last five completed quarters before the Sunday benefit-year start. An alternate or extended period may be available under the state’s conditions. Understand the quarters.

Covered-wage requirements

The ordinary test requires at least $1,500 of taxable wages and total base-period wages at least 1.5 times the highest quarter. An alternative requires some taxable wages and total wages of at least the current $25,000 taxable wage base; it can qualify one paid quarter. The modeled checks assume the entered wage totals meet the taxable-wage condition.

Partial-week conditions

For ordinary continued claims, work fewer than 32 hours and earn less than the weekly rate plus $100. Ignore the first $100, deduct excess earnings dollar for dollar and floor the payment. Report gross wages for the week worked. Initial or additional partial claims also require an agency finding of at least a 15% reduction in wages or hours; this tool does not establish that finding.

Duration conditions

The current agency publishes an ordinary sixteen-week ceiling and a $10,384 maximum award. Under conditional factor A, the statutory other limits are 47.5% of base-period wages and 23.75% of the state annual wage rounded to $100. The latter is $14,000 and cannot limit a sixteen-rate award capped at $10,384. Standard qualifying wages also make the 47.5% limit nonbinding, but it is checked here.

Work registration

Create an active job-seeker account at EmployOklahoma and publish an active resume. Follow required reemployment appointments and any approved waiver.

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.

Complete at least two qualifying work-search efforts each claimed week and keep a log. A repeat search for the same employer and position normally counts only once every four weeks; employer-requested follow-up interviews can count.

Taxes and the amount received.

Benefits are taxable. The claimant portal offers optional 10% federal and 3% Oklahoma withholding, and provides Form 1099-G. Estimates are before withholding and offsets.