On $1,950 a week in Pennsylvania, about $585 in weekly benefits.

What shapes the award.

Weekly range

$68 to $605. Wage requirements still apply.

Duration

Up to 26 weeks under this program. The modeled benefit balance is $15,730.

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

A special four-quarter period before a compensable work injury may be requested when that injury prevented ordinary wage or credit-week qualification. A timely appeal and agency redetermination are required; this is not a general last-four-quarters alternative.

Benefit balance and dependents

The regular benefit balance excludes the dependency allowance. Eligible allowances are paid separately for weeks with a payable benefit; they do not shorten the duration shown.

Who counts as a dependent

Qualifying support at the claim start is required. The allowance is $5 for a dependent spouse, or a first child without a dependent spouse, plus $3 for another child; at most $8. Agency relationship, age and incapacity conditions apply. Overlapping parental claims cannot use the same child. Allowances are payable only with benefits and for at most the regular 18–26 entitlement weeks.

Partial-week conditions

Work must be less than full-time. The credit is the greater of $6 or 30% of the regular rate, rounded up; weekly gross employment earnings also round up. Deduct earnings above that credit from the regular rate before adding an eligible dependency allowance. The state reduction applies afterward. Vacation, pension, severance and availability adjustments have separate rules.

Repeat benefit years

A repeat claim also requires covered work and earnings of at least six times the previous weekly rate after the previous benefit year began and before the new application. This estimator does not check that separate intervening-work history.

Full-time wage comparison

The default uses the high-quarter table. If an established full-time weekly wage is entered, its nearest-dollar amount is compared at 50%, rounded down and subject to qualification and the cap. The agency must verify that wage from base-year employment. A timely appeal may be needed to request redetermination.

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.

Generally, from the third claimed week, apply for two jobs and complete one approved activity each week. Interviews, extra applications and agency exemptions can change the requirement. A reduced part-time week generally requires one application. Register with PA CareerLink within 30 days and retain detailed records for two years from the claim effective date.

Taxes and the amount received.

Unemployment benefits are federally taxable and exempt from Pennsylvania state and local income tax. Optional federal withholding is 10%; confirm its calculation basis with the agency. The estimate is before withholding and other offsets; the agency supplies tax reporting information.