South Carolina Unemployment: about $300 a week.

What shapes the award.

Weekly range

$42 to $350. Wage requirements still apply.

Duration

Up to 20 weeks under this program. The modeled benefit balance is $6,000.

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.

Covered-wage requirements

At least $1,092 in the highest covered quarter and $4,455 across the four quarters are required. Total wages must also reach 1.5 times the highest quarter, so at least two paid quarters are needed. The agency decides covered employment and nonmonetary eligibility.

Partial-week conditions

For ordinary partial unemployment, gross wages must be below the weekly benefit rate and work below full-time. Disregard 25% of that rate, deduct excess wages dollar for dollar and round the final benefit down to a whole dollar. Report all wages for the week worked.

Duration conditions

The regular balance is the lesser of twenty weekly rates or one-third of covered base-period wages, rounded down to a whole dollar. A smaller final payment can exhaust the balance. Twenty is a ceiling, and no extension is added automatically.

Work registration

Create and maintain an SC Works Online Services account at jobs.scworks.org. Follow any assigned reemployment appointments or an agency-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.

Each claimed week ordinarily requires an active search including at least two electronically verifiable searches while logged into SCWOS. Employer-filed claims have different requirements; only a confirmed agency exemption changes the ordinary rule.

Taxes and the amount received.

Benefits are federally and South Carolina taxable. Optional withholding is 10% federal and 7% state; DEW does not withhold automatically. Change the election in MyBenefits and use the agency Form 1099-G. Estimates are gross.