On $70,000 a year in South Dakota, about $575 in weekly benefits.

What shapes the award.

Weekly range

$28 to $575. Wage requirements still apply.

Duration

Up to 26 weeks under this program. The modeled benefit balance is $14,950.

Dependents

No dependents allowance in this modeled regular benefit.

Base period

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

Covered-wage requirements

Have covered wages in at least two quarters and at least $728 in the highest quarter. Wages in the other three quarters combined must reach twenty times the computed weekly rate. The test uses the actual capped rate, not twenty times the annual maximum for every claimant.

Partial-week conditions

Work fewer than forty hours and earn strictly less than your weekly rate. Ignore the first $25 of gross weekly earnings; deduct 75% of the excess. Apply the statutory whole-dollar downward payment rounding. Report hours and gross earnings in the week worked, including self-employment.

Duration conditions

The ordinary balance is the lesser of twenty-six weekly rates or one-third of covered base-period wages, floored to a whole dollar. A small final payment can mean fewer than twenty-six full payments. Training, trade readjustment and extensions have separate agency conditions.

Work registration

South Dakota residents are registered in SDWORKS when filing. Out-of-state claimants must register with their state workforce agency and send proof within fourteen days; follow reemployment-service appointments.

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.

Ordinarily make at least two qualifying job contacts per claimed week. Use the employer's application method and retain confirmations. Repeat contacts for the same position need thirty days between them; only an agency-approved attachment or training exemption excuses searches.

Taxes and the amount received.

Benefits are federally taxable. Elect optional 10% federal withholding if desired; the agency supplies Form 1099-G. The estimate is before taxes and other deductions.