United States version
How it works
Budget from an actual agency award with an explicitly verified partial-earnings rule. This does not determine eligibility, base-period wages, extensions or the maximum benefit award.
This is the United States planning view, with monetary inputs and outputs in USD. A currency label does not establish that a tax rate, construction price, coverage rule or legal limit has been verified locally. The inputs and limitations below describe the actual scope.
Input query strings and outputs
Use an input name in this page’s URL as ?name=value, and join additional inputs with &. Portable shared links may instead use the compact ?ac= state parameter.
Input query strings
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?weeklyAward=Weekly benefit in verified agency awardMoney · Required · Default: 300
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?weeks=Remaining eligible payable weeksNumber · Required · Default: 12
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?waitingWeeks=Unpaid waiting weeks within this budget periodNumber · Required · Default: 0
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?earnings=Weekly earnings during claimMoney · Required · Default: 0
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?disregard=Verified weekly earnings disregardMoney · Required · Default: 0
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?offset=Verified reduction rate on excess earningsPercentage · Required · Default: 100
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?withholding=Voluntary withholding assumptionPercentage · Required · Default: 0
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?rulesConfirmed=Applicable jurisdiction rules and entered amounts independently verifiedTrue or false · Optional · Default: false
Outputs
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weeklyModeled payable weekly amountCurrency · Currency: USD
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payableWeeksBudgeted payable weeksWhole number
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grossModeled gross benefit for periodCurrency · Primary output · Currency: USD
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netModeled cash after entered withholdingCurrency · Currency: USD
Formula
Weekly amount = max(0, agency award − max(0, weekly earnings − disregard) × offset rate). Period amount = weekly amount × payable weeks.
Calculations retain numeric precision internally. Displayed values are rounded for readability. Quantities that must be purchased as whole units are rounded up only where the formula explicitly requires it.
Read the inputs before calculating
- Weekly benefit in verified agency award: Enter the quantity described by the label.
- Remaining eligible payable weeks: Enter the quantity described by the label.
- Unpaid waiting weeks within this budget period: Enter the quantity described by the label.
- Weekly earnings during claim: Enter the quantity described by the label.
- Verified weekly earnings disregard: Enter the quantity described by the label.
- Verified reduction rate on excess earnings: Enter the quantity described by the label.
- Voluntary withholding assumption: Enter the quantity described by the label.
- Applicable jurisdiction rules and entered amounts independently verified: Enter the quantity described by the label. Leave this unconfirmed until you have actually checked the required condition.
Reproducible worked example
The following is a fictional arithmetic example, not a local quote, a verified claimant or a market forecast. Its values are included so the formula can be checked. The form does not automatically confirm any verification checkbox.
Applicable jurisdiction rules and entered amounts independently verified: assumed confirmed solely for this fictional demonstration
| Input | Example value |
|---|---|
| Weekly benefit in verified agency award | 300 |
| Remaining eligible payable weeks | 12 |
| Unpaid waiting weeks within this budget period | 0 |
| Weekly earnings during claim | 0 |
| Verified weekly earnings disregard | 0 |
| Verified reduction rate on excess earnings | 100 |
| Voluntary withholding assumption | 0 |
| Applicable jurisdiction rules and entered amounts independently verified | true |
| Output | Calculated result |
|---|---|
| Modeled payable weekly amount | USD 300 |
| Budgeted payable weeks | 12 |
| Modeled gross benefit for period | USD 3,600 |
| Modeled cash after entered withholding | USD 3,600 |
Interpreting a changed assumption
Start with one complete scenario and change only one input when diagnosing a difference. Recheck units, the period of every rate, whether an amount is recurring or one-off, and whether a cost is already included elsewhere. A larger calculated benefit is not evidence that an assumption is more likely to occur.
Limitations
- A worksheet is not a legal entitlement, court award, filing deadline, benefit decision or legal advice. Confirm the jurisdiction and facts with a qualified local professional.
- No state negligence rule, damages cap, limitation period, child-support schedule or benefit table is inferred.
- Some states use nonlinear reductions or disqualify weeks above an earnings threshold. Entered linear rules apply only after independent verification. Availability-for-work and reporting obligations are not evaluated.
Frequently asked questions
What does this Unemployment Benefit Budget Planner result represent?
Budget from an actual agency award with an explicitly verified partial-earnings rule. This does not determine eligibility, base-period wages, extensions or the maximum benefit award. It applies the displayed formula to your inputs; it does not infer omitted facts.
Are the starting amounts verified United States prices or legal rules?
No. Numeric defaults are illustrative unless an input or dated reference explicitly identifies a researched component. Currency is USD; local quotes, eligibility and unsupported rules must be entered and verified separately.
What must I check before relying on the result?
A worksheet is not a legal entitlement, court award, filing deadline, benefit decision or legal advice. Confirm the jurisdiction and facts with a qualified local professional. No state negligence rule, damages cap, limitation period, child-support schedule or benefit table is inferred.
Can I compare or share different assumptions?
Change one assumption at a time and use the browser-local project or share controls. A shared URL contains the encoded input values; do not include information you do not wish to disclose.
Sources and reference scope
- US legal help and official resources — retrieved 2026-09-24. Route to jurisdiction-specific advice; not a source of state-specific caps or negligence rules.
These references support only their stated scope. They are not evidence that every local rule or price needed by the master expansion has been loaded.