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8/3/2009 North Carolina’s Maximum Weekly UI Benefit Increases
North Carolina has the highest maximum weekly benefit amount among the Southeastern states. As of August 1, that weekly benefit amount increased from $494 to $505. This is based on a new, higher average weekly wage in North Carolina of $758.44 (or, $39,438.88 per year). Not everyone who files for unemployment insurance benefits qualifies for the maximum weekly amount. That is determined by a worker’s base period, which is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters the person worked, prior to the quarter in which a claim for benefits is filed.
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