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- Alaska Statutes.
- Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation
- Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act
- Section 350. Amount of Benefits.
previous: Section 345. Payment of Benefits.
next: Section 352. Additional Benefits. [Repealed, Sec. 32 Ch 32 SLA 1971].
AS 23.20.350. Amount of Benefits.
- (a) An individual who is paid at least $1,000 in wages during the individual's base period for employment covered by this
chapter is eligible to receive benefits under this chapter if those wages were paid in at least two of the calendar
quarters of the individual's base period.
- (b) [Repealed, Sec. 33 ch 115 SLA 1982].
- (c) For the purpose of computing the benefits payable under this chapter, the base period wages of an insured worker shall
be determined as follows:
- (1) if the insured worker is paid 90 percent or more of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base
period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid in the
quarters of the base period other than the one in which the greatest amount of wages were paid, multiplied by 10; and
- (2) if the insured worker is paid less than 90 percent of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base
period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid to the
worker during the base period.
- (d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive the weekly benefit amount set out in
column (B) of the table in this subsection that is opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base
period wages determined under (c) of this section:
(A) (B)
Base Period Wages Weekly Benefit Amount
At least But less than
0 1,000 $ 0
1,000 1,250 44
1,250 1,500 46
1,500 1,750 48
1,750 2,000 50
2,000 2,250 52
2,250 2,500 54
2,500 2,750 56
2,750 3,000 58
3,000 3,250 60
3,250 3,500 62
3,500 3,750 64
3,750 4,000 66
4,000 4,250 68
4,250 4,500 70
4,500 4,750 72
4,750 5,000 74
5,000 5,250 76
5,250 5,500 78
5,500 5,750 80
5,750 6,000 82
6,000 6,250 84
6,250 6,500 86
6,500 6,750 88
6,750 7,000 90
7,000 7,250 92
7,250 7,500 94
7,500 7,750 96
7,750 8,000 98
8,000 8,250 100
8,250 8,500 102
8,500 8,750 104
8,750 9,000 106
9,000 9,250 108
9,250 9,500 110
9,500 9,750 112
9,750 10,000 114
10,000 10,250 116
10,250 10,500 118
10,500 10,750 120
10,750 11,000 122
11,000 11,250 124
11,250 11,500 126
11,500 11,750 128
11,750 12,000 130
12,000 12,250 132
12,250 12,500 134
12,500 12,750 136
12,750 13,000 138
13,000 13,250 140
13,250 13,500 142
13,500 13,750 144
13,750 14,000 146
14,000 14,250 148
14,250 14,500 150
14,500 14,750 152
14,750 15,000 154
15,000 15,250 156
15,250 15,500 158
15,500 15,750 160
15,750 16,000 162
16,000 16,250 164
16,250 16,500 166
16,500 16,750 168
16,750 17,000 170
17,000 17,250 172
17,250 17,500 174
17,500 17,750 176
17,750 18,000 178
18,000 18,250 180
18,250 18,500 182
18,500 18,750 184
18,750 19,000 186
19,000 19,250 188
19,250 19,500 190
19,500 19,750 192
19,750 20,000 194
20,000 20,250 196
20,250 20,500 198
20,500 20,750 200
20,750 21,000 202
21,000 21,250 204
21,250 21,500 206
21,500 21,750 208
21,750 22,000 210
22,000 22,250 212
22,250 22,500 214
22,500 22,750 216
22,750 23,000 218
23,000 23,250 220
23,250 23,500 222
23,500 23,750 224
23,750 24,000 226
24,000 24,250 228
24,250 24,500 230
24,500 24,750 232
24,750 25,000 234
25,000 25,250 236
25,250 25,500 238
25,500 25,750 240
25,750 26,000 242
26,000 26,250 244
26,250 26,500 246
26,500 26,750 248
26,750 248.
- (e) An individual who is eligible under (d) of this section is entitled to receive a weekly benefit under this chapter for
the number of weeks set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection opposite the applicable earnings ratio of the
individual set out in column (A):
(A) (B)
Earnings Ratio Number of Weeks
less than 1.50 16
1.50-1.99 18
2.00-2.49 20
2.50-2.99 22
3.00-3.49 24
3.50 or more 26
- (f) An individual who establishes a benefit year is eligible for an allowance for dependents in addition to the
individual's weekly benefit amount. The department may require an individual claiming or receiving an allowance for
dependents to produce income tax returns, birth certificates, notices of adoption or custody, social security account
number of spouse, verification of support documents, or other information necessary to verify that the allowance is
payable to the individual. The allowance for dependents
- (1) is $24 per week for each dependent, except that the total allowance for dependents paid to an individual may not
exceed $72 for each week of unemployment;
- (2) is payable beginning with the week during the benefit year in which the individual claims an allowance for the
dependent and is payable for the remainder of the individual's eligibility for regular, extended, or supplemental
payments during the benefit year;
- (3) may not be claimed for a new dependent after the end of the benefit year or after the exhaustion of regular benefits
in the benefit year;
- (4) [Repealed, Sec. 30 ch 100 SLA 1989].
- (5) [Repealed, Sec. 30 ch 100 SLA 1989].
- (g) In this section,
- (1) "dependent" means an individual's
- (A) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward under 18 years of age who is
- (i) lawfully in the individual's physical custody at the time the individual claims the allowance for dependents; or
- (ii) dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support;
- (B) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward of any age who is dependent on the individual for
more than 50 percent of support and who is prevented by infirmity from engaging in a gainful occupation;
- (2) "earnings ratio" means the ratio obtained by dividing the total base period wages of the insured worker by the wages
paid in the quarter of the base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages.
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