Each state has its own formula for determining your weekly benefit amount: how much money you will receive each week as your unemployment benefit. Typically, your weekly benefit amount is some percentage of your earnings during the entire base period or the quarter of the base period in which you were paid the most.
Your weekly benefit amount in Minnesota will be the higher of:
- 50% of your average weekly wages during the entire base period, up to a maximum of two-thirds of the state's average weekly wage, or
- 50% of your average weekly wage during the highest paid quarter of the base period, up to a maximum of 43% of the state's average weekly wage.