Alaska Statutes Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation § 23.20.350. Amount of benefits

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) An individual who is paid at least $2,500 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(b) Repealed.

(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		2,500	$ 0
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		27,000	250
27,000		27,250	252
27,250		27,500	254
27,500		27,750	256
27,750		28,000	258
28,000		28,250	260
28,250		28,500	262
28,500		28,750	264
28,750		29,000	266
29,000		29,250	268
29,250		29,500	270
29,500		29,750	272
29,750		30,000	274
30,000		30,250	276
30,250		30,500	278
30,500		30,750	280
30,750		31,000	282
31,000		31,250	284
31,250		31,500	286
31,500		31,750	288
31,750		32,000	290
32,000		32,250	292
32,250		32,500	294
32,500		32,750	296
32,750		33,000	298
33,000		33,250	300
33,250		33,500	302
33,500		33,750	304
33,750		34,000	306
34,000		34,250	308
34,250		34,500	310
34,500		34,750	312
34,750		35,000	314
35,000		35,250	316
35,250		35,500	318
35,500		35,750	320
35,750		36,000	322
36,000		36,250	324
36,250		36,500	326
36,500		36,750	328
36,750		37,000	330
37,000		37,250	332
37,250		37,500	334
37,500		37,750	336
37,750		38,000	338
38,000		38,250	340
38,250		38,500	342
38,500		38,750	344
38,750		39,000	346
39,000		39,250	348
39,250		39,500	350
39,500		39,750	352
39,750		40,000	354
40,000		40,250	356
40,250		40,500	358
40,500		40,750	360
40,750		41,000	362
41,000		41,250	364
41,250		41,500	366
41,500		41,750	368
41,750		42,000	370
42,000			370.

(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), (5) Repealed.

(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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