{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-23.20.350","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 23.20.350","heading":"Amount of benefits.","body":"(a) An individual who is paid at least $2,500 in wages during the individual's base period for employment covered by this chapter is eligible to receive benefits under this chapter if those wages were paid in at least two of the calendar quarters of the individual's base period.\n(b) [Repealed, § 33 ch 115 SLA 1982.]\n(c) For the purpose of computing the benefits payable under this chapter, the base period wages of an insured worker shall be determined as follows:\n(1) if the insured worker is paid 90 percent or more of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid in the quarters of the base period other than the one in which the greatest amount of wages were paid, multiplied by 10; and\n(2) if the insured worker is paid less than 90 percent of the worker's wages in the calendar quarter of the worker's base period in which the worker was paid the greatest amount of wages, the base period wages are the wages paid to the worker during the base period.\n(d) An individual who is eligible under (a) of this section is entitled to receive the weekly benefit amount set out in column (B) of the table in this subsection that is opposite the amount set out in column (A) of the individual's base period wages determined under (c) of this section:\n(A)(B)\nBase Period WagesWeekly Benefit Amount\nAt leastBut less than\n0 2,500$ 0\n2,500 2,750 56\n2,750 3,000 58\n3,000 3,250 60\n3,250 3,500 62\n3,500 3,750 64\n3,750 4,000 66\n4,000 4,250 68\n4,250 4,500 70\n4,500 4,750 72\n4,750 5,000 74\n5,000 5,250 76\n5,250 5,500 78\n5,500 5,750 80\n5,750 6,000 82\n6,000 6,250 84\n6,250 6,500 86\n6,500 6,750 88\n6,750 7,000 90\n7,000 7,250 92\n7,250 7,500 94\n7,500 7,750 96\n7,750 8,000 98\n8,000 8,250100\n8,250 8,500102\n8,500 8,750104\n8,750 9,000106\n9,000 9,250108\n9,250 9,500110\n9,500 9,750112\n9,75010,000114\n10,00010,250116\n10,25010,500118\n10,50010,750120\n10,75011,000122\n11,00011,250124\n11,25011,500126\n11,50011,750128\n11,75012,000130\n12,00012,250132\n12,25012,500134\n12,50012,750136\n12,75013,000138\n13,00013,250140\n13,25013,500142\n13,50013,750144\n13,75014,000146\n14,00014,250148\n14,25014,500150\n14,50014,750152\n14,75015,000154\n15,00015,250156\n15,25015,500158\n15,50015,750160\n15,75016,000162\n16,00016,250164\n16,25016,500166\n16,50016,750168\n16,75017,000170\n17,00017,250172\n17,25017,500174\n17,50017,750176\n17,75018,000178\n18,00018,250180\n18,25018,500182\n18,50018,750184\n18,75019,000186\n19,00019,250188\n19,25019,500190\n19,50019,750192\n19,75020,000194\n20,00020,250196\n20,25020,500198\n20,50020,750200\n20,75021,000202\n21,00021,250204\n21,25021,500206\n21,50021,750208\n21,75022,000210\n22,00022,250212\n22,25022,500214\n22,50022,750216\n22,75023,000218\n23,00023,250220\n23,25023,500222\n23,50023,750224\n23,75024,000226\n24,00024,250228\n24,25024,500230\n24,50024,750232\n24,75025,000234\n25,00025,250236\n25,25025,500238\n25,50025,750240\n25,75026,000242\n26,00026,250244\n26,25026,500246\n26,50026,750248\n26,75027,000250\n27,00027,250252\n27,25027,500254\n27,50027,750256\n27,75028,000258\n28,00028,250260\n28,25028,500262\n28,50028,750264\n28,75029,000266\n29,00029,250268\n29,25029,500270\n29,50029,750272\n29,75030,000274\n30,00030,250276\n30,25030,500278\n30,50030,750280\n30,75031,000282\n31,00031,250284\n31,25031,500286\n31,50031,750288\n31,75032,000290\n32,00032,250292\n32,25032,500294\n32,50032,750296\n32,75033,000298\n33,00033,250300\n33,25033,500302\n33,50033,750304\n33,75034,000306\n34,00034,250308\n34,25034,500310\n34,50034,750312\n34,75035,000314\n35,00035,250316\n35,25035,500318\n35,50035,750320\n35,75036,000322\n36,00036,250324\n36,25036,500326\n36,50036,750328\n36,75037,000330\n37,00037,250332\n37,25037,500334\n37,50037,750336\n37,75038,000338\n38,00038,250340\n38,25038,500342\n38,50038,750344\n38,75039,000346\n39,00039,250348\n39,25039,500350\n39,50039,750352\n39,75040,000354\n40,00040,250356\n40,25040,500358\n40,50040,750360\n40,75041,000362\n41,00041,250364\n41,25041,500366\n41,50041,750368\n41,75042,000370\n42,000370.\n(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):\n(A)(B)\nEarnings RatioNumber of Weeks\nless than 1.5016\n1.50-1.9918\n2.00-2.4920\n2.50-2.9922\n3.00-3.4924\n3.50 or more26\n(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\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(4) [Repealed, § 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.]\n(5) [Repealed, § 30 ch 100 SLA 1989.]\n(g) In this section,\n(1) “dependent” means an individual's\n(A) unmarried child, stepchild, legally adopted child, or legal ward under 18 years of age who is\n(i) lawfully in the individual's physical custody at the time the individual claims the allowance for dependents; or\n(ii) dependent on the individual for more than 50 percent of support;\n(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;\n(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.","path":["Title 23. Labor and Workers' Compensation.","Chapter 20. Alaska Employment Security Act.","Article 6. Benefits."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#23.20.350","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:46Z","sha256":"2964cb3fe3d5b42367bb059b6823afe760fac1880b7de177c6420755bc8fc3cc","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-23.20.345","next":"us-ak/as-23.20.352"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}