South Carolina Unemployment Benefits Calculator
South Carolina claimant entry
South Carolina agency-award worksheet
For South Carolina, enter the weekly award, maximum balance, and payable weeks issued by South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce; this route asserts no state-law formula.
South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce controls South Carolina eligibility and the monetary record; this worksheet only mirrors South Carolina values for review and never awards benefits.
South Carolina claimant source: https://dew.sc.gov/individuals/file-claim — checked 2026-09-14 by this implementation.
South Carolina: filing and evidence
South Carolina is presented here in award-entry mode. South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reference material lists a South Carolina ceiling of $350 weekly and 20 reference weeks, a pairing worth $7,000; neither figure proves monetary eligibility, payable weeks, or approval.
South Carolina filing desk
South Carolina unemployment benefits belongs with South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce; this is the claimant-facing starting point.
https://dew.sc.gov/individuals/file-claimSouth Carolina wage record boundary
South Carolina’s wage record and base-period rules are applied by DEW; the former cap-and-weeks table did not establish a claimant award.
South Carolina claimant next action
File through SCDEW and use the wage protest or appeal instructions attached to the determination. For South Carolina, keep employer names, pay-stub dates, gross wages, separation details, and work-search records together; South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce needs the South Carolina record when checking base-period quarters and the monetary determination.
South Carolina agency source link (https://dew.sc.gov/individuals/file-claim) checked 2026-09-14; the federal comparison table is listed on the shared sources page.
South Carolina halves your high-quarter weekly wage, and caps the claim at 20 weeks
South Carolina states its replacement rate directly: the weekly benefit amount is 50% of the average weekly wage in your high quarter. That is an unusually transparent formula, but it sits alongside one of the shorter durations in the country.
- A stated 50% replacement rate. Most states bury the equivalent figure in a divisor such as 1/25 or 1/26; South Carolina expresses it as a percentage of the high quarter's weekly average.
- The weekly range is $42 to $350. The $350 ceiling means the 50% promise stops holding once high-quarter weekly wages pass roughly $700.
- 13 to 20 payable weeks. The maximum benefit amount is the lesser of a third of base-period wages or 20 times the weekly amount, so the 26-week norm never applies here.
- Qualifying takes 1.5 times high-quarter wages, a $4,455 base-period minimum, and $1,092 in the high quarter.
- Part-time work: a quarter of the weekly amount is ignored.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective January 2026. The report states it is not an official interpretation of state UI laws, so treat these provisions as a cross-check on the Department of Employment and Workforce determination rather than a replacement for it.
Weekly maximums nearest South Carolina
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