WVUnemployment insurance worksheet
West Virginia Unemployment Calculator: Up to $662/Week
In West Virginia, unemployment pays up to $662 a week for up to 26 weeks; your weekly amount is set by a wage class for your total base-period wages.
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How West Virginia works out your amount
West Virginia: select the statutory wage class from total covered base-period wages, within $24–$662. Qualification requires at least $2,200 across two paid quarters. The regular account is 26 weekly amounts. The current agency poster resolves three transcription errors in the code website table.
Weekly earnings reduction is not modeled here unless your state source gives a rule. Optional withholding is separate from the gross estimate.
WorkForce West Virginia decides eligibility, base-period wages, payable weeks, reductions, withholding and the final award. Use the official record below to verify this scenario.
West Virginia: Current statutory wage classes: $24–$662, a 26-week account and at least $2,200 in two paid quarters. The current agency poster resolves three printed statutory-table transcription errors. Source review dated October 1, 2026. https://code.wvlegislature.gov/21A-6-10/ (verified 2026-10-01)
West Virginia uses total wages to select a benefit class
WorkForce West Virginia assigns the weekly benefit from the statutory benefit table in section 21A-6-10. Add all four quarters of covered base-period wages, then locate the corresponding wage class. A high-quarter divisor is not the computation for this state.
The current table has 404 classes. The first starts at $2,200 and pays $24 per week. Successive classes span $150 of total wages, with rates taken from the published table. The maximum class starts at $62,650 and pays $662 per week. The ordinary maximum account for that class is $17,212.
Four $5,000 quarters total $20,000. That record falls within the $19,900–$20,049.99 class and gives $211 weekly, with a $5,486 ordinary account. Ten modeled full weeks draw $2,110. Optional 10% withholding shows $189.90 per weekly payment; it does not lower the gross account draw.
At $62,649.99 total wages, the rate is $661. One cent more reaches the $662 cap. Earnings above that boundary do not increase the regular weekly payment. The enacted 2024 law fixes this maximum; an older handbook's reference to a 2023 amount is not used to infer a new annual adjustment.
At least two quarters must contain covered wages
Section 21A-6-1 requires at least $2,200 in covered wages and earnings in more than one quarter of the selected base period. A positive weekly table result alone does not establish monetary eligibility.
Two $1,100 quarters and two zero quarters meet the $2,200 threshold. They give $24 weekly and a $624 ordinary account. A $1,100 quarter paired with $1,099.99 falls one cent short and fails. A single $2,200 quarter also fails the two-quarter condition despite reaching the table minimum.
There is no separate 1.5-times-high-quarter condition applied to this ordinary West Virginia calculation. The worksheet keeps qualification tied to the two conditions stated in the current law, while WorkForce decides covered employment and other claim requirements.
Three website transcription errors need the agency table
The current code website contains three wage-range transcription errors. Its first class ends at $2,359.99 even though the second starts at $2,350; class 127 omits the leading digit from its lower bound; and class 226 extends into later classes.
The agency's current linked benefit poster resolves these ranges. Class 1 is $2,200–$2,349.99 and pays $24; $2,350 starts the $25 class. Class 127 begins at $21,100 and pays $223. Class 226 is $35,950–$36,099.99 and pays $381; $36,100 starts the $382 class.
This worksheet uses those agency-confirmed boundaries with all 404 rates from the current statutory table. It does not allow an overlapping range to select two different weekly amounts. Review the monetary determination if the agency wage record differs from your entries.
The account equals 26 weekly benefits
The current law sets each class's maximum benefit amount at 26 times its weekly rate. The $211 example therefore has a $5,486 account. A request for more than 26 full weeks cannot increase the modeled gross draw above that amount.
Partial unemployment can leave a balance after 26 weeks of smaller payments. The statute allows continued payments until the maximum balance is exhausted, subject to claim rules. This full-week worksheet does not calculate partial wages, work-sharing, the unpaid waiting week or an extended-benefit program.
The regular base period uses the four completed quarters that precede the most recent one. An alternate base period may apply when the regular period is insufficient; enter the one selected by WorkForce, without combining the two. Blank quarters remain unknown.
Primary West Virginia sources
- Current section 21A-6-10: 404 rates, fixed maximum and 26-rate account.
- Current section 21A-6-1: $2,200 across more than one quarter.
- Current linked WorkForce benefit poster: corrected wage ranges and eligibility guidance.
- WorkForce downloads and forms: current agency source for the poster.
Reviewed October 1, 2026. Confirm the claim award with WorkForce West Virginia.
Worked in a nearby state too?
Each state pays from the wages reported to it, so a claim follows where the covered work was done. If some of your base-period wages were earned in one of these states, open its worksheet, or compare every state on the unemployment benefits calculator.
Supported claim periods and annual handoff
The West Virginia wage-estimate calendar supports 2026-01-01 to the current statutory schedule, subject to amendment. Source dates describe when evidence was checked; they do not create a legal expiration. A blank claim date uses the current local date. After a finite schedule ends, the form shows an explicit official-award worksheet. Enter the weekly award, maximum account and authorized weeks from the determination. An unverified successor rate is never copied from the previous annual table.
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