Calculate Wisconsin Unemployment When You Work Part Time

If you are receiving unemployment benefits in the state of Wisconsin while you have a part time job, you can calculate how much your unemployment check will be each week. This will help you determine if you will get an unemployment check for that week and how much it will be.

Whether the economy is good or bad, or whether unemployment is high or low, it helps to know how much you will bring home to pay the bills if you are collecting unemployment and a paycheck. For the most part, you will have more money when you combine both incomes together.

Many people don't know that you can work part time and collect unemployment. However, the amount of your weekly Wisconsin benefit rate and how much you make per week at your part time job will determine if you can collect unemployment while working part time.

Here is a scenario that will help you calculate your Wisconsin unemployment benefit for a week when you worked part time hours.

Calculate your gross pay for the part time job. For this scenario, John worked 21 hours at his part time job. He makes $10 per hour. His gross income for this week is $210.

Determine how much of that money will affect your weekly unemployment by subtracting $30 form $210 and multiplying that total by 67 percent or 0.67. For example, 210 - 30 = 180 x .67 = 120.60 rounded up to 121. The amount of money you use for the calculation is $121.

Take your weekly benefit amount and subtract the allowable gross from your part time job. For example, John receives $263 per week from unemployment. He would subtract 121 from 263 for an unemployment benefit check of $142.

For your weekly income, you would receive $142 from unemployment and the net pay after taxes from the part time check.

Keep in mind that you must report the gross for each week from your part time job when you file your Wisconsin unemployment claim each week.