North Carolina Unemployment Benefits Calculator

North Carolina computes your Weekly Benefit Amount (WBA) as the wages paid in your LAST TWO COMPLETED quarters of the base period, divided by 52, rounded DOWN to the next whole dollar (G.S. 96-14.2(a)) -- capped at $350. If that computed amount is LESS THAN $15, G.S. 96-14.2(a) states the individual "is not eligible for benefits" -- a real ineligibility rule, so this calculator declines to return a sub-$15 result rather than clamping it up. G.S. 96-14.1(b)(1) also requires wages paid in AT LEAST TWO quarters of the base period, enforced here directly; G.S. 96-14.1(b)(2) additionally requires base-period wages of at least six times the average weekly INSURED wage, a state-published figure that was not confirmed from a current official source as of October 12, 2026, so this calculator does NOT model it -- treat that second monetary test as an unmodeled pass/fail your own claim could still fail even if this calculator shows a WBA. North Carolina pays no dependent allowance. Duration (G.S. 96-14.3(a)) is set from a 12-to-20-week bracket table keyed to North Carolina's own seasonally adjusted statewide unemployment rate for the preceding six months; the current 2026-07-01 through 2026-12-31 base period uses the actual BLS Jan/Feb/Mar 2026 rates (3.8%/3.8%/3.7%, averaging 3.77%), which resolves to exactly 12 weeks (2026-07-01 through 2026-12-31) -- not a flat, unverified guess.