Work & Income

Unemployment insurance and the income rules beside it - what a state pays each week, and who sets the formula.

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Unemployment Benefits: How Much Could You Receive?

Unemployment insurance is run by your state, not by Washington. How prior wages set a weekly amount, how long it can last, and why the answer differs by state.
SSDI: How Social Security Decides You Are Disabled

SSDI asks two separate questions: have you worked long enough, and does your condition meet Social Security's definition of disability. How each test works.
SSI Income and Resource Limits: Do I Qualify and What Would It Pay?

SSI asks nothing about your work record. What the federal benefit rate pays, which income is ignored, and why the resource limit is the rule that surprises people.