Interactive Earnings Worksheet
(for a new claim filed October 2023–December 2023)

GROSS income for the most recent six quarters, for ONE employer

Quarter 6 - Gross Wages
October 2023
November 2023
December 2023
Total Gross Wages
10/1/2023 – 12/31/2023
Quarter 5 - Gross Wages
July 2023
August 2023
September 2023
Total Gross Wages
7/1/2023 – 9/30/2023
Quarter 4 - Gross Wages
April 2023
May 2023
June 2023
Total Gross Wages
4/1/2023 – 6/30/2023
Quarter 3 - Gross Wages
January 2023
February 2023
March 2023
Total Gross Wages
1/1/2023 – 3/31/2023
Quarter 2 - Gross Wages
October 2022
November 2022
December 2022
Total Gross Wages
10/1/2022 – 12/31/2022
Quarter 1 - Gross Wages
July 2022
August 2022
September 2022
Total Gross Wages
7/1/2022 – 9/30/2022

How Your Benefit Award Is Calculated

The Standard Base Period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters prior to the beginning date of the UI claim. (Your UI claim starts from the date you file, not the date you became unemployed.) For example, if you are filing in December 2023, your base period is the four quarters from July 2022 through June 2023.

If you do not have sufficient wages in the Standard Base Period to establish a claim, the EDD will consider whether you qualify to file a claim using the Alternate Base Period. The Alternate Base Period can only be used to file a UI claim when there are not enough wages earned in the Standard Base Period to file a monetarily valid UI claim. The Alternate Base Period is the last four completed calendar quarters prior to the beginning date of the claim. For example, if you are filing in December 2023, your alternative base period is the four quarters from October 2022 though September 2023.

To establish a monetarily valid claim, you must have earned at least (1) $1,300 in one quarter of your base period, or (2) at least $900 in your highest quarter and total base period earnings of 1.25 times your high quarter earnings.

The quarter of your base period that you were paid the highest amount of wages determines your weekly benefit amount. See the table on pages 7–9 of A Guide to Benefits and Employment Services to see what your award amount should be. Note that if your highest quarter is $11,674.01 or more you should get the maximum award of $450 per week.


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