The amount you got in employment, over or under what you usually got was a matter of what state you were in. Each state has different unemployment benefits, and

The amount you got in employment, over or under what you usually got was a matter of what state you were in. Each state has different unemployment benefits, and of course large differences in cost of living. and extra $600 doesn't go very far to help pay for housing in the expensive states. The NYTimes did a decent analysis of each state. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/business/economy/unemployment-benefits-stimulus-coronavirus.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/23/business/econ...