I’m not American, but > So, under the new legislation, a typical worker could expect $985 a week for four months ($600 in extra relief plus state benefits), fo

I’m not American, but > So, under the new legislation, a typical worker could expect $985 a week for four months ($600 in extra relief plus state benefits), followed by up to 23 weeks of $385 a week in standard state benefits. Unemployment benefits are taxable. So their normal insurance (which they paid for) covers everything but 600x24 = $14,400 in federal benefits they’re not normally entitled to. Based on they above quote it sounds like $32.5k would be the upper end. Where do you get $55k? And remember they PAID into state level insurance programs for the majority of that and they’re entitled to everything but the extra $14.4K.