Think about it in the sense of where you earned the money. If you live in Washington but physically work in Oregon, you’re earning money (and paying income tax)

Think about it in the sense of where you earned the money. If you live in Washington but physically work in Oregon, you’re earning money (and paying income tax) in Oregon. You’re only eligible to apply for unemployment in states where you worked and meet the eligibility criteria. So in that case, no matter what bonuses WA is offering, you only paid into the OR system so that’s the one you’re eligible for. There’s no “shopping around” because (for the most part) you’re only working in and paying into the system of a single state. This link might help: https://www.cbpp.org/research/introduction-to-unemployment-insurance https://www.cbpp.org/research/introduction-to-unemployment-i...