Originally Posted by
TransWorld
I understand one can make $47,000 per year from Unemployment and Covid. That’s $22 per hour with no more exertion than a weekly trip to the mailbox. Not much of a motivation to go to work and exerting one’s self.
Someone who made ~$10/hr before being laid off would make around $200-$300/week on state unemployment. With the $300 federal kicker, they're looking at around $600/wk max, so around $15/hr on the high end, and way less in lots of states. The federal kicker is ending soon, so they'll make around minimum wage. From what I've seen, the states that ended Federal kicker early are still having issues getting unskilled laborers, suggesting that a lot of these workers moved on to better jobs, but there isn't much data yet.