Reported by: Kyle Burke
Email: kburke@abc15.com
Last Update: 7/25 5:58 pm
Alabama and Mississippi are the only other states in the country who pay out smaller unemployment benefits than Arizona.
"Every state has a different level, and there are a lot of factors that go into it, the local economy, local wage rates, a lot of different factors," said Meissner.
The unemployment benefits come from the unemployment tax that all employers are required to pay.
"The legislature set it at a rate they thought was appropriate not only for the people getting it, but for the companies that have to pay it," said Meissner.
Weekly unemployment benefits by state
Massachusetts $628
New Jersey $584
Minnesota $566
Hawaii $545
Washington $541
Pennsylvania $539
Rhode Island $528
Connecticut $519
Alabama $255 Montana $407
Alaska $370 Nebraska $308
Arizona $240 Nevada $362
Arkansas $409 New Hampshire $427
California $450
Colorado $475 New Mexico $455
New York $405
Delaware $330 North Carolina $494
District of Columbia $359 North Dakota $385
Florida $275 Ohio $372
Georgia $330 Oklahoma $392
Oregon $482
Idaho $362
Illinois $385
Indiana $390 South Carolina $326
Iowa $443 South Dakota $285
Kansas $423 Tennessee $275
Kentucky $415 Texas $378
Louisiana $284 Utah $444
Maine $496 Vermont $409
Maryland $380 Virginia $378
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Michigan $365 West Virginia $424
Wisconsin $363
Mississippi $230 Wyoming $387
Missouri $320
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