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The maximum weekly benefit is $595, according to NCSL.
In Massachusetts, the maximum weekly benefit, excluding add-ons for dependents, is $653.
The maximum weekly benefit of $400 is less than 40percentt of the average weekly earnings in the state.
After 2012, the maximum weekly benefit would increase each year, indexed to two-thirds of the average weekly wage.
That increase, the first since 2000, will raise the maximum weekly benefit in the state to $410.
Map of the United States highlights the maximum weekly benefit for an injured worker as a percent of each state's average wage, Jan . 2006
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Under the deal, maximum weekly benefits would increase to $500 next year, $600 in 2009, $650 in 2010 and the following year to two-thirds of the average weekly earnings.
In a debt-reducing effort, the Republican-controlled legislature voted to cut maximum weekly benefits to $350 from $535, a 35 percent drop; reduce the maximum number of weeks for collecting benefits to between 12 and 20 weeks from 26 weeks; and tighten requirements to qualify.
The measure, which takes effect on July 1 and is the second bill Mr. McCrory has signed since taking office, cuts maximum weekly benefits to $350 from $535 and caps benefits at 12 to 20 weeks, depending on the state's unemployment rate, instead of the current 26 weeks.
Each state caps maximum weekly benefits.
New York's maximum weekly unemployment benefit of $405 is lower than those of all of its neighboring states.
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