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Disaster unemployment benefit amounts for July–September 1993

Summary ETA directed state unemployment agencies to use the attached average weekly benefit amounts when calculating disaster unemployment assistance for disasters occurring July through September 1993. States were to round each amount up to the next dollar. The archived letter prints a September 1994 expiration date; its current advisory status is unconfirmed.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 33-93
Date issued
July 20, 1993
Status
Archived by the agency
The archived letter prints a September 30, 1994 expiration date; no current cancellation or replacement is confirmed.
Status last verified October 26, 2026

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U.S. Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Washington, D.C. 20210
Classification: UI
Correspondence symbol: TEUMI
Issue date: July 20, 1993
Rescissions: None
Expiration date: September 30, 1994
Directive: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 33-93
To: ALL STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES
From: MARY ANN WYRSCH, Director, Unemployment Insurance Service
Subject: Average Weekly Benefit Amount (AWBA) Where the Date of the Disaster Occurs During the Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1993 (July 1 through September 30, 1993)

  1. Purpose. To transmit the AWBA for each State for the fourth quarter of FY 1993.

  2. AWBA Utilization. The attached listing identifies the AWBA which is to be used when computing the weekly amount of disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) for major disasters where the date of the disaster for the individual occurs during the fourth quarter of FY 1993 (refer to 20 CFR 625.6). The AWBA for each State is based on the total amount of unemployment insurance paid in that State in the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters immediately preceding the quarter in which the major disaster began. States shall use the AWBA, rounded to the next higher dollar amount, in the computation of the DUA weekly benefit amount. An updated listing will be provided for each subsequent calendar quarter.

  3. Action Required. State Employment Security Agency Administrators are requested to provide this information to appropriate staff.

  4. Inquiries. Inquiries should be addressed to the appropriate Regional Office.

  5. Attachment. AWBA Where the Date of the Disaster Occurs During the Quarter July 1 through September 30, 1993.

Attachment — Average Weekly Benefit Amounts, July 1–September 30, 1993
Official attachment: https://oui.doleta.gov/dmstree/uipl/uipl93/uipl_3393a.pdf

AWBA FOR MAJOR DISASTERS THAT OCCUR
                   DURING QUARTER JULY 1 THRU SEPTEMBER 30, 1993

                      BASED ON AWBA FOR TOTAL UNEMPLOYMENT,
                               04/01/1992 through 03/31/1993


                                   USE
                 UNROUNDED         ROUNDED
STATES           AMOUNT            AMOUNT
Alabama          123.00            123
Alaska           169.84            170
Arizona          147.27            148
Arkansas         153.76            154
California       154.55            155
Colorado         179.67            180
Connecticut      213.73            214
Delaware         179.46            180
Dist. of Col.    229.87            230
Florida          159.50            160
Georgia          148.65            149
Guam             175.37            176
Hawaii           243.87            244
Idaho            159.16            160
Illinois         186.30            187
Indiana          129.36            130
Iowa             173.17            174
Kansas           181.95            182
Kentucky         147.53            148
Louisiana        119.51            120
Maine            166.22            167
Maryland         180.11            181
Massachusetts    228.65            229
Michigan         211.03            212
Minnesota        202.61            203
Mississippi      124.29            125
Missouri         147.63            148
Montana          137.52            138
Nebraska         135.56            136
Nevada           169.39            170
New Hampshire    137.13            138
New Jersey       227.13            228
New Mexico       139.93            140
New York         198.27            199
North Carolina   160.62            161
North Dakota     147.85            148
Ohio             180.28            181
Oklahoma                161.22                         162
Oregon                  174.52                         175
Pennsylvania            203.08                         204
Puerto Rico             85.08                          86
Rhode Island            205.28                         206
South Carolina          143.76                         144
South Dakota            129.08                         130
Tennessee               126.52                         127
Texas                   178.57                         179
Utah                    177.08                         178
Vermont                 157.49                         158
Virgin Islands          161.79                         162
Virginia                166.60                         167
Washington              179.06                         180
West Virginia           165.55                         166
Wisconsin               179.28                         180
Wyoming                 163.15                         164

Data supplied by U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Unemployment Insurance Service, 06/29/1993

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