Unemployment benefits in Beckley
Unemployment insurance in Beckley is a West Virginia program, filed with the state agency rather than with Raleigh County. The weekly amount and the number of weeks come from state law, and both are below.
Where a Beckley case goes
Claims from Beckley go to the West Virginia unemployment agency, not to a Raleigh County office. Benefits are paid by the state under the formula below. Beckley has about 16,515 residents (Census Bureau, 2024 estimate).
Open the full West Virginia unemployment calculator → — same formula, with every input, the statute (W. Va. Code § 21A-6-10 (as amended by SB 841, 2024); WorkForce WV benefit rate table WVUC-B-59) and the date it was last checked.
Formula
55% of your average weekly wage
Maximum
$662 · up to 26 weeks
Does Beckley have its own rule?
No. W. Va. Code § 21A-6-10 (as amended by SB 841, 2024); WorkForce WV benefit rate table WVUC-B-59 applies across West Virginia, so a claim from Beckley is decided by the same numbers as one filed anywhere else in the state. What changes locally is which workforce office you deal with in person and how busy it is — not the weekly amount or the number of weeks.
What the statute says
W. Va. Code § 21A-6-10 (as amended by SB 841, 2024); WorkForce WV benefit rate table WVUC-B-59 — WorkForce West Virginia — unemployment compensation benefit rate table (effective July 1, 2025). West Virginia reads your weekly rate from a 404-class benefit table that works out to about 55% of your average weekly wage (total base-period wages ÷ 52): $24 for base-period wages of $2,200 and $662 for $62,650 or more. The $662 cap has been frozen by the 2024 law (SB 841) instead of tracking the state average wage, and the table effective July 1, 2025 still shows it. Every wage class pays a uniform 26 weeks (maximum benefit = 26 × weekly rate); bills to shorten or taper benefits have not passed. No dependents' allowance.
Last checked 2026-09-11; figures pending final verification against the current statute or schedule. Read the source →
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