South Dakota unemployment benefits range between $28 and $402 per week. Eligibility requires a minimum amount of earnings in a “base period.” Your claim is based on wages paid from an employer who has paid taxes on your wages. The specific weekly amount is determined by a formula that considers the wages earned during each quarter of the base period.
Your weekly benefit is 1/26th of the wages paid in the highest quarter of your base period, up to a maximum weekly benefit amount determined by the state’s average weekly wage. Your wages in the highest quarter of your base period must be at least $728.