How much can I earn while receiving unemployment
You must be working less than full time, and the details on how much you can earn is in the Related Link below, in the "Receiving unemployment benefits while working" section.
You can earn up to 40% of your unemployment benefit without it affecting your compensation. For example, if your benefit was $200 per week you could earn 200 times 40%, or $80, and still receive your $200 benefit. See the Related Link below for details.
Massachusetts; $939.00/Week
Unemployment benefit is paid to those who are out of work. If you find work you must tell the benefit agency or you will be committing a crime (fraud). Depending on how much you earn it may be that the agency will top up your earnings to the equivalent of your unemployment entitlement (if your wages are less) so as to ease you back into full time work.
If you are seeking unemployment AFTER holding a "commission only" job, most likely not. If you get a "commission only" job after starting to receive unemployment, it depends on how much you earn (you have to report all income during the benefit period) compared to the benefit payments and whether your state allows this in the first place, as each state has its own regulations pertaining to benefits.
Unemployment in Virginia pays between $58 and $378 per week, depending on how much you made prior to becoming unemployed. In general, your weekly unemployment check will be approximately half what you made at your job.
Unemployment compensation is usually based on how much you were making when you were employed (up to some maximum benefit amount). The calculation is often fairly complicated, so your best bet is to contact the state unemployment office and check with them in your particular case what your weekly benefit would be.
Here is an excerpt from the Michigan Unemployment - Receiving unemployment benefits while working In some cases, you can accept part-time work while receiving unemployment benefits. However, your work must be less than full-time, and your benefits will be reduced according to how much you earn in the week for which you are claiming benefits. There are three basic principles that affect how much you can earn while receiving unemployment benefits: (1) if your earnings are equal to or less than your weekly benefit amount, then your benefits are reduced by 50¢ for every dollar you earn; (2) if your earnings exceed your weekly benefit amount but are less than 1½ times your benefit amount, then your total earnings are subtracted from 1½ times your weekly benefit amount; and (3) the combination of your weekly benefits and earnings cannot exceed 1½ times your weekly benefit amount. A point to remember: The number of weekly benefit payments remaining in your claim will be reduced by one full week for each week you receive any benefit payment.
The minimum weekly benefit is $25 and the maximum is $443.
You can receive partial unemployment benefits, if you are earning money. After deducting $25 from your weekly earnings, the amount over that, subtracted from your weekly benefits, would be the amount of your adjusted weekly benefit. See the Related Link below for more details.
You will need to check with your own local authorities to see how much you can earn - if anything - while drawing unemployment benefits.
$450/week + $25/week stimulus.