VIDOL Announces 2021 Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount (MWBA) and Taxable Wage Base (TWB)

USVI-January 21, 2021- Labor Commissioner, Gary Molloy, announces the 2021 rates for Unemployment Insurance (UI) based on the UI Tax Division employer report studies. The public is encouraged to take note of the following changes.

The Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount (MWBA) in the Virgin Islands for the benefit year beginning January 1, 2021, is $677.00 and the Taxable Wage Base (TWB) for employer contributions is $32,500.00.

In accordance with Title 24 Chapter 12, Section 303(c) of the Virgin Islands Unemployment
Insurance Act, the Maximum Weekly Benefit Amount shall be an amount equal to sixty-five (65) percent of the established average weekly wage in insured work rounded to the next lower dollar. The established average weekly wage based on employment and wage statistics from our Bureau of Labor Statistics is $1,041.41.

In accordance with Title 24, Chapter 12, Section 308(c). of the Virgin Islands Unemployment Insurance Act, the Taxable Wage Base is sixty (60) percent of the average annual wage in insured work rounded to the nearest one hundred dollars. The established average annual wage based on employment and wage statistics from our Bureau of Labor Statistics is $54,153.28.

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