Unemployment in NC is unlike anything it’s ever been. Since March, 705,000 people have filed for unemployment insurance benefits in North Carolina.
The max anyone can get in a week from the state is $350. But then there's federal unemployment and that is an extra $600.
Everyone who is qualified for state unemployment gets this federal unemployment payment ---- automatically. The payment is a flat $600 a week, every week.
If you are self-employed, an independent contractor, a hairstylist and you didn't qualify for the state unemployment, thefederal unemployment moneyis for you. You will get a flat $600 a week as well.