Michigan pays a maximum of $362 a week. Earlier in the pandemic, they waived the job application reporting requirements, _and_ I got the enhanced unemployment, which made it much more worthwhile - enough to cover at least my mortgage, especially combined with the now-also-expired child tax credit. But waiving the reporting requirement has now expired and it's $362 a week, and has been since 2002. You have to fill out antiquated forms which include things like the phone number and address of the hiring manager you interviewed with - information that often isn't even available, when so much of the application process for most positions is now via online forms. Slip up slightly, and you'll lose weeks of pay. Given that this jumping through hoops takes a lot of time that I could otherwise use for my job search, last time I opted to not even bother - better to get to a new job faster than work to earn a small fraction of my usual pay, which won't even cover mortgage alone. This shouldn't be a huge mystery.