<i>The maximum amount in California is $450 per week, not even enough to pay the median rent for a studio: ($2,722 in August 2015.) Start adding in food and bills, and it&#x27;s a laugh.</i><p>Sure, if you pick the most expensive city in the US right now.  How does the unemployment insurance in the UK stack up?<p>We&#x27;ll just have to agree to disagree.  The EU might have a very generous safety net, but it&#x27;s incorrect to say that the US is that far behind.