[header] How to calculate texas unemployment benefits [title] Find out what your base-period wages are. [step] Your base-period wages include the first four out of five fully complete calendar quarters that you worked. This period starts at the date you are applying for benefits, not when you became unemployed. 
You may receive a " statement of wages and potential benefits amounts " from the state of texas. This statement will include the following information about your base-period wages : [substeps] Weekly benefit allowance (wba) maximum benefit amount (mba) how the texas workforce commission calculated your base-period wages.