The average, including the federal bonus, is currently around $32K/year equivalent.
You can get the statistics here: https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/claimssum.asp (Select US Total).
Comes to a little over $310/week average for recent months. Add $300 federal and you get $610/week, which is equivalent to $31.7K per year.
I'm not making up numbers. I'm just using the government-reported averages.
Your initial disbelief underscores why this conversation is so difficult: Most people don't realize that the current average unemployment payments have reached equivalence with US median incomes.
> and only for 39 weeks, and only if nobody offers the person a job.
The federal changes have extended the unemployment benefits well beyond the 39 week limit. Again, the current situation can't really be compared to traditional unemployment.
Also, being offered a job doesn't automatically end unemployment benefits because job offers aren't registered with the government. This only occurs if the UI beneficiary self-reports that they declined a suitable job, or if the company that offered them a job is suspicious and motivated enough to report the person to the unemployment office. The latter scenario would only occur if the employee admitted receiving unemployment and the hiring manager was motivated enough to seek revenge for declining the job offer. It can happen, but it's not like it's happening frequently.
> People on unemployment aren't dumb: they know unemployment going to end
Likewise, employers are not dumb. They know this extended unemployment is going to end and they're not interested in competing against it for the remaining few months that it will be active.