Unemployment Benefits by State

Unemployment benefits by state: all 50 states and DC

Weekly amounts are for the claimant with no dependents; where a state adds a dependents allowance, the higher figure in small type is the DOL maximum with the most dependents the state counts. Colorado and Minnesota have two maximums, one for the high-quarter formula and one for the total-wages formula. Maximum weeks run from the shortest claim a qualifying worker can get, usually because the total is capped at a share of low wages, to the longest. In states that tie duration to the unemployment rate, the DOL figure can be the ceiling the law allows rather than today's maximum; for the 10 calculator states the table shows the maximum for new claims now.

• California: California EDD, Unemployment Insurance Benefit Table (DE 1101BT5) and Eligibility page
• Florida: Claims in 2026 get at most 12 weeks, because the state unemployment rate for the third quarter of 2025 averaged about 4 percent (BLS), at or below the 5 percent trigger; the statute adds a week for each 0.5 point above 5 percent, up to 23. The 9-week low end is where the 25 percent of base period wages limit ends a claim sooner.
• Georgia: New claims currently get at most 14 weeks: Georgia ties the maximum to the statewide unemployment rate (14 weeks at 4.5 percent or lower, up to 26 at 10 percent or more), and the rate was about 3.5 percent in 2026 (BLS). DOL July 2026 lists 6 to 26 weeks, the range the law allows; the 6-week low end is where the one-quarter of base period wages limit ends a claim sooner.
• Illinois: The maximum is $628 for a single claimant, $748 with a nonworking spouse and $859 with a dependent child. DOL shows the minimum range as $51 to $77.
• Minnesota: The $611 cap applies to the high-quarter formula and the $948 cap to the total-wages formula, for benefit accounts established from October 26, 2025 through October 24, 2026. Accounts established from October 25, 2026 get new caps, which had not been published where we could read them. uimn.org could not be opened, so the caps and the $37 minimum come from the DOL compilation.
• New Jersey: The minimum of $186 is 60 percent of the $310 base-week earnings threshold for 2026. DOL shows $186 to $213 for the minimum, where $213 includes dependency benefits.
• New York: The maximum rose from $504 to $869 on October 6, 2025. The minimum is $140 as of January 2026. Labor Law 590 ties later maximums to the state average weekly wage, so recheck after each October.
• Pennsylvania: The chart tops out at $605 for high-quarter wages of $15,388 or more. A dependents allowance of up to $8 a week is added. Payments carry a solvency benefit reduction that L&I set at 3.2 percent from January 2023.
• Texas: TWC resets the amounts each October. The TWC table we could read lists $75 to $605 for claims effective October 5, 2025; amounts for claims from October 4, 2026 were not posted there yet. Texas Labor Code 207.002 limits the yearly rise to $14 for the maximum and $1 for the minimum, so a new maximum can be at most $619.
• Washington: The range applies to claims with an effective date on or after July 5, 2026. The year before it was $366 to $1,152.