New Hampshire Unemployment Calculator
As of October 19, 2026, regular New Hampshire unemployment pays $32 to $427 a week for up to 26 weeks. Enter your wages for the four quarters of your base period to estimate your weekly benefit, your maximum total benefit and which rule capped it.
Maintained by Archie Chang · Formulas and sources checked October 19, 2026 · Methodology & sources
Weekly benefit range (October 19, 2026)
$32 to $427
Effective July 1, 2007
Maximum weeks
26
Regular state benefits only
State income tax on benefits
Not taxed by the state
Federal income tax applies in every state
New Hampshire unemployment benefit calculator
Which months are my four quarters?
The standard base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you file. The quarter you file in, and the one just before it, are left out. Enter the quarters in order, oldest first. Each quarter is three calendar months: January to March, April to June, July to September, October to December.
| If you file in | Your base period is |
|---|---|
| January to March 2026 | October 2024 to September 2025 |
| April to June 2026 | January to December 2025 |
| July to September 2026 | April 2025 to March 2026 |
| October to December 2026 | July 2025 to June 2026 |
Use gross wages (before taxes) from every covered job, in the quarter they were earned. If your wages are too low under this period, many states test an alternate base period made of the last four completed quarters.
Enter your wages above to see your New Hampshire estimate.
How much does unemployment pay in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire does not use a percentage. RSA 282-A:25 sets a schedule: annual earnings of $2,800 to $3,099 pay $32 a week, $3,100 pays $35, and the amount climbs through 52 rows to $427 for annual earnings of $41,500 or more.
Annual earnings means your wages in the base period from New Hampshire employment.
The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters. If you do not have enough wages in it to qualify under RSA 282-A:25, New Hampshire uses the last four completed quarters, so enter those quarters if this estimate says you do not qualify.
New Hampshire unemployment eligibility: the wage tests
These are the monetary tests only. New Hampshire also decides whether you lost your job through no fault of your own and whether you are able and available to work.
- Annual earnings (base period wages) of at least $2,800, and
- at least $1,400 earned in each of two calendar quarters.
Maximum weeks and maximum benefit amount
The schedule lists maximum benefits of exactly 26 times the weekly amount for every row, so a New Hampshire claim pays up to 26 weeks.
Working part time while collecting
Your weekly benefit amount is reduced by all wages and earnings above 30 percent of the weekly amount, rounded to the nearest dollar. Example: a $300 weekly amount disregards $90, so $150 of wages pays $300 - $60 = $240. A week with wages equal to or above your weekly amount is not partial unemployment under RSA 282-A:14 and pays nothing.
Are New Hampshire unemployment benefits taxable?
Unemployment benefits are taxable income on your federal return in every state. New Hampshire does not tax wages or unemployment benefits, so benefits are taxable only on your federal return. We did not read a Department of Revenue Administration page for this statement.
How to apply in New Hampshire
File through New Hampshire Employment Security (NHES), then file a weekly claim. The statute requires one waiting week for benefit years since January 3, 2010.
New Hampshire Employment Security
When this changes: The RSA 282-A:25 schedule has been fixed since July 1, 2007 and has no scheduled change. The schedule in RSA 282-A:25 has been fixed since July 1, 2007; recheck only if the General Court amends the section.
Frequently asked questions
How much does unemployment pay in New Hampshire?
Regular New Hampshire unemployment pays between $32 and $427 a week as of October 19, 2026. Your amount depends on the wages you were paid in your base period. New Hampshire does not use a percentage. RSA 282-A:25 sets a schedule: annual earnings of $2,800 to $3,099 pay $32 a week, $3,100 pays $35, and the amount climbs through 52 rows to $427 for annual earnings of $41,500 or more.
How is the New Hampshire weekly benefit amount calculated?
New Hampshire does not use a percentage. RSA 282-A:25 sets a schedule: annual earnings of $2,800 to $3,099 pay $32 a week, $3,100 pays $35, and the amount climbs through 52 rows to $427 for annual earnings of $41,500 or more. Annual earnings means your wages in the base period from New Hampshire employment.
How long can I collect unemployment in New Hampshire?
The schedule lists maximum benefits of exactly 26 times the weekly amount for every row, so a New Hampshire claim pays up to 26 weeks.
Are unemployment benefits taxable in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire does not tax wages or unemployment benefits, so benefits are taxable only on your federal return. We did not read a Department of Revenue Administration page for this statement.
Can I work part time and still get New Hampshire unemployment?
Your weekly benefit amount is reduced by all wages and earnings above 30 percent of the weekly amount, rounded to the nearest dollar. Example: a $300 weekly amount disregards $90, so $150 of wages pays $300 - $60 = $240. A week with wages equal to or above your weekly amount is not partial unemployment under RSA 282-A:14 and pays nothing.
Why does New Hampshire pay from a table instead of a percentage?
The weekly amount comes from a schedule written into RSA 282-A:25 that matches annual base period earnings to a weekly benefit amount, from $32 at $2,800 to $427 at $41,500. The percentage of wages replaced therefore falls from about 1.1 percent of annual earnings to about 1.0 percent as earnings rise.
Sources for New Hampshire
- RSA 282-A:25: Weekly benefit amount (archived copy of gc.nh.gov, March 22, 2026)Schedule of annual earnings, weekly amounts and maximum benefits, every row reproduced in our tests
- RSA 282-A, Unemployment Compensation (archived copy of gc.nh.gov, March 20, 2026)Partial benefits (282-A:14 and 282-A:26), base periods (282-A:2), annual earnings, waiting week
- New Hampshire Employment SecurityWhere to file a claim
- U.S. DOL, Significant Provisions of State UI Laws (July 2026)Cross-check of minimum, maximum, weeks and the partial-benefit disregard
Sources checked October 19, 2026.
Verification note: gc.nh.gov and nhes.nh.gov block automated requests, so the statute text comes from Internet Archive copies of the General Court pages dated March 20 and 22, 2026. The schedule matches DOL July 2026 ($32 and $427). The schedule rows are reproduced from the statute; the 1.1 percent and 1.0 percent comparison in the FAQ is our arithmetic ($32 / $2,800 and $427 / $41,500). The NHES site and the Department of Revenue Administration were not read.