Wyoming Unemployment Calculator
As of October 19, 2026, regular Wyoming unemployment pays $48 to $671 a week for 11 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)
$48 to $671
Effective July 5, 2026
Maximum weeks
11 to 26
Regular state benefits only
State income tax on benefits
Not taxed by the state
Federal income tax applies in every state
Wyoming 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 Wyoming estimate.
How much does unemployment pay in Wyoming?
Wyoming pays 4 percent of your wages in the highest-paid base period quarter, rounded down to the dollar. The weekly amount cannot pass 55 percent of the statewide weekly wage, which DWS set at $671 as of July 5, 2026.
A highest quarter of $16,775 or more reaches the maximum. The minimum is $48. There is no dependents allowance.
Wyoming uses the first four of the last five completed quarters. The pages we read describe one exception: a worker who got workers compensation can ask DWS for a wage credit freeze and use earlier wages, within 60 days of being told benefits ended and 36 months of the injury.
Wyoming unemployment eligibility: the wage tests
These are the monetary tests only. Wyoming also decides whether you lost your job through no fault of your own and whether you are able and available to work.
- Wages in at least two base period quarters,
- base period wages of at least 8 percent of the statewide average annual wage, rounded down to $50 ($4,900 for 2025 and probably about $5,050 for 2026), and
- base period wages of at least 1.4 times your highest quarter.
Maximum weeks and maximum benefit amount
The total is the lower of 26 times your weekly amount and 30 percent of your base period wages, so claims run up to 26 weeks and can be shorter when the 30 percent limit binds (DOL lists 11 weeks as the low end). DWS says about half of claimants qualify for the full 26 weeks, and gaps in work during the base period shorten the rest. A 2026 bill (House Bill 6) to cut the limit to 20 weeks appears not to have advanced, according to a secondary source; check before relying on 26.
Working part time while collecting
You can work part time and report your gross earnings every week. If you earn more than half of your weekly benefit amount, your benefit is reduced, and you get nothing for a week in which you earn your full weekly amount or more or work 35 hours or more. DWS does not publish the exact deduction we could verify, so this calculator does not estimate partial payments.
Are Wyoming unemployment benefits taxable?
Unemployment benefits are taxable income on your federal return in every state. Wyoming has no state income tax. DWS says unemployment benefits are taxable income for federal taxes, and you can have 10 percent withheld for the IRS.
How to apply in Wyoming
File your claim at wyui.wyo.gov, then file a continued claim each week within 14 days after the claim week ends.
Wyoming DWS: Unemployment insurance
When this changes: DWS resets the minimum, maximum and base period wage requirement for claims filed from the first Sunday of July (July 4, 2027 next), and the Legislature may cut the 26-week limit to 20. Maximum (55 percent of the statewide weekly wage), minimum and the 8 percent wage test reset each July (first Sunday); HB 6 (2026) reportedly did not advance, but watch for similar bills cutting the 26-week limit to 20.
Frequently asked questions
How much does unemployment pay in Wyoming?
Regular Wyoming unemployment pays between $48 and $671 a week as of October 19, 2026. Your amount depends on the wages you were paid in your base period. Wyoming pays 4 percent of your wages in the highest-paid base period quarter, rounded down to the dollar. The weekly amount cannot pass 55 percent of the statewide weekly wage, which DWS set at $671 as of July 5, 2026.
How is the Wyoming weekly benefit amount calculated?
Wyoming pays 4 percent of your wages in the highest-paid base period quarter, rounded down to the dollar. The weekly amount cannot pass 55 percent of the statewide weekly wage, which DWS set at $671 as of July 5, 2026. A highest quarter of $16,775 or more reaches the maximum. The minimum is $48. There is no dependents allowance.
How long can I collect unemployment in Wyoming?
The total is the lower of 26 times your weekly amount and 30 percent of your base period wages, so claims run up to 26 weeks and can be shorter when the 30 percent limit binds (DOL lists 11 weeks as the low end). DWS says about half of claimants qualify for the full 26 weeks, and gaps in work during the base period shorten the rest. A 2026 bill (House Bill 6) to cut the limit to 20 weeks appears not to have advanced, according to a secondary source; check before relying on 26.
Are unemployment benefits taxable in Wyoming?
Wyoming has no state income tax. DWS says unemployment benefits are taxable income for federal taxes, and you can have 10 percent withheld for the IRS.
Can I work part time and still get Wyoming unemployment?
You can work part time and report your gross earnings every week. If you earn more than half of your weekly benefit amount, your benefit is reduced, and you get nothing for a week in which you earn your full weekly amount or more or work 35 hours or more. DWS does not publish the exact deduction we could verify, so this calculator does not estimate partial payments.
Why would my Wyoming claim last fewer than 26 weeks?
Wyoming limits your total benefits to the lower of 26 times your weekly amount and 30 percent of your base period wages. If you were out of work for part of the base period, 30 percent of your wages can run out before 26 weeks. DWS told the Legislature that roughly one in two claimants in 2024 qualified for the full 26 weeks.
Sources for Wyoming
- Wyoming DWS: Unemployment claimant FAQ$48 to $671 as of July 5, 2026, 26 weeks, part-time rule, tax
- Wyoming DWS memo to the Joint Labor Committee (October 2025)Formula, $4,900 wage test, 1.4 times test, worked examples
- Wyoming House Bill 6 (2026), current-law text of W.S. 27-3-30426 times or 30 percent limit and the proposal to cut it to 20 times
- 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: The Wyoming statutes themselves would not load (the legal-reference sites blocked automated requests), so the formula comes from the DWS memo to the Legislature and the current-law text printed in House Bill 6. The $4,900 base period requirement is the 2025 figure in that memo; DWS had not published a 2026 figure where we could read it. Because the $671 maximum is 55 percent of the statewide weekly wage, we estimate the 2026 requirement at about $5,050 (an inference), and totals from $4,900 to $5,049.99 get a may-qualify result instead of an estimate. The reported failure of House Bill 6 on February 9, 2026 comes from a secondary source (FastDemocracy), not from the Legislature. The statute says the 30 percent limit is "computed to the next higher multiple" of the weekly amount, but DWS's examples stop at 30 percent of wages (for example $12,787 in its first scenario), and this calculator follows the examples.