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Unemployment Benefits Calculator

Agency-awarded weekly amount; do not guess this number.

Enter the maximum benefit amount from your determination.

Enter the payable weeks from your determination when the formula does not publish a duration.

Leave blank to model the full available duration; otherwise enter 0–52 whole weeks.

Shown separately from the gross benefit estimate.

Enter gross wages by completed quarter
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Weekly earnings reduction is not modeled here unless your state source gives a rule. Optional withholding is separate from the gross estimate.
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Unemployment Benefits Calculator — pick your state

Enter only what you know. Blank wages stay unresolved rather than becoming an invented eligibility result.

This is an estimate, not an eligibility decision or benefit award.

The agency decides eligibility, base-period wages, payable weeks, reductions, withholding and the final award. Use the official record below to verify this scenario.

Texas: https://www.twc.texas.gov/programs/unemployment-benefits/eligibility-benefit-amounts (verified 2026-09-14)Florida: Florida Statutes §443.111(2), (3), and (5): monetary eligibility, weekly amount, and maximum benefit duration. https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0443/Sections/0443.111.html (verified 2026-09-14)North Carolina: North Carolina General Statutes §96-14.2: last-two-quarter formula, $15 floor, and $350 maximum. https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_96/GS_96-14.2.html (verified 2026-09-14)

  1. 01Enter the highest quarter
  2. 02Set the claim weeks
  3. 03Read weekly and total support

Your highest quarter sets the starting point; weeks turn it into a bridge.

Enter completed wage periods or your agency award. The worksheet keeps weekly estimate, total available, and unresolved eligibility questions separate.

State index

Unemployment Benefits Calculator by state

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StateMaximum weekly benefitMaximum weeks payableMaximum potential total
Alabama$27514 weeks$3,850
Alaska$44226 weeks$11,492
Arizona$32024 weeks$7,680
Arkansas$45112 weeks$5,412
California$45026 weeks$11,700
Colorado$84426 weeks$21,944
Connecticut$79626 weeks$20,696
Delaware$45026 weeks$11,700
Florida$27512 weeks$3,300
Georgia$36526 weeks$9,490
Hawaii$86826 weeks$22,568
Idaho$62426 weeks$16,224
Illinois$85926 weeks$22,334
Indiana$39026 weeks$10,140
Iowa$76316 weeks$12,208
Kansas$63716 weeks$10,192
Kentucky$72024 weeks$17,280
Louisiana$28220 weeks$5,640
Maine$1,09026 weeks$28,340
Maryland$43026 weeks$11,180
Massachusetts$1,10530 weeks$33,150
Michigan$53026 weeks$13,780
Minnesota$94826 weeks$24,648
Mississippi$23526 weeks$6,110
Missouri$32020 weeks$6,400
Montana$76724 weeks$18,408
Nebraska$58226 weeks$15,132
Nevada$63126 weeks$16,406
New Hampshire$42726 weeks$11,102
New Jersey$90526 weeks$23,530
New Mexico$67426 weeks$17,524
New York$86926 weeks$22,594
North Carolina$35012 weeks$4,200
North Dakota$81526 weeks$21,190
Ohio$84226 weeks$21,892
Oklahoma$64916 weeks$10,384
Oregon$87226 weeks$22,672
Pennsylvania$61326 weeks$15,938
Rhode Island$97126 weeks$25,246
South Carolina$35020 weeks$7,000
South Dakota$55326 weeks$14,378
Tennessee$32520 weeks$6,500
Texas$60526 weeks$15,730
Utah$80626 weeks$20,956
Vermont$75726 weeks$19,682
Virginia$43026 weeks$11,180
Washington$1,20826 weeks$31,408
West Virginia$66226 weeks$17,212
Wisconsin$37026 weeks$9,620
Wyoming$65126 weeks$16,926

Read the result in context

Highest quarter

The wage period your state uses as its starting point.

Benefit ceiling

The statutory weekly maximum keeps the estimate honest.

Claim horizon

A weekly figure becomes useful when it is paired with weeks.

Use the result to plan a bridge to your next paycheck. The agency decides eligibility, base-period dates, and the final award.

Last reviewed 2026-09-14. See the data sources.