Connecticut Unemployment Benefits Calculator
Connecticut claimant entry
Connecticut agency-award worksheet
For Connecticut, enter the weekly award, maximum balance, and payable weeks issued by Connecticut Department of Labor; this route asserts no state-law formula.
Connecticut Department of Labor controls Connecticut eligibility and the monetary record; this worksheet only mirrors Connecticut values for review and never awards benefits.
Connecticut claimant source: https://portal.ct.gov/dol/unemployment-benefits — checked 2026-09-14 by this implementation.
Connecticut: filing and evidence
Connecticut is presented here in award-entry mode. Connecticut Department of Labor reference material lists a Connecticut ceiling of $796 weekly and 26 reference weeks, a pairing worth $20,696; neither figure proves monetary eligibility, payable weeks, or approval.
Connecticut filing desk
Connecticut unemployment benefits belongs with Connecticut Department of Labor; this is the claimant-facing starting point.
https://portal.ct.gov/dol/unemployment-benefitsConnecticut wage record boundary
Connecticut calculates the claim from agency wage records and the claim date; this worksheet intentionally does not recreate that schedule.
Connecticut claimant next action
File through the Connecticut claimant portal and save the monetary determination before modeling weeks. For Connecticut, keep employer names, pay-stub dates, gross wages, separation details, and work-search records together; Connecticut Department of Labor needs the Connecticut record when checking base-period quarters and the monetary determination.
Connecticut agency source link (https://portal.ct.gov/dol/unemployment-benefits) checked 2026-09-14; the federal comparison table is listed on the shared sources page.
Connecticut uses a different formula if you worked construction
Connecticut is the only state in the federal table whose weekly benefit computation carries an explicit occupational exception. The general rule averages your two high quarters; construction workers are computed on the high quarter alone.
- General rule: 1/26 of the average of your two high quarters. The parenthetical in the federal table reads "For construction workers, 1/26 HQ" — the single high quarter, not the average of two. For seasonal trades with an uneven year that is a materially larger number.
- $15 per dependant, up to five, but the allowance is capped at the weekly amount itself. Dependants can at most double the payment, never more.
- The published ranges reflect that allowance: minimum $44 to $88, maximum $721 to $796, with the higher figure in each pair assuming the maximum number of dependants.
- Uniform 26 weeks. The maximum benefit amount column reads N/A: clear the wage test and the entitlement is the same for everyone.
- Qualifying takes 40 times the weekly amount, and part-time earnings are disregarded at a third of wages.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, effective January 2026. The report states it is not an official interpretation of state UI laws, so treat these provisions as a cross-check on the Department of Labor determination rather than a replacement for it.
Weekly maximums nearest Connecticut
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