Idaho Unemployment Calculator: Up to $624/Week

The dated 2026 ceiling is $624

Idaho Administrative Order 683 establishes a $624 maximum weekly benefit for new claims filed in the first full week of January 2026 until the first full week of January 2027.

The agency's general laws page still links Order 674, which establishes $590 for the earlier 2025 period. The newer order expressly supersedes it. The 2026 figure also matches the U.S. Department of Labor's July comparison.

Your own weekly estimate is the highest covered base-period quarter divided by 26, rounded down to a whole dollar, then limited by the cap. A $10,000 high quarter produces $384. A $16,224 high quarter reaches $624; $16,223.99 produces $623.

Worked example: four quarters through the duration table

A claim filed October 13, 2026, with covered quarters of $9,100, $11,700, $12,480, $8,320 and the 3.0%–3.9% unemployment-rate column chosen in the rate-band field. Every figure in the right-hand column is what this page's calculator returns for those entries.

The column is an input for this example, not a forecast: Idaho Labor sets it from the official rate for the reference month. The same wages read in the 8.0%-or-higher column give 25 weeks and $12,000; at 2.9% or lower they give 19 weeks and $9,120. The weekly amount does not move with the column. Enter the four quarters, the date and a column above to reproduce any line.

Check the high quarter and total wages first

The minimum high quarter is $1,872, which produces the $72 minimum weekly amount. Covered wages must occur in at least two quarters, and total base-period wages must be at least 1.25 times the high quarter. The agency's minimum-wage order and Idaho Code §72-1367 establish these tests.

A $1,872 quarter and $468 in another give $2,340 total and exactly meet the 1.25 ratio. One cent less in the second quarter fails. A high quarter below $1,872 also fails, even when total wages are spread across several quarters.

Use the four quarters in the regular or alternate base period accepted by Idaho Labor. The usual period is the four completed quarters that precede the most recent one; the alternate uses the most recent four completed quarters. This calculator does not decide coverage, move wages between periods or infer missing quarters.

Duration depends on two different numbers

Divide total base-period wages by the highest quarter to get the earnings ratio. Then use the statutory table column for the official forecasted, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate that Idaho Labor applies to the benefit quarter. This is why a flat 26-week assumption can overstate an Idaho claim.

The rate band is an explicit input here. A recent unemployment headline or county rate is not enough to establish the statutory forecast rate. If Idaho Labor has not confirmed the applicable band, leave it unknown. The weekly wage calculation still works, while the duration and balance remain unresolved unless every rate column gives the same result.

The worksheet holds the selected band constant for a scenario. It does not forecast a future quarter's rate or determine how a later change affects an existing claim.

Compare examples from the duration table

Suppose the covered quarters are $10,000, $10,000, $10,000 and zero. Total wages of $30,000 divided by the $10,000 high quarter give a ratio of 3.0. The weekly estimate is $384.

• At an agency-confirmed rate of 2.9% or lower, that ratio gives 17 weeks and a $6,528 balance.
• At an agency-confirmed rate from 3.0% to 3.9%, it gives 18 weeks and $6,912.
• At 8.0% or higher, it gives 23 weeks and $8,832.

The 26-week maximum is reached only in the top earnings-ratio band and highest unemployment-rate column. A ratio from 1.25 through 1.60 gives 10 weeks in every column; the minimum-wage example therefore has a $720 balance even when no rate band is entered.

The printed table has four-decimal lower boundaries, such as 1.6001 after an upper boundary of 1.60. If an unrounded ratio falls in that narrow gap, this worksheet leaves duration unknown. Confirm the agency's ratio treatment before relying on a boundary result; no rounding rule is assumed here.

Distinguish the scenario from a payable claim

The balance is the weekly amount multiplied by the table duration. Modeling fewer full eligible weeks limits the total to that balance. The estimate excludes partial-work deductions, pensions, severance, separation decisions, work-search requirements, waiting-week timing and special programs.

Optional withholding applies your entered percentage and does not estimate tax liability. If a determination already gives a different balance or duration, use the agency-award worksheet and resolve the difference with Idaho Labor. Read input preparation before replacing unknown wages with a guess.

Idaho source record

• Administrative Order 683: 2026 maximum weekly benefit
• Administrative Order 648: minimum qualifying wages and weekly amount
• Idaho Code §72-1367: formula, duration table and quarterly rate references
• Idaho Labor monetary eligibility
• Idaho claimant guide: earnings-ratio example and duration table
• U.S. DOL July 2026 comparison

Verified October 1, 2026. See methodology and calculation sources.

Supported claim periods and annual handoff

The Idaho wage-estimate calendar supports 2026-01-04 to 2027-01-02. Source dates describe when evidence was checked; they do not create a legal expiration. A blank claim date uses the current local date. After a finite schedule ends, the form shows an explicit official-award worksheet. Enter the weekly award, maximum account and authorized weeks from the determination. An unverified successor rate is never copied from the previous annual table.