Kansas Unemployment Benefits Calculator
Kansas claimant entry
Kansas agency-award worksheet
For Kansas, enter the weekly award, maximum balance, and payable weeks issued by Kansas Department of Labor; this route asserts no state-law formula.
Kansas Department of Labor controls Kansas eligibility and the monetary record; this worksheet only mirrors Kansas values for review and never awards benefits.
Kansas claimant source: https://www.dol.ks.gov/employers/unemployment-tax/unemployment-insurance — checked 2026-09-14 by this implementation.
Kansas: filing and evidence
Kansas is presented here in award-entry mode. Kansas Department of Labor reference material lists a Kansas ceiling of $637 weekly and 16 reference weeks, a pairing worth $10,192; neither figure proves monetary eligibility, payable weeks, or approval.
Kansas filing desk
Kansas unemployment benefits belongs with Kansas Department of Labor; this is the claimant-facing starting point.
https://www.dol.ks.gov/employers/unemployment-tax/unemployment-insuranceKansas wage record boundary
Kansas claimants need the agency’s base-period wage record; the statewide maximum is only a ceiling after monetary eligibility is established.
Kansas claimant next action
Open the Kansas claim and report an incorrect wage record through the notice instructions. For Kansas, keep employer names, pay-stub dates, gross wages, separation details, and work-search records together; Kansas Department of Labor needs the Kansas record when checking base-period quarters and the monetary determination.
Kansas agency source link (https://www.dol.ks.gov/employers/unemployment-tax/unemployment-insurance) checked 2026-09-14; the federal comparison table is listed on the shared sources page.
Kansas starts from a high floor, then pays for a short time
Kansas has the third-highest minimum weekly benefit in the country at $159 — above what several states pay at their maximum — while its payable-weeks column records a range of just 10 to 16.
- The weekly range is $159 to $637. That $159 floor means a thin work record still produces a meaningful weekly cheque here, unlike the $16 to $47 minimums common elsewhere.
- 4.25% of high-quarter wages. A directly stated percentage rather than a divisor; it is equivalent to roughly 1/23.5, so slightly more generous than the common 1/25 or 1/26.
- The federal table records two different limits. The maximum benefit amount is given as the lesser of a third of base-period wages or 26 times the weekly amount, while the payable-weeks column records 10 to 16 weeks. Read the shorter figure as what the table reports is actually payable, and confirm your own number on the determination.
- Qualifying takes 30 times the weekly amount with wages in two quarters, including a quarter other than the high quarter.
- Part-time work: 25% of the weekly amount is ignored.
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 Kansas
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