Michigan Unemployment Benefits Calculator
Michigan claimant entry
Michigan agency-award worksheet
For Michigan, enter the weekly award, maximum balance, and payable weeks issued by Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency; this route asserts no state-law formula.
Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency controls Michigan eligibility and the monetary record; this worksheet only mirrors Michigan values for review and never awards benefits.
Michigan claimant source: https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/uia — checked 2026-09-14 by this implementation.
Michigan: filing and evidence
Michigan is presented here in award-entry mode. Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency reference material lists a Michigan ceiling of $530 weekly and 26 reference weeks, a pairing worth $13,780; neither figure proves monetary eligibility, payable weeks, or approval.
Michigan filing desk
Michigan unemployment benefits belongs with Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency; this is the claimant-facing starting point.
https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/uiaMichigan wage record boundary
Michigan’s wage credits and claim period come from the UIA record; the statewide maximum is not an individualized award.
Michigan claimant next action
File through the Michigan Web Account Manager and read the monetary determination before estimating a claim total. For Michigan, keep employer names, pay-stub dates, gross wages, separation details, and work-search records together; Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency needs the Michigan record when checking base-period quarters and the monetary determination.
Michigan agency source link (https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/uia) checked 2026-09-14; the federal comparison table is listed on the shared sources page.
Michigan caps your benefit and your earnings against the same number
Michigan computes the weekly benefit amount as 4.1% of high-quarter wages plus $19.33 for each dependant, up to five dependants. What makes the state distinctive is not the formula but the ceiling it applies to people who work while claiming.
- Benefits plus earnings cannot exceed 1.5 times the weekly amount. Below that line part-time earnings reduce payment dollar for dollar; at it, the claim stops topping you up. Most states apply a fixed disregard instead, so Michigan rewards a small amount of work and then flattens sharply.
- The maximum weekly amount is $530. Michigan legislated a stepped increase rather than indexation, so this figure moves on a schedule rather than with inflation.
- Qualifying has an alternative route. Either at least $5,328 in the high quarter with wages in two base-period quarters, or wages in at least two quarters with base-period wages of at least 20 times the state average weekly wage.
- The claim total is the lesser of 43% of base-period wages or 26 times the weekly amount, giving a duration of 14 to 26 weeks.
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 Unemployment Insurance Agency determination rather than a replacement for it.
Weekly maximums nearest Michigan
States whose maximum weekly benefit is closest to Michigan: