Minnesota Unemployment Benefits Calculator
Minnesota claimant entry
Minnesota agency-award worksheet
For Minnesota, enter the weekly award, maximum balance, and payable weeks issued by Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program; this route asserts no state-law formula.
Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program controls Minnesota eligibility and the monetary record; this worksheet only mirrors Minnesota values for review and never awards benefits.
Minnesota claimant source: https://www.uimn.org/applicants/needtoknow/benefit-amount.jsp — checked 2026-09-14 by this implementation.
Minnesota: filing and evidence
Minnesota is presented here in award-entry mode. Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program reference material lists a Minnesota ceiling of $948 weekly and 26 reference weeks, a pairing worth $24,648; neither figure proves monetary eligibility, payable weeks, or approval.
Minnesota filing desk
Minnesota unemployment benefits belongs with Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program; this is the claimant-facing starting point.
https://www.uimn.org/applicants/needtoknow/benefit-amount.jspMinnesota wage record boundary
Minnesota derives the weekly amount from covered wages in the base period; the agency notice, rather than a single quarter, controls.
Minnesota claimant next action
Apply through Minnesota UI and use the account’s wage detail to request a correction if an employer is missing. For Minnesota, keep employer names, pay-stub dates, gross wages, separation details, and work-search records together; Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program needs the Minnesota record when checking base-period quarters and the monetary determination.
Minnesota agency source link (https://www.uimn.org/applicants/needtoknow/benefit-amount.jsp) checked 2026-09-14; the federal comparison table is listed on the shared sources page.
Minnesota also computes two ways, and the gap between them is large
Like Colorado, Minnesota calculates the weekly benefit amount by two methods and pays the higher. The difference here is how far apart the two ceilings sit: $611 under one route and $948 under the other.
- Method one, high quarter. 50% of one thirteenth of high-quarter wages, capped at 43% of the state average weekly wage. Maximum $611.
- Method two, full base period. 50% of one fifty-second of base-period wages, capped at 66 and two-thirds percent of the state average weekly wage. Maximum $948 — a ceiling more than 50% higher, reflecting the far more generous cap.
- Earnings reduce the benefit by 50 cents on the dollar. Minnesota does not use a fixed disregard; every dollar earned cuts the payment by half a dollar, so part-time work always leaves you better off than not working, with no cliff.
- Qualifying is expressed as a share of the state annual wage: 5.3% of the state average annual wage, so the threshold moves with statewide earnings rather than sitting at a fixed dollar figure.
- Every employer is covered. The size-of-payroll column reads "any size", with no weeks-worked or quarterly-wage threshold.
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 Employment and Economic Development determination rather than a replacement for it.
Weekly maximums nearest Minnesota
States whose maximum weekly benefit is closest to Minnesota: