Ohio Unemployment Benefits Calculator
Ohio claimant entry
Ohio agency-award worksheet
For Ohio, enter the weekly award, maximum balance, and payable weeks issued by Ohio Department of Job and Family Services; this route asserts no state-law formula.
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services controls Ohio eligibility and the monetary record; this worksheet only mirrors Ohio values for review and never awards benefits.
Ohio claimant source: https://unemployment.cmt.ohio.gov/ — checked 2026-09-14 by this implementation.
Ohio: filing and evidence
Ohio is presented here in award-entry mode. Ohio Department of Job and Family Services reference material lists a Ohio ceiling of $842 weekly and 26 reference weeks, a pairing worth $21,892; neither figure proves monetary eligibility, payable weeks, or approval.
Ohio filing desk
Ohio unemployment benefits belongs with Ohio Department of Job and Family Services; this is the claimant-facing starting point.
https://unemployment.cmt.ohio.gov/Ohio wage record boundary
Ohio’s benefit amount comes from the wage record used in the monetary determination; a high-quarter approximation is intentionally not shown.
Ohio claimant next action
File in Ohio’s unemployment system and use the monetary determination to check employers, quarters, and appeal dates. For Ohio, keep employer names, pay-stub dates, gross wages, separation details, and work-search records together; Ohio Department of Job and Family Services needs the Ohio record when checking base-period quarters and the monetary determination.
Ohio agency source link (https://unemployment.cmt.ohio.gov/) checked 2026-09-14; the federal comparison table is listed on the shared sources page.
Ohio is one of the few states where dependants change the cheque
Most state formulas look only at wages. Ohio's looks at the household: the weekly benefit amount is half the claimant's average weekly wage plus a dependants' allowance, so two people with identical earnings can be paid materially different amounts.
- Half your average weekly wage, plus $1 to $218. The allowance is set by the number of dependants, which is why Ohio's maximum is published as a range of $624 to $842 rather than a single figure. The minimum is $176.
- Qualifying is measured in weeks worked, not just dollars. Ohio requires 20 weeks of employment with wages averaging 27.5% of the state average weekly wage, and wages in at least two quarters. A high-paid short stint can fail this where a modest 20-week run passes.
- Every week worked beyond 20 adds a week of benefits. The maximum benefit amount is 20 times the weekly amount plus one further week for each qualifying week above 20, giving a duration of 20 to 26 weeks that tracks your actual work record.
- Part-time work: one fifth is ignored. Ohio disregards earnings equal to 1/5 of the weekly benefit amount before reducing payment.
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 Job and Family Services determination rather than a replacement for it.
Weekly maximums nearest Ohio
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