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All 50 state wage models have an explicit scope. A dated cap, a wage test and an agency award are different records. Review the detailed state guide before applying its inputs to your claim.

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AlabamaCode of Alabama 25-4-72, 25-4-74 and 25-4-77 as currently published by the Legislature: the two highest quarters divided by 52, with an exact 50-cent result rounding down; a raw $44.50 does not qualify. The weekly cap is $275 and total wages must reach 1.5 times the high quarter. The balance is the smaller of the authorized duration times the weekly amount or one-fourth of total wages, rounded to the nearest dollar; an exact 50-cent account tie stays unresolved. Claims dated October 16, 2026 or later need the duration on the determination; the earlier reviewed model uses 14 weeks. The October 17 source check did not establish a successor third-quarter rate determination.2026-10-17
AlaskaAS 23.20.350 and the June 2026 agency calculator: qualification needs $2,500 in wages across two quarters and $250 outside the high quarter. When 90% or more of wages fall in one quarter, the table uses 10 times outside-quarter wages. The weekly table runs $56–$370, with 16–26 weeks set by continuous earnings-ratio bands confirmed against the agency calculator. Approved dependents add $24 each, up to three. Conditional January 2027 changes in HB 302 sections 10–12 are excluded. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
ArizonaA.R.S. 23-771, 23-779 and 23-780: high-quarter wages divided by 25, rounded to the nearest dollar with 50 cents rounding up, capped at $320. With the 2026 state minimum wage of $15.15, qualification is $5,908.50 in the high quarter plus total wages of 1.5 times it, or $7,987.50 in the high quarter plus $8,000 in total across two quarters. OEO's October 15 report completes July–September 2026 at 4.9%, below the 5% duration trigger: the 24-week ceiling is supported through the December 31, 2026 wage-window end. The one-third-wage balance is estimated to the cent; final agency precision is unverified.2026-10-17
ArkansasCurrent DWS handbook and Acts 412/196: average of all four quarters divided by 26, $81–$451 range, two paid quarters and 35-times weekly wage test. §11-10-504(b) rounds the balance upward to a weekly multiple; 2026 initial claims use 12 weeks. Verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
CaliforniaUIC 1280 and 1281 with EDD's current wage table: 31 low-wage bands pay $40–$70; above them the weekly amount is high-quarter wages divided by 26, rounded up, capped at $450. Qualification is $1,300 in the high quarter, or $900 in the high quarter with total wages of 1.25 times it; a single $1,300 quarter can qualify. The account is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or half of base-period wages, rounded up. A boundary error in the agency's online calculator was not copied. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
ColoradoU.S. DOL July 2026 schedule: consecutive-quarter cap $804 and annual-method cap $884. C.R.S. 8-73-102, 104 and 107 determine formula, balance and wage test.2026-10-01
Connecticut2026 $44–$721 base rate and a total-wage test of 40 weekly amounts. CGS 31-231a uses the average of the two highest quarters for ordinary workers and the high quarter for agency-classified construction workers, for 26 base weeks. Approved $15 dependent allowances are separate, for up to five dependents, and cannot exceed the base rate.2026-10-01
Delaware19 Del. C. 3313(t) now overrides the older trust-fund branches: the two highest quarters divided by 46, rounded down, within $20–$450. Section 3315(6) requires total wages of 36 weekly amounts, and 3313(o) limits the account to the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or half of total wages. The statute allows a single-quarter route. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
District of ColumbiaD.C. Code 51-107 and the current DOES schedule: high-quarter wages divided by 26 and rounded down, a $444 weekly cap, two-quarter and capped high-quarter distribution tests, a reduction of $1 or $2 for a shortfall of up to $70, and 26 weekly amounts. Older half-wage balance and dependent supplements do not govern current claims.2026-10-02
FloridaFlorida Statutes §443.111 and current FloridaCommerce claimant FAQ: wage tests, weekly amount, and 12-week/$3,300 ceiling for 2026 claims.2026-10-01
GeorgiaO.C.G.A. §34-8-193: two-quarter /42 or alternate high-quarter /21; $55–$365 schedule; balance rounded to whole weekly amounts. July–December 2026 uses 14 weeks. Low-wage duration conflict remains agency-dependent.2026-10-01
HawaiiAgency 2026 UI cap of $868 (the separate disability figure, $871, is not used). HRS 383-22: high-quarter wages divided by 21, rounded up, minimum $5. HRS 383-29 requires wages in two quarters and total wages of 26 weekly amounts; HRS 383-24 sets the account at 26 weekly amounts. Applies January 1–December 31, 2026.2026-10-01
IdahoAdministrative Order 683 sets the $624 cap for the 2026 filing schedule. Idaho Code §72-1367 sets the high-quarter formula and 17-row duration table. The official forecast-rate band is a prepared input; unresolved ratio boundaries stay unknown.2026-10-01
IllinoisNew 2026 benefit years: exact IDES Table 1 wage bands, $628 base maximum, $748 spouse-inclusive and $859 child-inclusive caps. $1,600 total wages and $440 outside the high quarter; select the approved allowance type. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
IndianaCurrent DWD claimant handbook and FAQ: 47% of total base-period wages divided by 52, rounded down and capped at $390. Qualification needs $4,200 in total wages, at least 1.5 times the high quarter, and $2,500 in the last two quarters. The account is 26 weekly amounts; the separate 28% employer charge ceiling is not the claimant account formula. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
IowaJuly 2026: $2,210 in one quarter, $1,110 in another, and total wages at least 1.25 times the high quarter. Dependent divisors and caps, ordinary 16-week accounts and approved closing accounts. Fractional weekly amounts need IWD confirmation; balances are estimated. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
KansasJuly 2026: 4.25% of the high quarter, rounded down within $165–$663. Two paid quarters and 30 weekly amounts in wages; a one-third wage account limit and duration from your determination for claims dated October 16, 2026 or later. The earlier reviewed model uses 16 weeks. Duration rule and available rates rechecked October 17, 2026.2026-10-17
KentuckyJuly 2026: 1.1923% of all four wage quarters, within $39–$746, with four monetary tests and the current 16-week ordinary duration. Close agency rounding disagreements remain unresolved. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
LouisianaThe current 2026 agency duration memo confirms 12 weeks for every 2026 month and the Act 184 semiannual updates. La. R.S. 23:1592 and 23:1474 (Procedure 2): total base-period wages divided by 100 within $35–$275, a $1,200 minimum and total wages of 1.5 times the high quarter. Verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
MaineJune 2026–May 2027 base weekly cap; 26 M.R.S. §§1191 and 1192-A monetary tests. State average weekly wage must be confirmed separately.2026-10-01
MarylandLabor and Employment §§8-802–804 and 8-808: 381-row wage schedule, six-lower-line fallback, 26-week base balance and separately accounted dependent allowances capped with base pay at $430. Verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
Massachusetts$1,105 cap through October 3, 2026; $1,154 for October 4, 2026–October 2, 2027 benefit-year starts. Circular 364 publishes DUA-promulgated §29(a) SAWW $2,007.20; statutory 57.5% rounded down gives the UI cap. Select a separate confirmed 26/30-week regular limit; missing duration leaves the account unknown. Dependency supplements remain separate.2026-10-03
Michigan2026 UIA handbook: $5,328 high-quarter test or $26,677.60 alternate earnings; $530 cap including $19.33 per approved dependent; 14–26 weeks rounded to half weeks.2026-10-01
MinnesotaBenefit years starting October 26, 2025–October 24, 2026: the higher of total wages divided by 104 (capped at $948) or high-quarter wages divided by 26 (capped at $611). Minn. Stat. 268.034 rounds these computations down to whole dollars. The $3,900 wage threshold is derived from the statutory annual-wage rule and the published caps; the balance is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or one-third of wages.2026-10-01
MississippiCurrent MDES guidance and Miss. Code 71-5-503, 71-5-507 and 71-5-511: high-quarter wages divided by 26, rounded down, within $30–$235; wages in two quarters, at least $780 in the high quarter and total wages of 40 weekly amounts. The balance is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or one-third of wages, rounded down. The SB 2678 regional-duration proposal died March 3, 2026. Verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
MissouriRSMo 288.060(4) as effective in 2011, plus the current agency brochure's 20-week maximum: 4% of the average of the two highest quarters, rounded down to a whole dollar and capped at $320 (288.038). There are two qualification routes; the 2026 taxable wage base of $9,000 gives a $13,500 alternate threshold. Quarterly wage credits are capped at 26 weekly amounts, and the balance is estimated as the smaller of one-third of credits or 20 weekly amounts. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
MontanaThe agency's current 2026 benefits estimator ($61,987.12 state annual wage; $238–$805 schedule) and MCA 39-51-2105, 39-51-2201 and 39-51-2204: two wage qualification routes; the weekly amount is the higher of 1% of base-period wages or 1.9% of the two highest quarters, rounded down; duration comes from the 8–24-week wage-ratio table. Where the statute and the estimator round a threshold differently, the result stays unknown. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
NebraskaThe August 2026 NDOL handbook confirms the $5,440 total-wage requirement and the $582 weekly cap; quarter thresholds are $1,850 and $800. Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-624 rounds high-quarter wages divided by 26 down to an even whole dollar, and 48-626 caps the ordinary account at the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or one-third of wages. The balance is shown to the cent; final agency rounding is unverified.2026-10-01
NevadaNRS 612.340, 612.350, 612.355 and 612.375: high-quarter wages divided by 25, two ordinary wage-distribution routes and a balance of the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or one-third of wages. The cap is $631 before July 2026 and $657 from July 2026. When the ordinary routes fail, the statutory $1-lower qualification exception is left to the agency.2026-10-01
New HampshireRSA 282-A:25 earnings table and two-quarter wage test, verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
New JerseyPublished NJDOL schedules: 2026 $905 weekly cap, $310 base-week or $15,500 annual-wage qualification; 2027 $937 cap, $319 base-week or $16,000 qualification. The weekly wage divisor is capped at 52; dependency rules require agency confirmation.2026-10-02
New MexicoNMSA 51-1-4, 51-1-5 and 51-1-42: 53.5% of the high-quarter weekly wage, rounded down to a whole dollar, with wages in two quarters and a separate approved child allowance. The federal July 2026 comparison corroborates the $2,818.70 high-quarter requirement and the $116–$624 base schedule. Without allowances the account ceiling is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or 60% of wages; accounts that include allowances need agency confirmation. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
New YorkNYSDOL P832 February 2026: quarter-count and wage-band formulas, $3,500 high-quarter threshold, capped high-quarter earnings test and current $869 weekly ceiling. Current-rate scenarios through October 4; next cap period unresolved.2026-10-01
North CarolinaG.S. 96-14.1 and 96-14.2: last-two-quarter formula, two-quarter wage test and indexed earnings threshold. Confirm the six-times-AWIW threshold and 12–20 week duration with DES.2026-10-01
North DakotaJob Service North Dakota's July 2026 benefit chart ($43–$800) and N.D.C.C. 52-06-04 and 52-06-05: the two highest quarters plus half of the third, divided by 65 and rounded down. Qualification needs wages in two quarters and total wages of at least 1.5 times the high quarter, measured on actual wages. The agency workbook rounds the wage ratio to two decimals for the 12–26-week duration table. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
OhioODJFS public estimator confirms 2026 dependency ceilings $624 / $757 / $842 and the $352 average-wage boundary. ORC §§4141.01 and 4141.30 set qualifying weeks, wage rounding and 20–26-week duration. Supported dates January 4–December 26, 2026.2026-10-01
OklahomaOESC 2026 factor A: $649 weekly ceiling, 16-week maximum and $25,000 alternate earnings threshold. Title 40 §§2-102, 2-104, 2-106 and 2-207 set rounding, taxable-wage formula, 47.5% wage balance limit and alternate qualification.2026-10-01
OregonOregon annual-wage formula and alternate 500-hour test; June 28, 2026 $211–$902 schedule; ORS 657.150 limits the base balance.2026-10-01
Pennsylvania2026 official 549-row benefit table, $68–$605 base rate. UC Law sections 401 and 404: credit weeks, the 37% wage-distribution test, the two-lower-rate fallback and the full-time wage comparison, plus the separate 3.2% payment reduction with its statutory floor. Verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
Rhode IslandJuly 2026: $82–$777 base, up to $971 with five approved dependents. Two wage qualification routes, a 33%-of-wages base account capped at 26 weekly amounts, and a separate aggregate allowance limit. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
South CarolinaDEW confirms the $42–$350 weekly range. S.C. Code §§41-27-140, 41-35-40 and 41-35-50 set the high-quarter formula, whole-dollar rounding and 20-week / one-third-wage balance. Separate $1,092 / $4,455 / 1.5-times monetary tests. Verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
South DakotaDLR's verified $575 cap: high-quarter wages divided by 26, rounded down. Qualification needs $728 in the high quarter and outside-quarter wages of at least 20 weekly amounts; the account is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or one-third of total wages, rounded down. SDCL 61-6-2, 61-6-4 and 61-6-8 keep 26 weeks; proposed 2026 SB 6, tabled February 19, is not used. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
TennesseeT.C.A. 50-7-301: 246-row two-quarter-average benefit table and separate wage tests. Current agency guidance confirms 12 weeks; verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
TexasCurrent TWC claimant formula and dated schedules: $76–$619 for claims beginning October 4, 2026; $75–$605 for claims beginning October 5, 2025 through October 3, 2026. See Texas guide for wage tests and limits.2026-10-06
UtahDWS January–December 2026 schedule: $5,500 earnings minimum and $806 weekly cap, corroborated by U.S. DOL July 2026. Utah Code §35A-4-401 sets the $5 subtraction and 10–26 whole-week duration.2026-10-01
VermontPrepared-parameter model: enter the VDOL-confirmed indexed high-quarter minimum, the weekly cap and whether the $0 or $25 formula increase is active. The two highest quarters are divided by 45; outside-quarter wages must reach 40% of the high quarter; the ordinary account is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or 46% of wages. A conflict between agency and federal cap figures and the contingent Act 183/Act 40 schedule stay explicit; final balance precision is unverified.2026-10-01
VirginiaVEC's current July 2026 benefit table ($160–$478) with its duration cells, reconciled row by row. Under Va. Code 60.2-612 a claimant needs at least $3,000 in the two highest quarters and wages in two quarters; Va. Code 60.2-607 sets 12–26 weeks, and the account is the weekly amount times those weeks. At exactly $3,000 in total wages the printed table leaves a gap before its first duration cell, so that case stays unresolved. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
WashingtonESD's July 2026 schedule: 3.85% of the average of the two highest base-year quarters, rounded down, within $383–$1,208. A personal weekly-wage limit (the two-quarter average divided by 13) can pay less than $383. At least 680 covered hours are required. Under RCW 50.20.120 the account is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or one-third of total base-year wages, rounded down. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
West VirginiaCurrent statutory wage classes: $24–$662, a 26-week account and at least $2,200 in two paid quarters. The current agency poster resolves three printed statutory-table transcription errors. Source review dated October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
WisconsinDWD and Wis. Stat. §§108.04–108.06: 4% high-quarter formula capped at $370; 35-times total and four-times outside-quarter wage tests; 40% / 26-week balance and final $5 remainder rule. Verified through October 1, 2026.2026-10-01
WyomingWyo. Stat. 27-3-303, 27-3-304 and 27-3-306 with the July 5, 2026 agency cap of $671: 4% of high-quarter wages, rounded down. Total wages must reach 1.4 times the high quarter and $5,050, derived from the agency's 2025 annual wage of $63,511 (8%, rounded down to $50). The account is the smaller of 26 weekly amounts or 30% of total wages, rounded up to a whole weekly multiple. HB0006 failed introduction February 9, 2026, so the 26-week law remains. Source review dated October 2, 2026.2026-10-02

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Unresolved inputs and older publications

Maine's linked historical workbook does not establish the current indexed wage threshold. North Carolina's indexed threshold and duration also need the agency figure for the claim. These are explicit inputs, not assumed qualifying values.

Iowa fractional weekly awards need confirmation of the actual monetary amount. Vermont indexed parameters and the active formula require agency confirmation. Kentucky and Virginia also have narrow source boundary discrepancies that their guides explain. The agency record controls when the claim has alternative periods, combined wages, offsets or special programs.

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