Wyoming Unemployment Calculator: Up to $671/Week, 26 Weeks

Wyoming uses 4% of the highest quarter, rounded down

W.S. 27-3-303 calculates the ordinary weekly benefit as 4% of the highest covered wage quarter, rounded down to a whole dollar. The current department FAQ identifies a $671 maximum for claims starting July 5, 2026.

A $5,000 high quarter gives $200 per week. At $4,999.99, the result is $199. The $671 ceiling is reached at $16,775 in the high quarter; one cent less gives $670. This is not a generic high-quarter-divided-by-26 model.

Earlier claims cannot inherit the July 2026 cap. A blank date uses your current local date. After the supported annual window ends, enter the agency's weekly amount, maximum account and authorized weeks in the official-award worksheet; the next cap is not inferred. It evaluates an ordinary claim under the current cap, without assuming a solvency-triggered benefit reduction.

Both the annual earnings floor and 1.4-times ratio must pass

W.S. 27-3-306(d) requires total covered base-period wages of at least 8% of the statewide average annual wage, rounded down to a $50 increment, and at least 1.4 times the highest quarter.

The department's published 2025 covered-employment annual wage is $63,511. Eight percent is $5,080.88, which the statutory $50 rounding reduces to $5,050. This is the current model's derived annual earnings threshold. The same wage figure supports a weekly cap near the agency's published $671 after the statutory 55% calculation.

With a $5,000 high quarter, total wages must reach $7,000 because the 1.4-times test exceeds $5,050. A $5,000 quarter with $2,000 outside it reaches the ratio; $1,999.99 outside fails. Four $1,262.50 quarters reach the $5,050 annual boundary and produce $50 weekly after the 4% rounding.

The current FAQ also describes a $48 minimum. This worksheet applies the actual wage formula and both current wage tests, rather than adding a $48 floor to an otherwise invalid record. Eligibility and the indexed wage record should be checked with the agency when the determination differs.

Use the department's selected four covered wage quarters. Special base periods, wage allocation, noncovered work and repeat-claim work requirements are not inferred from gross annual pay.

The 30% wage balance rounds up to a whole weekly multiple

W.S. 27-3-304 caps the ordinary account at the lower of 26 weekly benefits or 30% of total base-period wages, then rounds that amount up to the next multiple of the weekly benefit. This can increase the account beyond the raw 30% calculation while preserving the 26-rate maximum.

With $5,000, $3,000, $2,000 and zero quarters, the $200 rate and $10,000 total give a $3,000 wage ceiling. That is exactly 15 weekly amounts, so the account is $3,000 and the funded duration is 15 weeks. Ten modeled weeks use $2,000; optional 10% withholding shows $180 per week.

Adding one dollar to the second quarter raises the raw wage ceiling to $3,000.30. Rounding to a whole $200 multiple gives a $3,200 account and 16 funded weeks. Treating that account as a rounded whole dollar would be incorrect.

Four $20,000 quarters reach the $671 cap and the $17,446 ordinary account maximum. The requested-week field limits the modeled draw to the funded weekly count, rather than assuming every monetary claim has 26 full weeks.

The proposed 20-week change did not become this rule

Wyoming's 2026 HB 0006 proposed reducing the 26-rate ceiling to 20. The official bill record shows “H Failed Introduction 29-33-0-0-0” on February 9, 2026. Current Title 27 still uses 26 in section 27-3-304, and the agency FAQ also describes up to 26 weeks. This model retains that current rule.

This full-unemployment estimate excludes partial weekly earnings, pensions, offsets, a certified trust-fund reduction, extensions, and ongoing eligibility decisions. Blank wage quarters stay unknown. The monetary result is separate from the agency's approval and weekly certification.

Primary Wyoming sources

• Current Wyoming Title 27: sections 27-3-303, 27-3-304 and 27-3-306 provide the formula, account rounding and earnings requirements.
• Current DWS claimant questions: July 5, 2026 $671 cap and ordinary duration.
• DWS 2025 annual covered-employment wage data: the $63,511 annual figure used to derive the $5,050 threshold.
• Official HB 0006 bill record: introduction failed on February 9, 2026.

Reviewed October 2, 2026. Confirm the monetary record through Wyoming DWS claimant guidance.

Supported claim periods and annual handoff

The Wyoming wage-estimate calendar supports ordinary initial claims from 2026-07-05 to 2027-07-03. The ending date is derived from W.S. 27-3-102's Sunday-start week and benefit-year definitions and section 27-3-303's July 1 annual trigger. A claim filed July 1–3, 2027 starts in the week beginning June 27; July 4 starts the next annual schedule. This ending boundary is not an agency-printed expiration or a verified 2027 cap. Backdated claims, combined-wage claims and special agency-effective dates require the determination's dates and amounts.

Source dates describe when evidence was checked. A blank claim date uses the current local date. After this ordinary schedule ends, the form shows an explicit official-award worksheet. Enter the weekly award, maximum account and authorized weeks from the determination. An unverified successor rate is never copied from the previous annual table.