Unemployment benefits by state

Every state bases it on the wages you earned in a 'base period' — usually the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you filed — but the formula that turns those wages into a weekly dollar figure differs by state: some divide your highest quarter by a fixed number, some use a percentage of your average weekly wage, some use a lookup table, and a few (like Vermont and Virginia) use your two highest quarters instead of one. See your state's own page for its specific formula — this is reference data, not a personalized calculator, since an accurate number needs your actual quarterly wage history.

A blank figure means it could not be confirmed against a primary source — the state's own agency site, a statute, or an official published table — during this research pass, most often because the agency's site blocked automated access. It does not mean the state pays nothing. Several figures marked here as 'secondary' come from a search-indexed snippet of the same agency page rather than a direct read, which is weaker evidence and is disclosed as such.

26 weeks is the traditional standard, and still what most states pay. A meaningful minority instead vary duration with the state's own unemployment rate (North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee) or with how many weeks you worked in the base period (Ohio, Oklahoma) — in those states there is no single number to quote, and the page for that state explains the actual mechanism.

No. Every figure here is the standard, ongoing 'regular' state UI program. Extended Benefits (triggered by a state's own unemployment rate) and any future federal supplemental program are not modeled — they change too often and too unpredictably for a static reference page to track responsibly.