Unemployment benefits in Alabama

1/26 of the average of your wages from the two highest quarters of the base period (Ala. Code §25-4-72). The minimum weekly benefit is $45, and the maximum is $275. Maximum unchanged since January 1, 2020, not indexed since. The statute citation was confirmed via a secondary legal mirror (the official ADOL benefit-rights PDF returned 403); the dollar figures themselves come directly from ADOL's own FAQ page.

Varies 14–20 weeks depending on Alabama's own unemployment rate; the exact current-year number was not stated on the pages checked.

The standard base period: your wages in the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you filed your claim.

$275 a week is the most Alabama pays, before any deductions you elect such as tax withholding or child support. Most claimants receive less, because the weekly amount is calculated from your own base-period wages: 1/26 of the average of your wages from the two highest quarters of the base period (Ala. Code §25-4-72).

This page does not model payment dates. Timing is set by Alabama's own unemployment agency rather than by the benefit formula, and normally depends on when your weekly or biweekly claim is filed and processed rather than on a fixed calendar day. What this page does model is how much you are owed and for how long, both traced to the sources listed below.