Unemployment benefits in Hawaii

Your highest base-period quarter's wages divided by 21, up to the maximum. The maximum is $868. $868/week for calendar year 2026 (up from $835 in 2025), set by statute at 70% of Hawaii's current average weekly wage. A same-named DLIR PDF titled '2026 Maximum Weekly Wage Base' covers Temporary Disability Insurance, a different program with its own $871 figure — not to be confused with this one. No minimum weekly benefit was confirmed against a primary source.

Up to 26 weeks, the standard duration most states pay.

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

$868 a week is the most Hawaii 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: Your highest base-period quarter's wages divided by 21, up to the maximum.

This page does not model payment dates. Timing is set by Hawaii'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.