Unemployment benefits in Idaho

Your highest base-period quarter's wages divided by 26, capped at 55% of Idaho's own average weekly wage (Idaho Dept. of Labor Administrative Order No. 674). The minimum weekly benefit is $72, and the maximum is $590. The $590 maximum comes from Administrative Order No. 674, which by its own terms applied only to claims filed from the first full week of January 2025 through the first full week of January 2026 — a successor order for claims after that window could not be located, so this figure may now be stale. The $72 minimum traces to Idaho Code §72-1367 via a secondary citation, not independently confirmed against the official statute site.

Varies 10–20 weeks, based on a ratio of total base-period wages to highest-quarter wages, recalculated quarterly against Idaho's UI rate.

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

$590 a week is the most Idaho 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 26, capped at 55% of Idaho's own average weekly wage (Idaho Dept. of Labor Administrative Order No. 674).

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