Unemployment benefits in Maine

1/22 of your average wages across the two highest base-period quarters (26 M.R.S. §1191). The minimum weekly benefit is $108, and the maximum is $623. Figures are the 2025 rate year ($623 without dependents; up to $1,090 with the maximum 75% dependent allowance, effective since October 18, 2021) — the most recent confirmed figures found; a newer rate year may already be in effect.

The lesser of 26× the weekly rate or a third of base-period wages — 26 weeks for most claimants.

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

$623 a week is the most Maine 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: 1/22 of your average wages across the two highest base-period quarters (26 M.R.S. §1191).

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