Weekly benefit amount and weeks in Florida

The weekly benefit

Weekly benefit

$32–$275

Maximum: set in Fla. Stat. sec.

How it is figured

Your weekly benefit amount is your wages in the highest-paid quarter of your base period divided by 26, rounded down to the nearest dollar. The lowest weekly amount is $32 and the highest is $275.

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Law: Fla. Stat. sec. 443.111(3)

The wage test

You must have wages in at least two quarters of your base period, at least $3,400 in total base-period wages, and total base-period wages of at least 1.5 times the wages in your highest quarter.

Your base period is the first four of the last five full calendar quarters before you file. For example, claims filed from July 1, 2026 use wages earned from April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026.

The state's wage tests

• Wages in at least 2 quarters, at least $3,400 in total, and total wages at least 1.5 times your highest quarter

Law: Fla. Stat. secs. 443.091(1)(g), 443.111(2)

Official source: Source page

Estimate your weekly benefit

Enter the gross wages (before taxes) you were paid in each quarter of your base period. We apply the state's own formula to your numbers.

The state's formula: your highest quarter ÷ 26, rounded down; at least $32 and at most $275

How long it lasts

Currently 12 weeks (it changes with the unemployment rate).

The most you can get in your benefit year is the lower of 25% of your total base-period wages or your weekly benefit amount times the number of weeks in effect. For 2026 claims that is 12 weeks, so the most anyone can get is $3,300. If your base-period wages are lower, your benefits run out sooner.

The number of weeks depends on Florida's average unemployment rate for the third quarter (July to September) of the year before. It is 12 weeks if that rate is 5% or lower, plus 1 week for each 0.5% above 5%, up to 23 weeks at 10.5% or more. FloridaCommerce lists 12 weeks and a $3,300 maximum benefit amount for claims filed in 2025 and 2026.

Law: Fla. Stat. sec. 443.111(5)

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Waiting week

The first week you are eligible is an unpaid waiting week. It is never paid, and it does not reduce your benefit total. You must still request it and report your work search contacts for it. You serve only one waiting week per benefit year.

Law: Fla. Stat. sec. 443.091(1)(f)

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Working part time

You can get partial benefits in a week you work part time and earn less than your weekly benefit amount. Report your gross earnings for the week you did the work. The first $58 you earn in a week is not counted; the rest is subtracted from your weekly benefit amount. If you earn as much as your weekly benefit amount or more, or work 32 hours or more in a week, you get no payment or waiting-week credit for that week.

Earnings not deducted (as the data states it)

The first $58 you earn in a week is not deducted.

Law: Fla. Stat. sec. 443.111(4)(b)

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What applies in every state

• You must have earned enough wages, or worked enough, during a period called the base period. In most states it is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you file.
• It generally takes two to three weeks after you file to get your first payment. Some states require a one-week waiting period, so the second week you claim is the first week paid.
• Unemployment benefits count as income for federal income tax. You must report them on your federal tax return.

  Law: 26 U.S.C. 85(a)

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