Weekly benefit amount and weeks in Oregon

The weekly benefit

Weekly benefit

$211–$902

Maximum: new claims filed on or after June 28, 2026

How it is figured

Your weekly benefit is 1.25% of your total base-year wages, rounded down to the dollar. It cannot be less than $211 or more than $902 for new claims filed on or after June 28, 2026. Oregon updates the minimum and maximum each year from the state average weekly wage.

Official

Official table or notice

Law: ORS 657.150(4)

The wage test

You must have total base-year wages of at least $1,000 and at least 1.5 times your wages in your highest quarter. If not, you can qualify with at least 500 hours of work in your base year.

Your base year is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before the week you file. If you do not qualify with it, OED can use an alternate base year: the last four completed calendar quarters.

The state's wage tests

• At least $1,000 in base-year wages, and base-year wages at least 1.5 times your highest quarter
• Or at least 500 hours of work in your base year — 500 hours of work in covered employment

Law: ORS 657.150(2); ORS 657.010(1)

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 total base-period wages × 1.25%, rounded down; at least $211 and at most $902

How long it lasts

Up to 26 weeks.

In your 52-week benefit year you can get up to 26 times your weekly benefit, or one-third of your base-year wages if that is less. So claims last up to 26 weeks; claims with lower wages run out sooner.

Extra weeks and training

Training Unemployment Insurance (TUI) can extend benefits for people in approved training. Extended Benefits are paid only when high unemployment turns them on.

Law: ORS 657.150(5)

Official source: Source page

Waiting week

The first week you file a weekly claim and meet all requirements is an unpaid waiting week. You must still file a claim for it to get credit. Oregon requires one waiting week per claim.

Law: ORS 657.155(1)(d)

Official source: Source page

Working part time

You can work part time and get partial benefits if you work less than 40 hours and earn less than your weekly benefit. Report your hours and gross earnings for the week you did the work. You can earn up to one-third of your weekly benefit or 10 times Oregon's highest minimum wage, whichever is greater, before OED reduces your benefit dollar for dollar.

Law: ORS 657.150(6)

Official source: Source page

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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