Florida Unemployment Calculator 2026
Florida pays $32–$275 per week for up to 12 weeks in 2026. Your weekly benefit amount is 1/26 of your highest-earning base-period quarter. Enter your quarterly wages below to estimate it — the math runs entirely in your browser, from figures verified against FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Program.
Works offline — your inputs never leave this device. How that works
Enter your gross wages for each quarter of the base period — roughly the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you file. Your state's exact window is shown with the result.
Base period: First 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters.
File your claim with FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Program — only the agency determines your actual benefit.
Verified 2026-07-31 against FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Claimant FAQ (effective 2026-01-01)
Estimate only — not legal, tax, or financial advice. Only FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Program can determine your actual amounts.
Official source: FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Program — file a claim ↗
Working part-time? Partial benefits
Florida disregards part of what you earn in a week before reducing your benefit. Estimate what a part-time week leaves you with:
How long benefits can last
Currently up to 12 weeks — this state ties duration to its unemployment rate: FloridaCommerce claimant FAQ: '2025 and 2026 claim maximums: 12 weeks duration; Maximum Benefit Amount (MBA): $3300.' Statutory schedule (s. 443.111, F.S.): 12 weeks when the state's average unemployment rate (third calendar quarter of the prior year) is at or below 5%, plus one additional week for each 0.5% increment above 5%, up to a maximum of 23 weeks at 10.5% or above. MBA is the lesser of 25% of total base-period wages (total wages divided by 4) or the yearly maximum ($3,300 for 2026 claims).
Who qualifies for benefits in Florida
FloridaCommerce claimant FAQ: '$3,400 minimum gross earnings during base period. A minimum of two quarters of covered wages. Total base period gross wages must be more than 1.5x the highest wage quarter.'
- Minimum base-period wages
- $3,400
Meeting the wage test is not the same as being approved: FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Program also rules on the reason for the separation and on your availability for work each week. File with FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Program ↗
Base period in Florida
First 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters. No alternate base period is offered. FloridaCommerce claimant FAQ: 'The wages used to determine your benefit amounts are the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters. Claims filed as of January 1, 2026, use wages earned between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.' No alternate base period is offered in the sources reviewed.
See which quarters count for your filing date →Severance and your claim
FL DOR employer guide RT-800001: a claimant may be disqualified when 'receiving wages in lieu of notice or severance pay applicable to a claim week, which is equal to or greater than the claimant's weekly benefit amount.' Section 443.101(3)(b), F.S.: the number of weeks severance disqualifies equals the severance amount divided by the claimant's average weekly wage from the paying employer, rounded down, beginning with the week of separation; if the allocated amount is less than the weekly benefit, reduced benefits are paid for that week.
Source: FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Claimant FAQ (verified 2026-07-31).
Florida unemployment: frequently asked questions
Florida pays between $32 and $275 per week in 2026. Your amount is 1/26 of your highest-earning base-period quarter, and only FloridaCommerce Reemployment Assistance Program can determine it officially. These figures were verified against the agency's own publication on 2026-07-31.
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