Nevada Unemployment Calculator 2026
Nevada pays $0–$657 per week for up to 26 weeks in 2026. Your weekly benefit amount is 1/25 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 Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division.
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: DETR Claimant Handbook 7.1: 'The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you filed your claim.' (an alternate base period is available if you don’t qualify with the standard one).
File your claim with Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division — only the agency determines your actual benefit.
Verified 2026-08-01 against Nevada DETR Unemployment Insurance Claimant Handbook (Updated May 2025) + Nevada Research & Analysis Bureau memorandum 'MWBA & Taxable Wage Base' dated June 1, 2026 (NRS 612.340) + Nevada Unemployment Claim Frequently Asked Questions (Rev. 02/2026) (effective 2026-07-01)
Estimate only — not legal, tax, or financial advice. Only Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division can determine your actual amounts.
Official source: Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division — file a claim ↗
Working part-time? Partial benefits
Nevada 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
Up to 26 weeks.
Who qualifies for benefits in Nevada
DETR Claimant Handbook 7.2 - to qualify, base-period earnings must meet one of the following: 'Your total base period earnings must equal or exceed one and a half (1.5) times your highest quarter earnings' or 'You must have wages in at least three of the four quarters in the base period, with at least $400 earned in the highest quarter.'
- Minimum high-quarter wages
- $400
Meeting the wage test is not the same as being approved: Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division also rules on the reason for the separation and on your availability for work each week. File with Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division ↗
Base period in Nevada
DETR Claimant Handbook 7.1: 'The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you filed your claim.'. An alternate base period is available if you don’t qualify with the standard window. DETR Claimant Handbook 7.5: 'If you do not qualify using the standard base period, you may be eligible under an alternate base period, which uses the last four completed quarters. This option is available only if you are not eligible under the standard base period.'
See which quarters count for your filing date →Severance and your claim
DETR 'About UI Benefits' - Vacation/separation pay: 'If you lose your job and you receive vacation or separation pay, your benefits may be delayed. Separation pay must be reported at the time of filing.' DETR Rapid Response Packet 2025: 'if you earn wages, vacation, severance, or other pay during a week you claim, your benefits for that week may be reduced. You must report your earnings during the week you performed the work and not when you get paid.'
Source: Nevada DETR Unemployment Insurance Claimant Handbook (Updated May 2025) + Nevada Research & Analysis Bureau memorandum 'MWBA & Taxable Wage Base' dated June 1, 2026 (NRS 612.340) + Nevada Unemployment Claim Frequently Asked Questions (Rev. 02/2026) (verified 2026-08-01).
Nevada unemployment: frequently asked questions
Nevada pays between $0 and $657 per week in 2026. Your amount is 1/25 of your highest-earning base-period quarter, and only Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR), Employment Security Division can determine it officially. These figures were verified against the agency's own publication on 2026-08-01.
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