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Source : U . S . Department of Labor , Employment and Training Administration TABLE 25
Regular Unemployment Insurance Payments ( 2nd Quarter 2022 )
Rank
Avg . Weekly Benefit Amount
Avg . Duration ( weeks )
Rank
1 Massachusetts
$ 614.65
17.4
13
2 Washington
$ 588.57
15.1
26
3 Hawaii
$ 540.90
17.4
12
4 New Jersey
$ 534.15
21.3
3
5 Minnesota
$ 518.36
17.1
14
6 North Dakota
$ 500.12
12.9
36
7 Utah
$ 489.43
11.6
46
8 Oregon
$ 473.61
15.5
23
9 Iowa
$ 471.29
11.8
43
10 Colorado
$ 466.61
18.9
7
11 Montana
$ 458.87
12.0
41
12 Illinois
$ 446.37
18.4
8
13 Texas
$ 445.28
14.9
28
14 Pennsylvania
$ 436.12
17.0
15
15 Wyoming
$ 434.30
12.7
38
16 Connecticut
$ 433.98
15.4
25
17 Kansas
$ 427.38
14.4
31
18 Rhode Island
$ 425.45
14.8
29
19 Vermont
$ 421.80
13.4
35
20 Ohio
$ 418.74
14.6
30
21 Maine
$ 408.26
15.4
24
22 South Dakota
$ 401.26
13.6
33
23 New York
$ 397.98
22.6
1
24 Idaho
$ 392.92
9.2
48
25 New Mexico
$ 389.57
17.8
11
26 Kentucky
$ 389.44
21.9
2
27 Nevada
$ 388.16
18.4
8
28 Nebraska
$ 375.89
12.9
37
29 Maryland
$ 364.21
19.1
6
30 Oklahoma
$ 360.74
18.1
10
31 Michigan
$ 356.57
12.5
39
32 California
$ 339.57
19.5
5
33 New Hampshire
$ 338.14
11.8
42
34 Virginia
$ 332.60
7.0
50
35 Wisconsin
$ 329.72
16.0
20
36 Georgia
$ 320.54
13.5
34
37 Delaware
$ 301.20
16.7
17
38 West Virginia
$ 297.05
14.2
32
39 Indiana
$ 288.66
15.0
27
40 Alaska
$ 285.21
16.7
16
41 South Carolina
$ 282.57
11.7
44
42 North Carolina
$ 277.26
11.6
45
43 Arkansas
$ 276.83
9.9
47
44 Missouri
$ 274.59
15.6
22
45 Florida
$ 252.30
12.2
40
46 Alabama
$ 248.60
8.0
49
47 Tennessee
$ 241.55
16.0
21
48 Arizona
$ 237.09
16.0
19
49 Louisiana
$ 225.25
20.3
4
50 Mississippi
$ 214.12
16.2
18
Dist . of Columbia
$ 404.18
17.5
United States
$ 398.71
17.0
Washington ranked second in average weekly regular unemployment benefits paid .