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Source : U . S . Department of Labor , Employment and Training Administration TABLE 25
Regular Unemployment Insurance Payments ( 2nd Quarter 2023 )
Rank
Avg . Weekly Benefit Amount
Avg . Duration ( weeks )
Rank
1 Washington
$ 709.18
13.2
21
2 Massachusetts
$ 692.47
15.5
8
3 Hawaii
$ 613.30
14.3
13
4 Colorado
$ 578.98
11.5
32
5 New Jersey
$ 577.19
17.2
1
6 Minnesota
$ 555.68
14.5
10
7 Utah
$ 541.84
11.4
33
8 Oregon
$ 539.47
14.4
12
9 North Dakota
$ 515.38
12.0
28
10 Montana
$ 497.06
11.8
30
11 Illinois
$ 493.16
14.4
11
12 Vermont
$ 487.89
11.2
35
13 Iowa
$ 482.99
10.0
41
14 Texas
$ 475.98
13.7
16
15 Connecticut
$ 474.27
13.4
19
16 Ohio
$ 453.97
12.5
27
17 Wyoming
$ 453.16
12.7
26
18 Pennsylvania
$ 450.69
13.4
19
19 Maine
$ 450.63
13.5
17
20 Rhode Island
$ 446.93
14.0
15
21 Kentucky
$ 445.16
15.1
9
22 Nevada
$ 440.79
12.9
23
23 Idaho
$ 440.02
9.3
44
24 South Dakota
$ 428.45
13.4
18
25 New York
$ 418.62
16.9
2
26 Kansas
$ 417.44
8.4
48
27 New Mexico
$ 416.09
15.9
6
28 Nebraska
$ 410.86
11.0
36
29 West Virginia
$ 389.55
12.9
24
30 Oklahoma
$ 388.97
12.8
25
31 Maryland
$ 385.60
16.1
5
32 California
$ 366.97
16.2
4
33 New Hampshire
$ 364.12
9.6
43
34 Michigan
$ 344.80
11.0
37
35 Wisconsin
$ 340.73
11.3
34
36 Virginia
$ 338.59
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37 Georgia
$ 337.61
8.6
47
38 Delaware
$ 329.12
15.7
7
39 Indiana
$ 313.44
10.3
39
40 Arizona
$ 306.91
13.2
22
41 Arkansas
$ 304.41
9.6
42
42 North Carolina
$ 297.33
8.9
46
43 South Carolina
$ 296.45
10.2
40
44 Alaska
$ 288.08
16.3
3
45 Missouri
$ 284.60
11.8
29
46 Florida
$ 260.80
8.9
45
47 Tennessee
$ 253.68
11.5
31
48 Alabama
$ 251.63
7.2
49
49 Louisiana
$ 243.55
14.1
14
50 Mississippi
$ 220.83
10.7
38
Dist . of Columbia
$ 406.76
15.1
United States
$ 436.00
14.0
Washington ranked 1st in average weekly regular unemployment benefits paid .