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Source : U . S . Department of Labor , Employment and Training Administration TABLE 25
Regular Unemployment Insurance Payments ( 2nd Quarter 2024 )
Rank
Avg . Weekly Benefit Amount
Avg . Duration ( weeks )
Rank
1 Massachusetts
$ 715.75
18.9
2
2 Washington
$ 715.57
15.2
12
3 Hawaii
$ 653.74
14.5
19
4 Colorado
$ 621.69
14.1
21
5 New Jersey
$ 603.15
18.9
1
6 Minnesota
$ 573.78
15.2
12
7 Utah
$ 569.47
13.4
25
8 Oregon
$ 565.34
14.5
20
9 North Dakota
$ 564.74
11.7
37
10 Vermont
$ 532.67
11.8
35
11 Iowa
$ 525.15
9.1
47
12 Illinois
$ 509.29
16.1
9
13 Connecticut
$ 495.86
14.7
17
14 Texas
$ 493.81
15.5
11
15 Wyoming
$ 492.07
12.7
30
16 Kentucky
$ 481.05
12.9
29
17 Nevada
$ 480.08
15.8
10
18 Ohio
$ 478.27
13.8
24
19 Maine
$ 476.28
14.7
18
20 Pennsylvania
$ 475.08
14.8
16
21 Rhode Island
$ 469.83
15.0
14
22 Kansas
$ 456.93
8.8
48
23 Idaho
$ 456.83
9.9
44
24 South Dakota
$ 446.30
14.0
23
25 Nebraska
$ 446.10
11.8
36
26 New Mexico
$ 439.94
16.5
8
27 Montana
$ 438.16
13.1
27
28 West Virginia
$ 429.82
13.3
26
29 New York
$ 428.82
18.1
5
30 Oklahoma
$ 418.68
11.7
40
31 Maryland
$ 392.35
17.5
6
32 New Hampshire
$ 376.17
11.3
42
33 California
$ 370.46
18.2
4
34 Delaware
$ 368.27
18.3
3
35 Virginia
$ 348.39
12.2
32
36 Michigan
$ 346.93
11.6
41
37 Wisconsin
$ 345.67
12.1
34
38 Georgia
$ 342.94
9.2
46
39 Indiana
$ 321.08
11.7
37
40 Arkansas
$ 318.59
9.9
43
41 Arizona
$ 312.17
14.1
22
42 North Carolina
$ 304.59
9.3
45
43 South Carolina
$ 298.70
11.7
39
44 Alaska
$ 297.83
17.1
7
45 Missouri
$ 291.08
12.1
33
46 Tennessee
$ 272.47
12.6
31
47 Florida
$ 264.92
8.5
49
48 Alabama
$ 252.63
6.9
50
49 Louisiana
$ 251.62
14.8
15
50 Mississippi
$ 223.05
13.1
28
Dist . of Columbia
$ 407.52
17.3
United States
$ 452.13
15.2
Washington ranked 2nd in average weekly regular unemployment benefits paid .