2026 Competitiveness Redbook | Página 33

Regular Unemployment Insurance Payments( 2nd Quarter 2025)
Avg. Weekly
Avg. Duration
Rank
Benefit Amount
( weeks)
Rank
1 Washington
$ 738.18
16.0
11
2 Massachusetts
$ 732.82
19.0
2
3 Hawaii
$ 686.20
14.0
24
4 Colorado
$ 635.79
14.4
21
5 New Jersey
$ 622.52
19.6
1
6 North Dakota
$ 602.67
11.3
41
7 Utah
$ 585.29
13.5
26
8 Minnesota
$ 583.70
15.4
14
9 Oregon
$ 581.92
14.6
19
10 Vermont
$ 556.99
12.1
36
11 Iowa
$ 539.87
9.8
44
12 Kansas
$ 532.00
10.5
42
13 Montana
$ 518.71
13.3
29
14 Kentucky
$ 515.99
13.9
25
15 Wyoming
$ 515.52
12.8
30
16 Illinois
$ 514.14
16.4
10
17 Texas
$ 505.43
15.5
13
18 Connecticut
$ 501.18
15.2
16
19 Maine
$ 495.13
15.0
17
20 Ohio
$ 490.82
14.0
23
21 Rhode Island
$ 487.94
15.3
15
22 Idaho
$ 484.33
10.0
43
23 Nevada
$ 481.51
16.5
9
24 Pennsylvania
$ 480.80
15.5
12
25 New Mexico
$ 467.21
16.7
8
26 South Dakota
$ 465.00
14.9
18
27 Nebraska
$ 460.27
12.4
32
28 Oklahoma
$ 439.59
12.1
37
29 West Virginia
$ 436.07
13.5
26
30 New York
$ 432.47
18.2
5
31 North Carolina
$ 404.24
9.7
45
32 Maryland
$ 398.02
18.2
4
33 New Hampshire
$ 378.70
12.3
33
34 California
$ 372.53
18.2
6
35 Delaware
$ 371.93
18.9
3
36 Michigan
$ 362.74
11.4
39
37 Virginia
$ 354.49
12.0
38
38 Wisconsin
$ 347.06
12.2
35
39 Georgia
$ 344.49
8.9
47
40 Indiana
$ 324.14
12.5
31
41 Arkansas
$ 321.66
8.6
49
42 Arizona
$ 314.12
14.5
20
43 South Carolina
$ 311.39
11.4
40
44 Tennessee
$ 305.63
9.6
46
45 Alaska
$ 305.40
16.8
7
46 Missouri
$ 294.60
12.2
34
47 Florida
$ 266.23
8.6
48
48 Alabama
$ 257.03
7.8
50
49 Louisiana
$ 245.92
14.1
22
50 Mississippi
$ 221.89
13.3
28
Dist. of Columbia
$ 421.51
15.8
United States
$ 463.04
15.3
TABLE 25 Source: U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Washington ranked 1st in average weekly regular unemployment benefits paid.