Florida Unemployment Calculator (2026)
Florida pays some of the lowest unemployment benefits in the country: $32 to $275 per week, for at most 12 weeks in 2026. That's a maximum total of $3,300 ($275 × 12 weeks). Florida calls the program Reemployment Assistance, run by FloridaCommerce.
How Florida calculates it
Florida divides your highest-earning base period quarter by 26 and rounds down to the whole dollar. The state's own worked example: $6,317.03 in your best quarter pays $242 a week. Earn $7,150 or more in that quarter and you hit the $275 cap — a number unchanged since 2011.
The 12-week limit isn't fixed — it floats with the economy. Florida law allows 12 to 23 weeks depending on the prior year's third-quarter unemployment rate: 12 weeks when that rate is at or below 5%, plus one extra week for every 0.5% above it. Because unemployment was low, 2026 claims max out at 12 weeks. The number resets every January.
Your total pool is the lesser of 25% of your base period wages or 12 times your weekly amount. If your earnings were close to the qualifying minimum, that pool can run out in roughly 9 to 10 weeks instead of 12.
Do you qualify in Florida?
The wage test: at least $3,400 in total base period wages, wages in at least two quarters, and total base period wages of at least 1.5 times your highest quarter.
You also must be unemployed through no fault of your own, able and available for work, and actively searching. FloridaCommerce makes the final call on every claim.
Maximum total benefit: Lesser of 25% BPW or 12 x WBA (2026; statute: current-year weeks x WBA, absolute cap $6,325).