Indiana Unemployment Calculator (2026)
In 2026, Indiana pays unemployment benefits between $37 and $390 per week. Your weekly amount is 47% of your average weekly wage during your base period. Indiana offers up to 26 weeks of benefits, though your total payout is capped based on your past wages.
How Indiana calculates it
Indiana looks at your base period — roughly the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you file. It adds up your wages, figures your average weekly wage, and pays you 47% of that number. For example, if you averaged $600 a week, your weekly benefit would be about $282. If you averaged $800 a week, you'd get about $376.
The weekly benefit can't go below $37 or above $390, no matter what you earned. The $390 cap means anyone who averaged roughly $830 a week or more gets the same maximum check.
Your total benefits are also capped: you can collect the lesser of 28% of your total base period wages or 26 times your weekly benefit. So while the standard duration is 26 weeks, lower earners may run out of total dollars before reaching 26 weeks.
Do you qualify in Indiana?
To qualify money-wise, your total base period wages must be at least 1.5 times your highest-quarter wages, you need at least $2,500 in the last two quarters of the base period, and at least $4,200 in the base period overall.
You also need to meet the standard conditions: you lost your job through no fault of your own (a layoff counts; quitting without good cause or being fired for misconduct usually doesn't), and you must be able to work, available for work, and actively looking for a new job each week you claim.
Maximum total benefit: Lesser of 28% BPW or 26 x WBA.