Unemployment benefits in Connecticut
$721Maximum weekly benefit
$721 a week for claims effective on or after October 1, 2023, plus up to $75 for dependents12
The details
- How the weekly amount is figured
- One twenty-sixth of the average wages in your two highest base period quarters, rounded down, plus $15 per dependent up to five.2
- Maximum weeks
- Typically up to 26 weeks. The maximum total is 26 times the weekly rate.2
- Base period
- The first four of the last five completed calendar quarters.2
- How to apply
- Apply online at filectui.com, in person at an American Job Center, or by phone.2
The sources we read do not say: minimum weekly benefit, waiting week.
The 2023 notice says the $721 rate stays fixed until it is next eligible to rise on October 1, 2028.
Sources
- CT Dept of Labor Unemployment Benefit Maximum Rate Goes Up, Connecticut Department of Labor, checked 2 November 2026
- A Guide to Collecting Benefits in Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Labor, checked 2 November 2026
Checked 2 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.