Unemployment benefits in Florida
$275Maximum weekly benefit
$275 a week (Fla. Stat. 443.111(3))1
The details
- Minimum weekly benefit
- $32 a week.1
- How the weekly amount is figured
- One twenty-sixth of wages paid in the highest base period quarter, rounded down.1
- Maximum weeks
- 12 weeks when the average unemployment rate is 5 percent or lower, rising to 23 weeks at 10.5 percent or more.1
- Base period
- Requires wage credits in two or more quarters, at least $3,400 in total and 1.5 times high quarter wages.1
The sources we read do not say: waiting week, how to apply.
The FloridaCommerce claimant pages could not be read, so figures come from the statute.
Sources
- Florida Statutes 443.111 Payment of benefits, Florida Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.