Unemployment benefits in Georgia
$365Maximum weekly benefit
$365 a week (GDOL Claimant Handbook, no date given)1
The details
- Minimum weekly benefit
- $55 a week.1
- How the weekly amount is figured
- Total wages in your two highest base period quarters divided by 42. An alternate method divides high quarter wages by 21.1
- Maximum weeks
- 14 weeks when unemployment is 4.5% or lower, up to 26 weeks at 10% or higher.1
- Base period
- The first 4 of the last 5 completed calendar quarters before your claim start date.1
- How to apply
- Apply online through the MyUI Claimant Portal or in person at a Career Center.1
The sources we read do not say: waiting week.
The handbook calls these figures current but shows no issue date.
Sources
- Unemployment Insurance Claimant Handbook, Georgia Department of Labor, checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.