Unemployment benefits in Hawaii
$868Maximum weekly benefit
$868 a week for calendar year 20261
The details
- Minimum weekly benefit
- $5 a week.2
- How the weekly amount is figured
- Your highest quarterly earnings in the base period divided by 21.2
- Maximum weeks
- Up to 26 weeks within a one year benefit year.2
- Waiting week
- Everyone serves an unpaid waiting week, usually the first week of the benefit year.2
- Base period
- The first four of the last five completed calendar quarters, or the last four completed quarters as an alternate.2
- How to apply
- Apply online at huiclaims.hawaii.gov, or call (808) 762-5752 or (833) 901-2272.2
The calendar year 2025 maximum was $835.
Sources
- Tax Rate Schedule and Weekly Benefit Amount, Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, checked 2 November 2026
- Unemployment Insurance FAQs flyer, rev. January 2026, Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, checked 2 November 2026
Checked 2 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.