Unemployment benefits in Maryland
$430Maximum weekly benefit
$430 a week, the top line of the benefit schedule (Md. Code Lab. and Empl. 8-803(b))1
The details
- Minimum weekly benefit
- $50 a week.1
- How the weekly amount is figured
- Set by the schedule using wages in your highest paid base period quarter, plus any dependent allowance.1
The sources we read do not say: maximum weeks, waiting week, base period, how to apply.
The statute gives no effective date for the schedule. The schedule in effect on the first day of a benefit year applies all year.
Sources
- Labor and Employment 8-803, Maryland General Assembly, checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.