Unemployment Estimate

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Unemployment benefits in New Jersey

$905Maximum weekly benefit

$905 a week for 20261

The details

How the weekly amount is figured
60% of your average weekly wage in the base year, up to the maximum.1
Maximum weeks
Weeks worked in the base period, up to 26, times your weekly rate.1

The sources we read do not say: minimum weekly benefit, waiting week, base period, how to apply.

Sources

  1. Benefit Calculator, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.