Unemployment Estimate

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Unemployment benefits in Pennsylvania

$605Maximum weekly benefit

$605 a week for claims effective after January 1, 202312

The details

Minimum weekly benefit
$68 a week, the lowest rate in the financial charts.2
How the weekly amount is figured
Your highest quarterly base year wage is matched to a row in the financial charts.2
Maximum weeks
Up to 26 times your weekly benefit rate. At least 18 credit weeks are needed.2
Base period
Generally the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before your application date.2

The sources we read do not say: waiting week, how to apply.

The department says payments are cut by 3.2 percent, so a claimant at the $605 maximum receives $585. The page describes 2023 changes and gives no later date.

Sources

  1. Weekly Benefit Rate FAQs, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Eligibility Information, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, checked 1 November 2026

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