Unemployment benefits in Virginia
$478Maximum weekly benefit
$478 a week for new claims filed on or after July 5, 20261
The details
- Minimum weekly benefit
- $160 a week for new claims filed on or after July 5, 2026.1
- How the weekly amount is figured
- Set by the benefit table using wages in the two highest quarters of the base period.12
The sources we read do not say: maximum weeks, waiting week, base period, how to apply.
The statute's new benefit period starts with claims effective July 1, 2026, while the VEC release says claims filed on or after July 5, 2026.
Sources
- Virginia unemployment benefits increasing in July, Virginia Employment Commission, checked 1 November 2026
- Code of Virginia 60.2-602, Virginia General Assembly, checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source used only because the official page could not be read.