Unemployment Estimate

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Unemployment benefits in Wisconsin

$370Maximum weekly benefit

$370 a week (Wis. Stat. 108.05(1)(r))13

The details

Minimum weekly benefit
$54. Below that amount no benefits are payable.1
How the weekly amount is figured
4 percent of base period wages paid in the quarter with your highest wages.1
Waiting week
No benefits are paid for the first week you would otherwise be eligible in each new benefit year.2

The sources we read do not say: maximum weeks, base period, how to apply.

Sources

  1. Wis. Stat. 108.05, Wisconsin State Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Payment of Benefits, Claimant Handbook, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, checked 1 November 2026
  3. Significant Provisions of State Unemployment Insurance Laws, January 2026, US Department of Labor, checked 1 November 2026

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