Kansas Unemployment Calculator 2026
Kansas pays $165–$663 per week for up to 16 weeks in 2026. Your weekly benefit amount is 4.25% of your highest-earning base-period quarter. Enter your quarterly wages below to estimate it — the math runs entirely in your browser, from figures verified against Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL).
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Enter your gross wages for each quarter of the base period — roughly the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before you file. Your state's exact window is shown with the result.
Base period: KDOL Claimant Handbook: 'Kansas uses a traditional Base Period. A traditional base period is the first four quarters out of the last five completed quarters of a calendar year.'.
File your claim with Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) — only the agency determines your actual benefit.
Verified 2026-08-01 against Kansas Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division overview ('Current Weekly Benefit Amount') + KDOL Claimant Handbook + KDOL Unemployment FAQs + K.S.A. 44-704 (Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes) (effective 2026-07-01)
Estimate only — not legal, tax, or financial advice. Only Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) can determine your actual amounts.
Official source: Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) — file a claim ↗
Working part-time? Partial benefits
Kansas disregards part of what you earn in a week before reducing your benefit. Estimate what a part-time week leaves you with:
- Disregard: 0.25 × WBA $400.00 = $100.00
- Countable earnings: $150.00 − $100.00 = $50.00
- Payable: WBA $400.00 − $50.00 = $350.00
How long benefits can last
Currently up to 16 weeks — this state ties duration to its unemployment rate: KDOL Claimant Handbook: 'The Maximum Benefit Amount (MBA) is determined to be the lesser value of the following calculations: WBA times the current maximum number of weeks (16). The Total Base Period Wages divided by three.' K.S.A. 44-704(j)(1): 'For weeks commencing on and after September 5, 2021, if at the beginning of the benefit year, the three-month seasonally adjusted average unemployment rate for the state of Kansas is: (1) Less than 5%, a claimant shall be eligible for a maximum of 16 weeks of benefits; (2) at least 5% but less than 6%, a claimant shall be eligible for a maximum of 20 weeks of benefits; or (3) at least 6%, a claimant shall be eligible for a maximum of 26 weeks of benefits.'
Who qualifies for benefits in Kansas
KDOL Unemployment FAQs: 'To qualify for benefits you must have been paid wages from insured employment in at least two quarters with the total of your wages being at least 30 times your WBA.' KDOL Claimant Handbook: 'To determine if you are eligible for benefits, take your WBA and multiply by 30. The total base period wages must be greater than or equal to that amount.'
Meeting the wage test is not the same as being approved: Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) also rules on the reason for the separation and on your availability for work each week. File with Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) ↗
Base period in Kansas
KDOL Claimant Handbook: 'Kansas uses a traditional Base Period. A traditional base period is the first four quarters out of the last five completed quarters of a calendar year.'. No alternate base period is offered. No alternate base period is described in the KDOL Claimant Handbook, the KDOL Eligibility page or the KDOL Unemployment FAQs opened for this pack.
See which quarters count for your filing date →Severance and your claim
K.S.A. 44-704(i): 'any benefit otherwise payable for any week shall be reduced by the amount of any separation, termination, severance or other similar payment paid to a claimant at the time of or after the claimant's separation from employment during the benefit year.' KDOL Claimant Handbook, Deductions - Separation Pay: 'A severance package; Pay in lieu of notice; Continuation of salary payment with full benefits from your last employer... Be sure to report any separation payments when you file your weekly certification. You may be contacted by the agency for additional details to help determine if your separation pay is deductible.'
Source: Kansas Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division overview ('Current Weekly Benefit Amount') + KDOL Claimant Handbook + KDOL Unemployment FAQs + K.S.A. 44-704 (Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes) (verified 2026-08-01).
Kansas unemployment: frequently asked questions
Kansas pays between $165 and $663 per week in 2026. Your amount is 4.25% of your highest-earning base-period quarter, and only Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) can determine it officially. These figures were verified against the agency's own publication on 2026-08-01.
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