Michigan Unemployment Calculator 2026
Michigan pays $0–$530 per week for up to 26 weeks in 2026. Your weekly benefit amount is 4.1% 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 Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity).
Works offline — your inputs never leave this device. How that works
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: Base period as defined by MCL 421.45-421.46; the definition could not be transcribed this session (legislature.mi.gov began serving a CAPTCHA and michigan.gov is geo-blocked from this network). The UIA monetary determination lists the quarters used..
File your claim with Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity) — only the agency determines your actual benefit.
Verified 2026-07-31 against Michigan Employment Security Act, MCL 421.27 (current statutory text, Michigan Legislature) (effective 2026-01-01)
Estimate only — not legal, tax, or financial advice. Only Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity) can determine your actual amounts.
Official source: Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity) — file a claim ↗
Working part-time? Partial benefits
Michigan disregards part of what you earn in a week before reducing your benefit. Estimate what a part-time week leaves you with:
- Disregard: 50% of earnings $150.00 = $75.00
- Countable earnings: $150.00 − $75.00 = $75.00
- Payable: WBA $400.00 − $75.00 = $325.00
How dependants change the Michigan benefit
Statutory per-dependent amounts: $12.66 (claims filed in 2025), $19.33 (claims filed on or after Jan 1, 2026), $26.00 (2027, CPI-adjusted after); the weekly benefit rate including dependents may not exceed the year's maximum ($530 for 2026 claims).
How long benefits can last
Up to 26 weeks; total benefits are MCL 421.27(d): 'The number of weeks of benefits payable to an individual is calculated by taking 43% of the individual's base period wages and dividing the result by the individual's weekly benefit rate'; for initial claims filed on or after the 2025 amendatory act's effective date, 'not more than 26 weeks of benefits or less than 14 weeks of benefits are payable to an individual in a benefit year' (raised in phases from the previous 20-week cap by the 2024-25 reform legislation).
Who qualifies for benefits in Michigan
MCL 421.27(d) computes payable weeks as 43% of base-period wages divided by the weekly benefit rate (14-26 weeks). The monetary qualification thresholds (MCL 421.46) could not be transcribed this session; the UIA's monetary determination governs.
Meeting the wage test is not the same as being approved: Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity) also rules on the reason for the separation and on your availability for work each week. File with Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity) ↗
Base period in Michigan
Base period as defined by MCL 421.45-421.46; the definition could not be transcribed this session (legislature.mi.gov began serving a CAPTCHA and michigan.gov is geo-blocked from this network). The UIA monetary determination lists the quarters used.. No alternate base period is offered. UNVERIFIED: alternate-base-period availability could not be confirmed this session - do not surface base-period claims for Michigan until MCL 421.45 or UIA guidance is opened and this field re-verified.
See which quarters count for your filing date →Severance and your claim
MCL 421.27(c) reduces the weekly benefit rate by 50 cents per dollar of remuneration for a week; whether and how a severance payment is allocated as remuneration to specific weeks is determined by the UIA. Michigan UIA claimant guidance (michigan.gov) could not be opened this session (HTTP 403); confirm treatment with the UIA.
Source: Michigan Employment Security Act, MCL 421.27 (current statutory text, Michigan Legislature) (verified 2026-07-31).
Michigan unemployment: frequently asked questions
Michigan pays between $0 and $530 per week in 2026 (up to $530 with a dependents allowance). Your amount is 4.1% of your highest-earning base-period quarter, and only Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (Dept. of Labor and Economic Opportunity) can determine it officially. These figures were verified against the agency's own publication on 2026-07-31.
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