# Minnesota — Unemployment insurance: maximum weekly benefit and weeks of duration by US state

For Minnesota, maximum weekly benefit is a maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the state's average weekly wage; duration rule is The maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on any benefit account is the lower of: (1) 33-1/3 percent of the applicant's total wage credits; or (2) 26 times the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount; benefit calculation is 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the base period, to a maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the state's average weekly wage, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Minnesota _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Maximum weekly benefit:** a maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the state's average weekly wage _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Duration rule:** The maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on any benefit account is the lower of: (1) 33-1/3 percent of the applicant's total wage credits; or (2) 26 times the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Benefit calculation:** 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the base period, to a maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the state's average weekly wage _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> the weekly unemployment benefit amount available during the applicant's benefit year is the higher of: (1) 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the base period, to a maximum of 66-2/3 percent of the state's average weekly wage; or (2) 50 percent of the applicant's average weekly wage during the high quarter, to a maximum of 43 percent of the state's average weekly wage. The applicant's average weekly wage under clause (1) is computed by dividing the total wage credits by 52. The applicant's average weekly wage under clause (2) is computed by dividing the high quarter wage credits by 13. (b) The state's maximum weekly benefit amount, computed in accordance with section <https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2025/cite/268.035#stat.268.035.23> 268.035, subdivision 23 , applies to a benefit account established effective on or after the last Sunday in October. Once established, an applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount is not affected by the last Sunday in October change in the state's maximum weekly unemployment benefit amount. (c) The maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on any benefit account is the lower of: (1) 33-1/3 percent of the applicant's total wage credits; or (2) 26 times the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount.

## Source

- https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/268.07

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-02-14.
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