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Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance weekly benefit amounts, April–June 2026
Summary ETA gives state workforce agencies the minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance amounts for major disasters declared from April 1 through June 30, 2026. States use half their average weekly unemployment benefit, rounded as shown in the attachment, when a claimant's calculated amount is lower or cannot be established from wages or self-employment income. The letter asks state administrators to share the amounts with staff who calculate benefits.
Document
Federal guidance
Agency
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
Document number
UIPL No. 09-26
Date issued
March 12, 2026
Status
Active
The letter states that it rescinds nothing and has a Continuing expiration designation. Its attached amounts apply only to major disasters declared April 1 through June 30, 2026.
Status last verified October 24, 2026
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CLASSIFICATION
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION Unemployment Insurance
ADVISORY SYSTEM CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OUI/DUIO
Washington, D.C. 20210 DATE
March 12, 2026
ADVISORY: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 09-26
TO: STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES
FROM: HENRY MACK, ED.D.
Assistant Secretary
SUBJECT: Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance Weekly Benefit Amount:
April 1 – June 30, 2026
1. Purpose. To transmit the subject computation for State Workforce Agency usage in
computing minimum weekly Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) amounts for all
major disasters declared from April 1 – June 30, 2026 (third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY)
2026).
2. Action Requested. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) requests that State
Workforce Agency Administrators provide this information to appropriate staff and ensure
their state uses the correct Average Weekly Benefit Amount (AWBA) in determining the
minimum weekly DUA benefit amount.
3. Summary and Background.
a. Summary – If an individual’s DUA weekly benefit amount is less than 50 percent of
the state’s AWBA for unemployment compensation (UC) or if the individual has
insufficient wages from employment or insufficient or no net income from self-
employment to establish a DUA weekly benefit amount, the state shall determine the
minimum DUA weekly amount to equal 50 percent of the AWBA of UC in the state.
b. Background – The Department is required to publish information on each state’s
minimum DUA weekly benefit amount quarterly (see 20 CFR 625.6(b)).
4. Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit Amount.
The attached listing sets forth the minimum DUA weekly benefit amount for each state
applicable for major disasters declared during the third quarter of FY 2026, from April 1 –
June 30, 2026, and the computation used to determine this amount.
5. Inquiries. Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office.
RESCISSIONS EXPIRATION DATE
None Continuing
6. References.
• 20 C.F.R. Part 625; and
• Employment and Training (ET) Handbook 356, Chapter IV-3.
7. Attachment(s).
• Attachment I: Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) Weekly Benefit
Amount: April 1 – June 30, 2026.
Attachment I
Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA)
Weekly Benefit Amount: April 1 – June 30, 2026
50% AWBA Minimum WBA
States AWBA*
Calculation (Rounded)
Alabama $258.15 $129.08 $130.00
Alaska $307.13 $153.57 $154.00
Arizona $314.26 $157.13 $158.00
Arkansas $330.00 $165.00 $165.00
California $373.88 $186.94 $187.00
Colorado $639.01 $319.51 $320.00
Connecticut $502.93 $251.47 $252.00
Delaware $368.82 $184.41 $185.00
District of Columbia $416.39 $208.19 $209.00
Florida $266.01 $133.00 $133.00
Georgia $344.98 $172.49 $173.00
Hawaii $696.07 $348.03 $349.00
Idaho $481.14 $240.57 $241.00
Illinois $517.69 $258.84 $259.00
Indiana $326.91 $163.45 $164.00
Iowa $548.27 $274.14 $275.00
Kansas $531.93 $265.97 $266.00
Kentucky $512.46 $256.23 $257.00
Louisiana $247.49 $123.74 $124.00
Maine $497.31 $248.66 $249.00
Maryland $396.83 $198.42 $199.00
Massachusetts $723.35 $361.68 $362.00
Michigan $392.69 $196.34 $197.00
Minnesota $582.34 $291.17 $292.00
Mississippi $223.09 $111.55 $112.00
Missouri $295.10 $147.55 $148.00
Montana $505.75 $252.88 $253.00
Nebraska $469.24 $234.62 $235.00
Nevada $491.14 $245.57 $246.00
New Hampshire $377.28 $188.64 $189.00
New Jersey $615.44 $307.72 $308.00
New Mexico $469.74 $234.87 $235.00
New York $465.79 $232.90 $233.00
North Carolina $403.29 $201.65 $202.00
North Dakota $606.83 $303.42 $304.00
Ohio $496.83 $248.42 $249.00
Oklahoma $442.38 $221.19 $222.00
Oregon $583.63 $291.81 $292.00
Pennsylvania $479.29 $239.65 $240.00
Puerto Rico $219.52 $109.76 $110.00
Rhode Island $490.29 $245.14 $246.00
South Carolina $312.61 $156.30 $157.00
Attachment I
South Dakota $471.94 $235.97 $236.00
Tennessee $305.74 $152.87 $153.00
Texas $508.10 $254.05 $255.00
Utah $587.67 $293.83 $294.00
Vermont $564.72 $282.36 $283.00
Virgin Islands $458.15 $229.08 $230.00
Virginia $355.38 $177.69 $178.00
Washington $740.67 $370.34 $371.00
West Virginia $446.72 $223.36 $224.00
Wisconsin $346.41 $173.20 $174.00
Wyoming $516.59 $258.29 $259.00
*Based on Average Weekly Benefit Amount (AWBA) for Total Unemployment January
1, 2025, through December 31, 2025.
Data supplied by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Unemployment Insurance.
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