Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefits By State 2025. Four of the top five states—kansas, north dakota, wyoming and texas—offered a maximum of 26 weeks of unemployment benefits. The average maximum weekly benefit amount (wba) for all 50 states plus washington, d.c., is $462 per week, with an average total maximum benefit amount of.
Great graphic from the cbpp on maximum unemployment insurance benefit duration (in weeks) by state. 5, massachusetts, offered four more weeks but had a considerably.