How this tool works. The base period is the four most recently completed quarters, or the first four of the last five if that gives more wage credits (Minn. Stat. § 268.035, subd. 4); the tool tests both and keeps the larger. You need wage credits of at least 5.3% of the state’s average annual wage rounded down to $100. The weekly amount is the higher of 50% of base-period wages ÷ 52 (up to 66⅔% of the state average weekly wage) or 50% of high-quarter wages ÷ 13 (up to 43% of it); the tool rounds down to the dollar, consistent with the $37 minimum listed by the U.S. Department of Labor. The maximum benefit amount is the lesser of one-third of wage credits or 26 times the weekly amount. In a part-time week, 50% of earnings are deducted; no benefit is payable when earnings equal or exceed the weekly amount or you work 32 hours or more.
Figures used. Accounts effective October 25, 2026 through October 30, 2027: $983 maximum (DEED); $634 high-quarter cap and $4,000 wage-credit threshold computed by RemoteLaws from the $983 maximum, because DEED does not publish them (the high-quarter cap could differ by $1). Accounts effective October 26, 2025 through October 24, 2026: $948 and $611 (U.S. DOL, July 2026); $3,900 threshold computed by RemoteLaws.
Limitations. Minnesota requires one nonpayable week per benefit year. Separation issues and the weekly work search requirement are decided separately. This is a calculation, not a determination; DEED determines actual amounts.