UIPL 16-25.pdf

ETA Advisory File Text

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY SYSTEM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Washington D.C. 20210 CLASSIFICATION Unemployment Insurance CORRESPONDENCE SYMBOL OUI DUIO DATE August 28 2025 RESCISSIONS None EXPIRATION DATE Continuing ADVISORY TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAM LETTER NO. 16-25 STATE WORKFORCE AGENCIES FROM LORI FRAZIER BEARDEN Acting Assistant Secretary SUBJECT Minimum Disaster Une mployment Assistance Weekly Benefit Amount October 1 December 31 2025 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 October 1 December 31 2025 first quarter of Fiscal Year FY 202 6 . 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 or territory uses the correct Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA in determining the minimum weekly DUA benefit amount. 3. Summary and Background. a.Summ ary If an individual s DUA weekly benefit amount is less than 50 percent of the state or territory 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 or territory 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 or territory s minimum DUA weekly benefit amount quarterly see 20 CFR 625.6 b . 4. Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount. The at tached listing sets forth the minimum DUA weekly benefit amount for each state or territo ry applicable for major disasters declared during the first quarter of FY 2026 from October 1 December 31 2025 and the computation used to determine this amount. 5. Inquiries . Please direct inquiries to the appropriate ETA Regional Office. 2 6.References. 20 CFR 625.6 b and Employment and Training ET Handbook 356 Chapter IV-3. 7.Attachment s . Attachment I Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount October 1 December 31 2025. Attachment I I-1 Minimum Disaster Unemployment Assistance DUA Weekly Benefit Amount October 1 December 31 2025 State Territory AWBA 50 AWBA Calculation Minimum WBA Rounded Alabama 256.25 128.12 129.00 Alaska 304.27 152.13 153.00 Arizona 313.40 156.70 157.00 Arkansas 321.17 160.58 161.00 California 371.70 185.85 186.00 Colorado 630.25 315.12 316.00 Connecticut 495.51 247.75 248.00 Delaware 366.11 183.06 184.00 District of Columbia 412.72 206.36 207.00 Florida 265.00 132.50 133.00 Georgia 344.02 172.01 173.00 Hawaii 682.51 341.26 342.00 Idaho 472.96 236.48 237.00 Illinois 514.30 257.15 258.00 Indiana 326.77 163.38 164.00 Iowa 547.95 273.97 274.00 Kansas 517.36 258.68 259.00 Kentucky 505.54 252.77 253.00 Louisiana 250.56 125.28 126.00 Maine 485.18 242.59 243.00 Maryland 393.55 196.77 197.00 Massachusetts 719.33 359.66 360.00 Michigan 351.11 175.56 176.00 Minnesota 572.60 286.30 287.00 Mississippi 222.31 111.16 112.00 Missouri 293.02 146.51 147.00 Montana 492.86 246.43 247.00 Nebraska 461.41 230.71 231.00 Nevada 482.61 241.31 242.00 New Hampshire 376.22 188.11 189.00 New Jersey 603.05 301.53 302.00 New Mexico 459.76 229.88 230.00 New York 430.45 215.23 216.00 North Carolina 427.00 213.50 214.00 North Dakota 598.64 299.32 300.00 Ohio 489.46 244.73 245.00 Oklahoma 432.08 216.04 217.00 Oregon 575.91 287.95 288.00 Pennsylvania 476.49 238.25 239.00 Puerto Rico 218.91 109.46 110.00 Rhode Island 478.23 239.11 240.00 South Carolina 303.89 151.95 152.00 Attachment I I-2 South Dakota 465.79 232.90 233.00 Tennessee 300.31 150.15 151.00 Texas 498.85 249.43 250.00 Utah 575.62 287.81 288.00 Vermont 556.21 278.11 279.00 Virgin Islands 451.76 225.88 226.00 Virginia 354.80 177.40 178.00 Washington 721.97 360.98 361.00 West Virginia 448.55 224.27 225.00 Wisconsin 345.82 172.91 173.00 Wyoming 504.09 252.05 253.00 Based on Average Weekly Benefit Amount AWBA for Total Unemployment July 1 2024 through June 30 2025. Data supplied by the U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Unemployment Insurance.