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State unemployment insurance agencies
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This page provides links to official state unemployment insurance agency websites in all 50 states. The links contain resources and information on eligibility, benefits, program requirements, and online unemployment insurance applications.
To find the official website for your state's unemployment insurance program, click here.
Unemployment insurance is a term that refers to a joint federal and state program that provides temporary monetary benefits to eligible laid-off workers who are actively seeking new employment. Qualifying individuals receive unemployment compensation as a percentage of their lost wages in the form of weekly cash benefits while they search for new employment.[1][2]
The federal government oversees the general administration of state unemployment insurance programs. The states control the specific features of their unemployment insurance programs, such as eligibility requirements and length of benefits.[2]
Although the word insurance is in the term, a few key differences distinguish unemployment insurance from private insurance plans such as home insurance, car insurance, or health insurance. In most states, employers—rather than individuals themselves—pay unemployment taxes that fund state unemployment insurance programs. When an individual loses their employment (and meets eligibility requirements), state-administered unemployment insurance programs provide temporary monetary benefits to the former employee. Unemployment insurance compensation is not intended to replace lost wages; it is designed to replace a portion of the individual's lost wages with the goal of providing financial support as an individual searches for a new job.[3]
To learn more about the joint federal and state unemployment insurance programs across the country, click the following links:
- Terms related to unemployment insurance. This article contains information about key terms related to unemployment insurance.
- Reform proposals related to unemployment insurance. This article contains information about proposed reform approaches related to unemployment insurance.
- Unemployment insurance reform activity in the states. This article tracks state activity related to unemployment insurance reform approaches.
State unemployment insurance agencies
This table provides links to official unemployment insurance resources in all 50 states.
Unemployment insurance programs in the states
The following pages provide state-specific information about state unemployment insurance programs:
- Unemployment insurance in Florida
- Unemployment insurance in Alabama
- Unemployment insurance in Alaska
- Unemployment insurance in Arizona
- Unemployment insurance in Arkansas
- Unemployment insurance in California
- Unemployment insurance in Colorado
- Unemployment insurance in Connecticut
- Unemployment insurance in Delaware
- Unemployment insurance in Georgia
- Unemployment insurance in Hawaii
- Unemployment insurance in Idaho
- Unemployment insurance in Illinois
- Unemployment insurance in Indiana
- Unemployment insurance in Iowa
- Unemployment insurance in Kansas
- Unemployment insurance in Kentucky
- Unemployment insurance in Louisiana
- Unemployment insurance in Maine
- Unemployment insurance in Maryland
- Unemployment insurance in Massachusetts
- Unemployment insurance in Michigan
- Unemployment insurance in Minnesota
- Unemployment insurance in Mississippi
- Unemployment insurance in Missouri
- Unemployment insurance in Montana
- Unemployment insurance in Nebraska
- Unemployment insurance in Nevada
- Unemployment insurance in New Hampshire
- Unemployment insurance in New Jersey
- Unemployment insurance in New Mexico
- Unemployment insurance in New York
- Unemployment insurance in North Carolina
- Unemployment insurance in North Dakota
- Unemployment insurance in Ohio
- Unemployment insurance in Oklahoma
- Unemployment insurance in Oregon
- Unemployment insurance in Pennsylvania
- Unemployment insurance in Rhode Island
- Unemployment insurance in South Carolina
- Unemployment insurance in South Dakota
- Unemployment insurance in Tennessee
- Unemployment insurance in Texas
- Unemployment insurance in Utah
- Unemployment insurance in Vermont
- Unemployment insurance in Virginia
- Unemployment insurance in Washington
- Unemployment insurance in West Virginia
- Unemployment insurance in Wisconsin
- Unemployment insurance in Wyoming
- Unemployment insurance in Florida: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Alabama: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Alaska: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Arizona: Funding, benefits and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Arkansas: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in California: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Colorado: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Connecticut: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Delaware: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Georgia: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Hawaii: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Idaho: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Illinois: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Indiana: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Iowa: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Kansas: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Kentucky: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Louisiana: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Maine: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Maryland: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Massachusetts: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Michigan: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Minnesota: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Mississippi: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Missouri: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Montana: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Nebraska: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Nevada: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New Hampshire: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New Jersey: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New Mexico: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in New York: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in North Carolina: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in North Dakota: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Ohio: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Oklahoma: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Oregon: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Pennsylvania: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Rhode Island: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in South Carolina: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in South Dakota: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Tennessee: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Texas: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Utah: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Vermont: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Virginia: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Washington: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in West Virginia: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Wisconsin: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
- Unemployment insurance in Wyoming: Funding, benefits, and eligibility
See also
- Unemployment insurance
- Unemployment insurance programs in the states
- Unemployment insurance reform activity in the states
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