Oregon unemployment calculator 2026: 1.25% of your year, up to $902 a week
Oregon pays 1.25% of everything you earned in the base period, each week, from $211 to $902. Enter your yearly pay; quarters do not matter here.
Unemployment in Oregon
$562
a week, for up to 26 weeks · $14,612 in all
| Weekly benefit | $562 |
| Weeks payable | 26 weeks |
| Total if you stay unemployed | $14,612 |
| Federal income tax on it, about | $1,633 |
| 10% federal withholding, if you ask (W-4V) | $56 a week |
| State income tax on it | check your state |
| Your take-home pay now, a week | $732 |
| Share of take-home pay replaced | 77 % before tax |
Oregon: 1.25% BPW; $211 to $902 a week.
Compiled by Radif Partners · How the estimates are built · state laws and agency pages read October 20, 2026
Oregon's weekly unemployment benefit is 1.25% of your total wages in the base period, which works out to 65 % of your average weekly pay over the year, one of the highest replacement rates in the country. The Oregon Employment Department holds the result between $211 and $902 a week in 2026. The ceiling arrives at about $72,160 of base-period wages: $30,000 gives $375 a week, $45,000 gives $562 and $60,000 gives $750. Since only the yearly total counts, the timing of your pay within the year makes no difference. A claim lasts up to 26 weeks, within a third of base-period wages, a cap that the 1.25% rate keeps you just under. A full claim at $60,000 is worth $19,500. You qualify with more than $1,000 in the base period and total wages above one and a half times the best quarter, or with 500 hours of work.
A high replacement rate, from the whole year
Most states aim at roughly half of your weekly pay. Oregon's 1.25% of the base period, multiplied across 52 weeks, comes to 65 %. A worker who earned $60,000 and took home about $962 a week after federal tax, payroll taxes and the Paid Leave Oregon contribution receives $750, close to 78 % of that take-home pay before tax. The figures match the Department of Labor table of July 2026.
The trade-off is that a strong quarter earns nothing extra. Seasonal workers who would benefit from a best-quarter formula elsewhere get the same check as someone with the same yearly total spread evenly. Missing months lower the amount directly.
Your Oregon weekly benefit
Unemployment in Oregon
$562
| Weekly benefit | $562 |
| Weeks payable | 26 weeks |
| Total if you stay unemployed | $14,612 |
| Federal income tax on it, about | $1,633 |
A high floor, and what the estimate leaves out
The minimum of $211 is unusually high. At 1.25%, it corresponds to base-period wages of about $16,880. The calculator shows no benefit when the percentage falls below the floor; the department's determination decides how a claimant at that level is treated, so file anyway if you think you qualify. The 500-hour route, in particular, lets people with long hours at low pay qualify.
Why the one-third cap almost never bites
On paper, a claim stops at 26 payments or at a third of base-period earnings, whichever comes first. 26 payments at 1.25% of those wages add up to 32.5 % of them, a hair under a third. In practice, then, Oregon claimants under the maximum receive all 26 weeks. Above it, $902 for 26 weeks is a smaller share still.
Weekly claims and part-time earnings
Oregon claimants file weekly claims through the Frances Online system and report their work search. Part-time earnings reduce the check only above the greater of a third of the weekly benefit or $168: on $750, that is $250 of earnings a week before anything is deducted. The partial unemployment guide compares every state.
Benefits are federal taxable income (IRS Topic 418), and 10% federal withholding is available. For your own serious illness, a new child or a sick relative, the program to use is Paid Leave Oregon.
Oregon unemployment rules in force in 2026
| Rule | Oregon |
|---|---|
| Earnings needed in the base period | BPW > $1,000 and BPW > 1½ x HQW; or 500 hours of employment in BP |
| Weekly benefit formula | 1.25% BPW |
| Weekly benefit, 2026 | $211 to $902 |
| Most you can draw in a benefit year | Lesser of 1/3 BPW or 26 x WBA |
| Weeks payable | 1 to 26 |
| Pay you can earn in a week without losing benefits | Greater of 1/3 WBA or $168 |