Skip to Content Skip to Navigation
NY.gov Portal State Agency Listing

New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance

A-Z Index | Translate

UI Benefits Calculator

En Español

These estimates are based on timeframes in the current federal legislation, which may change in the future. Keep checking this web site for any updates. For additional information check the Extended Benefits page.

The calculator below estimates the maximum number of weeks a claimant could potentially receive based on the effective date of the Original Claim (OC)*, and provided that:

  • they have been claiming full weeks of benefits since the beginning of their claim and
  • there are no breaks in their claim
Please select your Original Claim’s (OC) effective date:
(click on calendar or enter date as mm/dd/yyyy)
If you don't know your OC effective date, please visit Unemployment Benefits Online
and follow the prompts to View Payment History.

Invalid OC date, please select your OC date
Total number of weeks of benefits you may be entitled to (not including your unpaid waiting week) :

*OC effective date entered:

*OC effective date May 1, 2006 - Sept. 8, 2008 26 weeks of regular UI
  20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
  13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
  20 weeks of EB
  14 weeks of EUC-Tier 3
  (13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
  6 weeks of EUC - Tier 4
  99 weeks total
*OC effective date Sept. 15, 2008 - Mar. 16, 2009 26 weeks of regular UI
  20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
  13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
  14 weeks of EUC-Tier 3
  (13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
  6 weeks of EUC - Tier 4
  20 weeks of EB
  99 weeks total
*OC effective date Mar. 23, 2009 - May 24, 2010 26 weeks of regular UI
  20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
  13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
  14 weeks of EUC
  (13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
  20 weeks of EB
  93 weeks total
*OC effective date May 31, 2010 - Oct. 4, 2010 26 weeks of regular UI
  20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
  13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
  14 weeks of EUC
  (13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
  1-19 weeks of EB (depending on OC date)
  74-92 weeks total
*OC effective date Oct. 11, 2010 - Jan. 10, 2010 26 weeks of regular UI
  20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
  13 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
  14 weeks of EUC
  (13 weeks Tier 3 and 1 week Tier 2)
  73 weeks total
*OC effective date Jan. 17, 2011 - Apr. 11, 2011 26 weeks of regular UI
  20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
  14 weeks of EUC-Tier 2
  60 weeks total
*OC effective date Apr. 18, 2011 - Aug. 22, 2011 26 weeks of regular UI
  20 weeks of EUC-Tier 1
  46 weeks total
*OC effective date Aug. 29, 2011 26 weeks of regular UI
  1 week of EB
  27 weeks total
*OC effective date Sept. 5, 2011 and later: 26 weeks of regular UI

* An Original Claim’s (OC) effective date is the Monday of the week in which the claim is filed.

UI = Regular Unemployment Insurance Benefits

EUC = Emergency Unemployment Compensation

EB = Extended Benefits

To see a chart of additional benefit weeks.