Idaho Unemployment
What you need to know to claim unemployment benefits in Idaho, read on the agency's own website. The agency is Idaho Department of Labor (IDOL).
the most weeks of benefits
work search actions a week
Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims
How to file for unemployment in Idaho
Apply online at the Idaho Department of Labor Claimant Portal, after verifying your identity through ID.me. Claims are not taken by telephone; if you need help or have no internet, file at your nearest local Labor office.
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026.
After you apply: claiming each week
File a weekly certification online in the Claimant Portal (open 24 hours a day, seven days a week) during the week after the week you are claiming; you have seven (7) full days to file. Each certification asks for your work search actions. For other options, call 208-332-8942.
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026.
How much unemployment pays in Idaho, and for how long
Benefits last up to 26 weeks.
The weekly amount is based on base period wages reported by employers. You may collect between 10 and 26 weeks, set by a formula comparing your total base period wages to your highest quarter and the state's unemployment rate.
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026.
How many jobs you must apply for each week
Idaho asks for 5 work search actions a week. Requirements may be waived for active members of a union that regularly refers them to full-time work, or for job-attached claimants, as set when you file.
On each weekly certification in the Claimant Portal (how you applied and the employers contacted). The department checks with employers; keep correspondence and screenshots as proof.
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026.
Our free job application tracker keeps the list: where you applied, when, and what came of it.
Idaho unemployment phone number
Call 208-332-8942 (unemployment Insurance (UI) claims), 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday to Friday, except observed holidays. Every line and what it is for.
Where this comes from
Everything on this page was read on the agency's own website, and each part links the page it came from and the day we read it. Rules and amounts change, so check that page before you rely on a figure. Jobareer is not part of any state agency and cannot see or change your claim.
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