Missouri Unemployment
What you need to know to claim unemployment benefits in Missouri, read on the agency's own website. The agency is Division of Employment Security (DES).
the most weeks of benefits
Regional Claims Center, outside local calling area
How to file for unemployment in Missouri
File online in UInteract: create a user ID and password with New Account Registration, then log in and choose Unemployment Claim, then File Unemployment Claim, and follow the prompts.
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026.
After you apply: claiming each week
File a weekly request for payment every week, as early as Sunday after the week has ended: log in to UInteract and select Weekly Request for Payment. File each week even before payments start; weeks not requested on time are not paid. If you stop filing, your claim closes automatically after 28 days.
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026.
How much unemployment pays in Missouri, and for how long
Benefits last up to 20 weeks.
Your weekly benefit amount is 4 percent of the average of your two highest base period quarters. Twenty weeks of benefits is the maximum in a benefit year.
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026.
Missouri unemployment phone number
Call 800-320-2519 (regional Claims Center, outside local calling area). 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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