How to File for Unemployment in Utah

Apply online through your "my Unemployment" account at jobs.utah.gov, or call the Claims Assistance and Re-Employment (CARE) Team at 801-526-4400. File a weekly claim every week, even while waiting for a decision. If you do not file within 27 days of the Saturday of the last week you filed, your claim closes and you must reopen it.

For claims in 2026, you must have earned at least $5,500 in your base period, with wages in two or more quarters. Your total base-period wages must be at least 1.5 times your highest quarter. The base period is the first four of the last five completed calendar quarters. If you do not qualify that way, an alternate base period of the most recent four completed quarters can be used.

Unless DWS tells you otherwise, make at least four new full-time employer contacts each week. A new contact is an employer you have not contacted before, or a new job opening at an employer you contacted earlier. Just looking at a website does not count; you must send a resume or application. Keep detailed records and report them when you file each week. You must also complete work registration on jobs.utah.gov within 10 working days of applying.

Utah Department of Workforce Services: sign in at jobs.utah.gov, choose "my Unemployment," then "File Weekly Claim" (have your SSN and 4-digit PIN). The week runs Sunday through Saturday; file on Sunday or as soon as possible after. If you don't file within 27 days from the Saturday of the last week filed, your claim closes and must be reopened. In my Unemployment you can also see payment summaries and why no payment was issued, view your remaining balance, change payment method, contact information and tax withholding, view documents through electronic correspondence, get Form 1099-G and change your PIN. Claims are not taken by phone; for help use Live Chat or the CARE Team (Salt Lake and South Davis: 801-526-4400; Weber and North Davis: 801-612-0877; Utah County: 801-375-4067; elsewhere: 888-848-0688).