Unemployment benefits in Springfield
Unemployment insurance in Springfield is a Illinois program, filed with the state agency rather than with Sangamon County. The weekly amount and the number of weeks come from state law, and both are below.
Where a Springfield case goes
Claims from Springfield go to the Illinois unemployment agency, not to a Sangamon County office. Benefits are paid by the state under the formula below. Springfield has about 112,949 residents (Census Bureau, 2024 estimate).
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Formula
47–64.3% of avg weekly wage (by dependents)
Maximum
$628–$859 (by dependents) · up to 26 weeks
Does Springfield have its own rule?
No. 820 ILCS 405/401; IDES table CLI110L applies across Illinois, so a claim from Springfield is decided by the same numbers as one filed anywhere else in the state. What changes locally is which workforce office you deal with in person and how busy it is — not the weekly amount or the number of weeks.
What the statute says
820 ILCS 405/401; IDES table CLI110L — Illinois Department of Employment Security — weekly benefit amount table. 2026 maximums (benefit years beginning on or after January 1, 2026): $628 alone, $748 with a non-working spouse, $859 with a dependent child. Illinois pays the spouse OR the child allowance, never both — and the child allowance always pays more.
Last checked 2026-08-27. Read the source →
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