Brazil unemployment insurance installments
Brazil unemployment insurance does not pay a fixed amount or a fixed number of installments: Law 7,998/1990, as amended by Law 13,134/2015, scales both by months worked in the reference period and by how many times the person has already claimed the benefit before. This calculator applies the eligibility brackets and the calculation formula to the last three wages entered.
With 14 months in the reference period, the worker clears the 12-month minimum for a first claim, but has not yet reached the 24 months that would grant a 5th installment.
On the second claim the minimum months drops to 9, but 30 months worked already secures the 5-installment ceiling, the same as a first claim with 24 months or more.
The dismissal type decides eligibility before months worked or the wage average are even calculated.
Between 7 and 120 calendar days after the dismissal date (art. 7 Law 7.998/1990).
Between 3 and 5, under Law 13,134/2015: the minimum and maximum vary with the claim number (1st, 2nd, or 3rd onward) and with months worked in the reference period, never a fixed number equal for everyone.
No: the calculation uses the average of the last three gross wages before dismissal, not the isolated value of the last paycheck, and then applies that average to a bracket table with a floor and ceiling in force on the dismissal date.
No. The benefit requires a no-cause dismissal (or an equivalent, such as constructive dismissal); voluntary resignation, for-cause dismissal, and the CLT art. 484-A mutual agreement are all excluded from eligibility by Law 7,998/1990 itself.
Yes: the request must be filed between the 7th and the 120th calendar day after the dismissal date; outside that window, the claim can be denied regardless of months worked or dismissal type.
⚠️ Educational estimate. Confirm eligibility at Carteira de Trabalho Digital or SINE office.
Request by: 2027-01-07
Portaria MTE vigência 11/01/2026