Unemployment Insurance Specialist pay range
Commonwealth of Kentucky · class code 20001112
- Class code
- 20001112
- Pay grade
- 13
- Pay unit
- Month
- Alternate ranges
- 3
- State
- Kentucky
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky published pay range for Unemployment Insurance Specialist is $3,339 to $5,343 per month, spanning every alternate range the plan defines.
- Kentucky publishes an entry rate and a midpoint for each pay grade, not a maximum, so the upper figure on this page is the grade midpoint.
- That works out to about $40,071 to $64,114 a year at full time.
- Kentucky Personnel Cabinet keys this classification as class code 20001112.
- The plan defines 3 alternate ranges for this class, so the rate depends on which criteria an employee meets.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Alternate ranges
| Range | Entry | Midpoint | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range 37.5-hour week | $3,339 | $5,009 | per month |
| Range 40-hour week | $3,562 | $5,343 | per month |
| Range Hourly | $20.55 | $30.82 | per hour |
Which alternate range applies is set by the plan's own criteria (experience, certification or assignment). The criteria text lives in the source document.
Class specification
The Personnel Cabinet class specification for this class is published by Kentucky Personnel Cabinet. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/16/2024.
What the state says the job is
Serves as an unemployment insurance specialist, providing advisory services to unemployment insurance claimants on issues involving disputed claims, overpayments, and potential fraud. Provides adjudication on unemployment insurance disputed claims, overpayments, and potential fraud cases with decision making authority on eligibility issues; and performs other duties as assigned.
Examples of the work
Coordinates and performs programmatic activities related to unemployment insurance functions. Conducts thorough fact- finding interviews and investigations on disputed claims including separation and non- separation issues, overpayments, and potential fraud claims. Determines eligibility of benefits and the chargeability of employers. Issues written decisions on separation and non-separation issues as it pertains to potential fraud claims. Informs claimants and employers of their rights and responsibilities under Unemployment Insurance laws. Implements procedures to ensure unemployment insurance services are provided in an effective and customer friendly manner.
Minimum qualifications
EDUCATION: Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree. EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS: Three years of experience in reviewing, monitoring, determining eligibility for, and/or administering employment service or unemployment insurance programs, or experience in education, public administration, business, human services, military, human resources or a related field. Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE: A master's degree will substitute for one year of the required experience. Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION: Work experience in workforce programs such as WIOA, employment services, and/or unemployment insurance programs, or experience in education, public administration, business, human services, military, human resources or a related field will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
Quoted from the Personnel Cabinet class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Kentucky Personnel Cabinet publishes this figure in Classified and Unclassified 37.5 and 40-Hour Salary Schedule, effective September 16, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their pay grades come from the Job Specification Search, joined to the salary schedule.
Nearby classes in Kentucky
Unemployment Insurance Specialist in other states
| State | Entry | Midpoint | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $26.54 | $34.53 | $55,203 to $71,822 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.