Maryland Unemployment Phone Number

Residents of Maryland who find themselves unemployed or feel they may soon be unemployed should begin gathering information so they can file a successful claim for Maryland unemployment benefits.  A great place to begin is to just call the Maryland unemployment phone number and ask for help.  The Maryland unemployment phone number in the Baltimore and out state locations is 410-949-0022 or if you need TTY for deaf individuals call 410-767-2727. 

To file initial claims for Unemployment Insurance via the Internet each time they become unemployed. Only one claim is filed for each period of unemployment.  

If you are inside of Maryland you can call a toll free unemployment phone number at 1-800-827-4839 or again for the deaf or hard of hearing just call the TTY phone number at 1-800-827-4400  

After your initial claim is established, you must file your continued claims on a biweekly basis. These continued claims may be filed over the telephone (Telecert) or via the Internet (Webcert, coming soon).

You can find out more about filing biweekly continued claims and your responsibilities while filing for Unemployment Insurance by reviewing the Frequently Asked Questions.