When does unemployment deposit from Washington ESD - what day of week?

I have Bank of America, so probably Wednesday then? Thanks for the info.

I have BoA too and mine comes Wednesday around 3am usually

I chose direct deposit, so Tuesday/Wednesday sounds right. Do you know if holidays affect this?

Yes, if Monday is a holiday then everything shifts by a day. Processing happens Tuesday night instead.

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Really? That sounds too good to be true. How does it work exactly?

You just tell them what you need to ask Washington ESD about and they handle the calling. They deal with all the hold times and transfers, then call you back with the agent on the line. Way better than spending all day redialing.

Did they tell you about the delay or did you just have to figure it out?

Had to figure it out myself. No notification or anything, just didn't show up when expected.

Lucky! Sounds like Wells Fargo processes faster than other banks.

same here with Wells Fargo, always Tuesday early morning

Good point, I have it marked in my calendar for every Sunday.

Yeah the weekly claims are due by midnight Sunday for the previous week. Miss one and you have to explain why to get paid.

Check your payment history in your Washington ESD account. Sometimes there's a hold or additional verification needed that's not obvious.

I had this same issue and used Claimyr to get through to Washington ESD. Turned out there was an identity verification hold I didn't know about. The agent cleared it up in 10 minutes.

How much does Claimyr cost? I'm desperate at this point.

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Seems like Tuesday is pretty common then. Thanks everyone!

Good to know, I won't check until Tuesday then.

Yeah I learned this the hard way when I needed money Monday and kept checking my account all day lol

I already chose direct deposit, can I switch to the debit card?

You can change it in your account settings but it might delay your next payment while they process the change.

That's good to know it's consistent once you figure out your bank's timing.

Oh that's interesting, I didn't know part time work could affect the deposit timing.

It's because Washington ESD has to calculate your partial benefit amount when you report earnings. Takes a little extra processing time.

Smart idea! I'll set that up right now.

This is what I do too, saves so much anxiety

I'll look for that calendar, sounds really helpful for planning.

Good point, though they don't always update it when there are delays or system issues.

Thanks for the heads up, I'll try not to panic if it doesn't come exactly on Tuesday.

Same thing happened to me, first payment was Thursday but after that always Wednesday

Good advice, I tend to worry about everything with this unemployment stuff.

totally understand the worry, this whole process is stressful enough without payment delays

Glad it helped! Seems like Tuesday is most common, Wednesday for some banks.

That's really helpful Miguel! US Bank on Wednesday sounds consistent with what others are saying about the bigger banks. I like the Sunday reminder idea - I'm definitely going to set that up too since I'm still new to this whole process. It's reassuring to hear from someone who's been doing this for months that it becomes predictable once you get the hang of it.