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Unemployment Insurance Taxes ( 2021 )
Rank
Tax Paid as % of Total Wages
Avg . Amount Per Employee
Rank
1 Oregon
1.29 %
$ 800
2
2 Alaska
1.22 %
$ 706
3
3 Rhode Island
1.05 %
$ 659
4
4 Hawaii
1.01 %
$ 596
5
4 Wyoming
1.01 %
$ 561
8
6 Nevada
0.93 %
$ 527
11
7 West Virginia
0.75 %
$ 372
15
8 Delaware
0.74 %
$ 506
12
8 Montana
0.74 %
$ 288
23
8 New Jersey
0.74 %
$ 559
9
11 Pennsylvania
0.67 %
$ 437
13
12 Connecticut
0.66 %
$ 557
10
12 Iowa
0.66 %
$ 356
17
14 Massachusetts
0.65 %
$ 596
5
15 Maryland
0.62 %
$ 207
33
16 New York
0.59 %
$ 594
7
17 Maine
0.58 %
$ 323
21
18 Washington
0.57 %
$ 878
1
19 Michigan
0.56 %
$ 349
18
20 Vermont
0.53 %
$ 282
24
21 Kansas
0.52 %
$ 264
25
21 Oklahoma
0.52 %
$ 246
28
23 Minnesota
0.51 %
$ 325
20
24 Ohio
0.48 %
$ 299
22
25 Illinois
0.47 %
$ 344
19
26 Kentucky
0.44 %
$ 236
30
27 Colorado
0.43 %
$ 358
16
28 California
0.42 %
$ 399
14
29 Idaho
0.41 %
$ 223
31
30 New Hampshire
0.39 %
$ 161
37
30 New Mexico
0.39 %
$ 248
27
32 Wisconsin
0.38 %
$ 210
32
33 Arizona
0.35 %
$ 200
34
33 Indiana
0.35 %
$ 187
35
33 North Dakota
0.35 %
$ 250
26
33 Texas
0.35 %
$ 239
29
37 Alabama
0.32 %
$ 149
39
38 Arkansas
0.29 %
$ 112
45
39 Utah
0.28 %
$ 144
40
40 South Carolina
0.27 %
$ 128
43
41 Georgia
0.25 %
$ 182
36
41 Louisiana
0.25 %
$ 135
42
41 Missouri
0.25 %
$ 143
41
41 North Carolina
0.25 %
$ 158
38
45 Virginia
0.20 %
$ 113
44
46 South Dakota
0.19 %
$ 91
47
47 Nebraska
0.18 %
$ 95
46
48 Mississippi
0.16 %
$ 68
49
48 Tennessee
0.16 %
$ 78
48
50 Florida
0.12 %
$ 66
50
Dist . of Columbia
0.28 %
$ 250
In 2021 Washington had the highest average UI tax per employee , $ 878 .
TABLE 24 Source : U . S . Department of Labor , Employment and Training Administration