2024 Competitiveness Redbook | Page 31

Unemployment Insurance Taxes ( 2021 )
Rank
Tax Paid as % of Total Wages
Avg . Amount Per Employee
Rank
1 Alaska
1.37 %
$ 694
7
2 Oregon
1.19 %
$ 632
9
3 Rhode Island
0.99 %
$ 668
8
4 Nevada
0.97 %
$ 525
12
5 Hawaii
0.90 %
$ 522
13
6 New Jersey
0.84 %
$ 701
6
7 Montana
0.76 %
$ 326
22
8 Washington
0.70 %
$ 568
10
9 Iowa
0.67 %
$ 353
18
10 Connecticut
0.64 %
$ 526
11
11 Pennsylvania
0.62 %
$ 466
16
12 Maine
0.58 %
$ 296
23
12 West Virginia
0.58 %
$ 752
4
14 Michigan
0.54 %
$ 333
21
15 Illinois
0.52 %
$ 343
20
15 Massachusetts
0.52 %
$ 781
3
17 Delaware
0.50 %
$ 467
15
18 Vermont
0.49 %
$ 294
24
19 Colorado
0.47 %
$ 292
25
19 Minnesota
0.47 %
$ 343
19
19 New York
0.47 %
$ 500
14
22 Kansas
0.44 %
$ 262
30
22 Ohio
0.44 %
$ 266
28
24 Oklahoma
0.41 %
$ 279
27
25 Idaho
0.40 %
$ 200
37
25 Wyoming
0.40 %
$ 968
1
27 Kentucky
0.39 %
$ 751
5
28 New Mexico
0.38 %
$ 192
38
28 North Dakota
0.38 %
$ 206
35
28 Utah
0.38 %
$ 154
42
31 California
0.37 %
$ 364
17
31 Maryland
0.37 %
$ 864
2
33 New Hampshire
0.36 %
$ 265
29
34 Texas
0.34 %
$ 243
31
35 Wisconsin
0.33 %
$ 190
39
36 South Carolina
0.30 %
$ 139
44
37 Indiana
0.29 %
$ 178
40
38 North Carolina
0.27 %
$ 164
41
39 Missouri
0.26 %
$ 288
26
40 Alabama
0.24 %
$ 207
34
40 Louisiana
0.24 %
$ 136
45
40 South Dakota
0.24 %
$ 231
32
43 Georgia
0.23 %
$ 141
43
44 Arkansas
0.22 %
$ 121
47
45 Arizona
0.21 %
$ 218
33
46 Nebraska
0.19 %
$ 92
50
47 Virginia
0.17 %
$ 131
46
48 Mississippi
0.15 %
$ 108
48
48 Tennessee
0.15 %
$ 98
49
50 Florida
0.12 %
$ 200
36
Dist . of Columbia
0.25 %
$ 323
United States
0.41 %
$ 361
Washington ranks 8th in unemployment taxes as a percent of total wages .
TABLE 24 Source : U . S . Department of Labor , Employment and Training Administration