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Unemployment Insurance Taxes ( 2023 )
Rank
Tax Paid as % of Total Wages
Avg . Amount Per Employee
Rank
1 Hawaii
1.84 %
$ 1,106
1
2 Alaska
1.13 %
$ 775
3
3 Oregon
1.06 %
$ 728
4
4 Nevada
1.00 %
$ 644
5
5 Rhode Island
0.98 %
$ 618
6
6 New Jersey
0.91 %
$ 782
2
7 Montana
0.74 %
$ 350
15
8 Washington
0.72 %
$ 599
7
9 Pennsylvania
0.62 %
$ 440
10
10 Illinois
0.57 %
$ 455
9
11 West Virginia
0.52 %
$ 351
14
12 Iowa
0.51 %
$ 288
21
12 Michigan
0.51 %
$ 360
13
12 Vermont
0.51 %
$ 370
12
15 Maine
0.49 %
$ 311
19
16 Colorado
0.47 %
$ 321
18
16 New York
0.47 %
$ 498
8
18 Connecticut
0.46 %
$ 403
11
18 Wyoming
0.46 %
$ 281
25
20 Minnesota
0.45 %
$ 335
16
21 New Mexico
0.44 %
$ 226
29
22 Ohio
0.42 %
$ 286
24
23 Idaho
0.41 %
$ 217
31
24 Wisconsin
0.40 %
$ 255
27
25 Oklahoma
0.39 %
$ 225
30
26 North Dakota
0.38 %
$ 288
21
27 Utah
0.36 %
$ 228
28
28 California
0.33 %
$ 331
17
28 Kansas
0.33 %
$ 193
35
28 Maryland
0.33 %
$ 259
26
31 Massachusetts
0.31 %
$ 294
20
32 North Carolina
0.28 %
$ 201
32
33 Indiana
0.27 %
$ 169
37
34 Texas
0.26 %
$ 199
33
35 Missouri
0.25 %
$ 157
39
36 Louisiana
0.22 %
$ 134
40
36 South Carolina
0.22 %
$ 160
38
36 South Dakota
0.22 %
$ 115
44
39 Arizona
0.20 %
$ 117
42
39 Georgia
0.20 %
$ 185
36
39 Kentucky
0.20 %
$ 116
43
42 New Hampshire
0.19 %
$ 286
23
43 Delaware
0.18 %
$ 127
41
44 Arkansas
0.17 %
$ 99
45
45 Nebraska
0.16 %
$ 99
45
46 Tennessee
0.15 %
$ 86
47
47 Mississippi
0.14 %
$ 63
49
48 Florida
0.12 %
$ 76
48
49 Alabama
0.11 %
$ 50
50
50 Virginia
0.09 %
$ 199
33
Dist . of Columbia
0.23 %
$ 286
United States
0.39 %
$ 280
In 2023 Washington had the 7th highest average UI tax per employee , $ 599 .
TABLE 24 Source : U . S . Department of Labor , Employment and Training Administration