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Unemployment Insurance Taxes( 2024)
TABLE 24 Source: U. S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
Rank
Tax Paid as % of Taxable Wages
Avg. Amount Per Employee
Rank
1 Massachusetts
3.73 %
$ 413
13
2 Pennsylvania
3.40 %
$ 421
12
3 California
3.14 %
$ 328
18
4 New York
3.00 %
$ 507
9
5 Illinois
2.80 %
$ 461
10
6 Michigan
2.77 %
$ 340
15
7 Ohio
2.50 %
$ 291
22
8 West Virginia
2.38 %
$ 284
24
9 Connecticut
2.29 %
$ 334
16
10 New Jersey
2.21 %
$ 715
3
11 Rhode Island
2.20 %
$ 622
7
12 Kentucky
2.12 %
$ 218
28
13 Delaware
2.05 %
$ 77
45
14 Maine
2.03 %
$ 314
20
15 Vermont
2.00 %
$ 334
16
16 Oregon
1.87 %
$ 800
1
17 Texas
1.77 %
$ 167
35
18 Colorado
1.53 %
$ 435
11
19 Hawaii
1.50 %
$ 673
5
19 Nevada
1.50 %
$ 605
8
21 Wisconsin
1.49 %
$ 249
26
22 Maryland
1.31 %
$ 149
38
23 Indiana
1.30 %
$ 168
34
24 Oklahoma
1.28 %
$ 219
27
25 Louisiana
1.27 %
$ 150
37
25 Washington
1.27 %
$ 655
6
27 Georgia
1.24 %
$ 191
31
28 Kansas
1.20 %
$ 178
33
29 Arizona
1.19 %
$ 134
41
30 Montana
1.14 %
$ 363
14
31 New Mexico
1.11 %
$ 738
2
32 Wyoming
1.10 %
$ 257
25
33 Alaska
1.00 %
$ 683
4
33 Arkansas
1.00 %
$ 80
44
33 Missouri
1.00 %
$ 142
40
36 Iowa
0.94 %
$ 312
21
37 New Hampshire
0.89 %
$ 155
36
38 Minnesota
0.88 %
$ 323
19
39 Tennessee
0.87 %
$ 90
43
40 North Dakota
0.81 %
$ 291
22
40 South Carolina
0.81 %
$ 149
38
42 North Carolina
0.76 %
$ 183
32
43 Nebraska
0.74 %
$ 101
42
44 South Dakota
0.73 %
$ 49
49
45 Florida
0.70 %
$ 73
46
46 Idaho
0.60 %
$ 209
30
47 Utah
0.59 %
$ 212
29
48 Mississippi
0.56 %
$ 60
47
49 Virginia
0.52 %
$ 51
48
50 Alabama
0.43 %
$ 34
50
Dist. of Columbia
2.30 %
$ 285
United States
2.03 %
$ 286
Washington had the 6th highest average UI tax per employee.