| STATE | Employment and Wage Data | |||||
| Average monthly covered employment | Wages
paid in covered employment during year (in thousands) |
Ratio of taxable to total wages | Average weekly wage in covered employment | |||
| Total | Taxable | Total | Taxable | |||
| (01) | (02) | (03) | (04) | (05) | (06) | (07) |
| 1978 | 23,516 | $208,610 | $143,611 | 0.688 | $170.60 | $117.44 |
| 1979 | 22,537 | $223,797 | $137,884 | 0.616 | $190.97 | $117.66 |
| 1980 | 23,188 | $266,974 | $144,957 | 0.543 | $221.41 | $120.22 |
| 1981 | 23,927 | $295,209 | $159,226 | 0.539 | $237.27 | $127.97 |
| 1982 | 23,762 | $309,401 | $184,587 | 0.597 | $250.40 | $149.39 |
| 1983 | 22,570 | $303,355 | $183,231 | 0.604 | $258.47 | $156.12 |
| 1984 | 23,585 | $319,489 | $186,728 | 0.584 | $260.51 | $152.25 |
| 1985 | 23,180 | $321,390 | $246,244 | 0.766 | $266.63 | $204.29 |
| 1986 | 24,327 | $343,709 | $267,509 | 0.778 | $271.71 | $211.47 |
| 1987 | 26,653 | $397,367 | $300,099 | 0.755 | $286.71 | $216.53 |
| 1988 | 28,056 | $433,466 | $322,974 | 0.745 | $297.12 | $221.38 |
| 1989 | 28,280 | $465,863 | $363,812 | 0.781 | $316.79 | $247.40 |
| 1990 | 29,055 | $550,238 | $413,114 | 0.751 | $364.19 | $273.43 |
| 1991 | 29,897 | $591,697 | $452,908 | 0.765 | $380.60 | $291.33 |
| 1992 | 30,226 | $647,407 | $478,121 | 0.739 | $411.90 | $304.20 |
| 1993 | 33,907 | $782,014 | $595,128 | 0.761 | $443.53 | $337.53 |
| 1994 | 29,873 | $611,100 | $456,081 | 0.746 | $393.40 | $293.60 |
| 1995 | 27,718 | $584,016 | $362,093 | 0.620 | $405.19 | $251.22 |
| 1996 | 26,299 | $595,034 | $351,093 | 0.590 | $435.11 | $256.73 |
| 1997 | 28,133 | $633,249 | $381,965 | 0.603 | $432.87 | $261.10 |
| 1998 | 27,113 | $627,516 | $364,631 | 0.581 | $445.09 | $258.63 |
| STATE | Financial data (in thousands) | ||||||
| Contributions collected | Interest credited to trust fund | Benefits Paid | Reserves as of December 31 | Federal loans to State reserve funds, balance as of end of year | Net reserves, balance as of end of year | Taxable wage base, year end | |
| (01) | (08) | (09) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) |
| 1978 | $3,714 | $6 | $3,534 | $2,067 | $10,900 | $8,833 | $6,000 |
| 1979 | $4,766 | $2,513 | $3,770 | $10,405 | $6,635 | $6,000 | |
| 1980 | $4,556 | $3,050 | $2,166 | $7,405 | $5,239 | $6,000 | |
| 1981 | $5,542 | $4,520 | $1,337 | $4,172 | $2,835 | $6,000 | |
| 1982 | $5,349 | $6,528 | $30 | $2,920 | $2,890 | $8,000 | |
| 1983 | $4,405 | $4,405 | $8,000 | ||||
| 1984 | $6,799 | $7,276 | $32 | $4,140 | $4,108 | $8,000 | |
| 1985 | $9,971 | $49 | $5,181 | $5,192 | $3,129 | $2,063 | $14,000 |
| 1986 | $8,599 | $600 | $3,644 | $9,628 | $9,628 | $14,500 | |
| 1987 | $7,470 | $1,165 | $1,681 | $16,720 | $16,720 | $14,500 | |
| 1988 | $7,397 | $1,735 | $2,464 | $23,198 | $23,198 | $14,000 | |
| 1989 | $9,228 | $2,224 | $2,965 | $28,353 | $28,353 | $16,500 | |
| 1990 | $8,773 | $2,819 | $1,535 | $37,672 | $37,672 | $17,000 | |
| 1991 | $6,297 | $3,424 | $3,372 | $43,241 | $43,241 | $19,500 | |
| 1992 | $7,257 | $3,530 | $6,126 | $47,416 | $47,416 | $20,500 | |
| 1993 | $8,433 | $3,588 | $7,283 | $51,575 | $51,575 | $22,000 | |
| 1994 | $6,261 | $3,018 | $17,729 | $40,843 | $40,843 | $22,500 | |
| 1995 | $6,558 | $2,751 | $10,540 | $40,064 | $40,064 | $13,900 | |
| 1996 | $9,203 | $2,779 | $7,462 | $42,069 | $42,069 | $13,400 | |
| 1997 | $7,120 | $3,005 | $5,724 | $45,434 | $45,434 | $14,400 | |
| 1998 | $4,564 | $3,132 | $4,112 | $48,326 | $48,326 | $14,300 | |
| STATE | significant measures | |||||||
| Percent of total wages | Average employer tax rate as a percent of taxable wages | Reserve ratio (percent of total wages) as multiple of highest 12-month benefit cost rate | ||||||
| Contributions collected | Benefits paid | Average employer tax rate | Reserve Ratio | High Cost | Multiple | |||
| Rate | 12 mos. ending | |||||||
| (01) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) | (20) | (21) | (22) |
| 1978 | 1.78 | 1.69 | 1.61 | 2.33 | 0.00 | 1.71 | DEC 78 | 0.00 |
| 1979 | 2.13 | 1.12 | 2.28 | 3.70 | 0.00 | 1.71 | DEC 78 | 0.00 |
| 1980 | 1.71 | 1.14 | 2.00 | 3.69 | 0.00 | 1.71 | DEC 78 | 0.00 |
| 1981 | 1.88 | 1.53 | 1.99 | 3.69 | 0.00 | 1.71 | DEC 78 | 0.00 |
| 1982 | 1.73 | 2.11 | 1.88 | 3.15 | 0.00 | 2.17 | DEC 82 | 0.00 |
| 1983 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.05 | 3.40 | 0.00 | 2.17 | DEC 82 | 0.00 |
| 1984 | 2.13 | 2.28 | 1.99 | 3.40 | 0.00 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 0.00 |
| 1985 | 3.10 | 1.61 | 3.53 | 4.61 | 0.64 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 0.20 |
| 1986 | 2.50 | 1.06 | 2.68 | 3.44 | 2.80 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 0.88 |
| 1987 | 1.88 | 0.42 | 1.95 | 2.58 | 4.21 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 1.32 |
| 1988 | 1.71 | 0.57 | 1.67 | 2.24 | 5.35 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 1.68 |
| 1989 | 1.98 | 0.64 | 1.72 | 2.21 | 6.09 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 1.92 |
| 1990 | 1.59 | 0.28 | 1.92 | 2.55 | 6.85 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 3.00 |
| 1991 | 1.06 | 0.57 | 1.30 | 1.70 | 7.31 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 2.30 |
| 1992 | 1.12 | 0.95 | 1.45 | 1.96 | 7.32 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 3.21 |
| 1993 | 1.08 | 0.93 | 1.45 | 1.90 | 6.60 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 1.02 | 2.90 | 1.09 | 1.46 | 6.68 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 2.93 |
| 1995 | 1.12 | 1.80 | 1.44 | 2.32 | 6.86 | 2.28 | DEC 84 | 3.01 |
| 1996 | 1.55 | 1.25 | 1.67 | 2.83 | 7.07 | 2.89 | DEC 94 | 2.45 |
| 1997 | 1.12 | 0.90 | 1.69 | 2.81 | 7.17 | 2.89 | DEC 94 | 2.48 |
| 1998 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.94 | 1.62 | 7.70 | 2.89 | DEC 94 | 2.66 |
| STATE | Claims data | Average weekly benefit | |||||||||
| Number of first payments | Weeks compensated for all unemployment | Caimants exhausting benefits | Average duration (in weeks) | Weekly insured unemployed | Amount | Ratio to average weekly total wage | |||||
| Number | % of first payments | Potential | Actual | Actual for exhaustees | Average number | Percent of cov. employ. | |||||
| (01) | (23) | (24) | (25) | (26) | (27) | (28) | (29) | (30) | (31) | (32) | (33) |
| 1978 | 2,484 | 50,529 | 1,044 | 26.0 | 20.3 | 26.0 | 1,010 | 3.0 | $63.46 | 0.373 | |
| 1979 | 3,276 | 51,021 | 922 | 29.9 | 26.0 | 15.6 | 26.0 | 930 | 2.6 | $66.06 | 0.343 |
| 1980 | 3,719 | 61,351 | 1,357 | 38.8 | 26.0 | 16.5 | 26.0 | 1,190 | 3.3 | $69.44 | 0.316 |
| 1981 | 4,540 | 78,392 | 1,405 | 34.0 | 26.0 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 1,330 | 3.6 | $72.23 | 0.301 |
| 1982 | 4,148 | 84,303 | 1,939 | 42.6 | 19.7 | 20.3 | 19.2 | 1,671 | 4.6 | $87.01 | 0.344 |
| 1983 | 4,340 | 82,206 | 1,949 | 43.5 | 26.0 | 18.9 | 26.0 | 1,684 | 4.7 | $99.98 | 0.379 |
| 1984 | 3,646 | 71,560 | 1,707 | 46.1 | 26.0 | 19.6 | 26.0 | 1,416 | 3.8 | $107.99 | 0.394 |
| 1985 | 2,595 | 50,541 | 1,637 | 52.6 | 24.0 | 19.5 | 25.1 | 1,027 | 2.8 | $111.65 | 0.404 |
| 1986 | 2,154 | 36,944 | 1,084 | 43.1 | 23.8 | 17.2 | 23.5 | 788 | 2.1 | $109.99 | 0.388 |
| 1987 | 1,259 | 17,801 | 419 | 24.9 | 22.9 | 14.1 | 22.2 | 409 | 1.0 | $106.90 | 0.339 |
| 1988 | 1,586 | 21,199 | 319 | 29.0 | 23.9 | 13.4 | 22.5 | 494 | 1.2 | $121.44 | 0.384 |
| 1989 | 1,267 | 16,571 | 404 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 13.1 | 23.3 | 703 | 1.7 | $124.24 | 0.348 |
| 1990 | 1,099 | 13,161 | 256 | 21.1 | 24.1 | 12.0 | 24.2 | 502 | 1.2 | $127.19 | 0.323 |
| 1991 | 2,128 | 25,879 | 500 | 35.6 | 23.9 | 12.2 | 24.5 | 517 | 1.2 | $150.90 | 0.362 |
| 1992 | 2,660 | 40,207 | 1,083 | 44.0 | 23.6 | 15.1 | 23.3 | 812 | 1.8 | $160.58 | 0.371 |
| 1993 | 3,361 | 44,558 | 962 | 40.2 | 23.8 | 13.3 | 23.3 | 861 | 1.8 | $177.15 | 0.387 |
| 1994 | 4,039 | 94,918 | 3,111 | 61.7 | 24.5 | 23.5 | 24.4 | 1,537 | 3.5 | $191.11 | 0.449 |
| 1995 | 5,920 | 75,748 | 1,474 | 50.8 | 24.0 | 12.8 | 24.0 | 1,169 | 2.8 | $162.71 | 0.365 |
| 1996 | 2,167 | 55,940 | 1,807 | 32.1 | 24.0 | 25.8 | 23.0 | 1,005 | 2.5 | $155.39 | 0.328 |
| 1997 | 2,269 | 39,491 | 1,114 | 50.7 | 23.4 | 17.4 | 21.6 | 767 | 1.8 | $165.96 | 0.349 |
| 1998 | 1,764 | 28,415 | 654 | 37.3 | 22.9 | 16.1 | 21.3 | 555 | 1.4 | $154.31 | 0.317 |
| STATE | Average monthly covered employment | Total wages (in thousands) | Average weekly wage in total covered employment | Benefits paid (in thousands) | ||||||
| Total | Public | Nonprofit | Total | Public | Nonprofit | Total | Public | Nonprofit | ||
| (01) | (34) | (35) | (36) | (37) | (38) | (39) | (40) | (41) | (42) | (43) |
| 1978 | 10,164 | 10,164 | 89,446 | 89,446 | $169.24 | 571 | 571 | |||
| 1979 | 12,852 | 12,852 | 130,467 | 130,467 | $195.22 | 551 | 551 | |||
| 1980 | 12,869 | 12,869 | 144,424 | 144,424 | $215.82 | 729 | 727 | 2 | ||
| 1981 | 13,156 | 13,156 | 167,534 | 167,534 | $244.89 | 692 | 680 | 12 | ||
| 1982 | 12,376 | 12,365 | 11 | 165,492 | 165,426 | 66 | $257.15 | 722 | 714 | 8 |
| 1983 | 13,581 | 13,519 | 62 | 192,577 | 192,099 | 478 | $272.69 | |||
| 1984 | 13,770 | 13,274 | 496 | 213,440 | 207,943 | 5,498 | $298.08 | 360 | 329 | 31 |
| 1985 | 13,409 | 12,843 | 566 | 203,896 | 196,866 | 7,029 | $292.42 | 363 | 341 | 22 |
| 1986 | 13,106 | 12,518 | 588 | 208,487 | 201,078 | 7,409 | $305.92 | 351 | 340 | 11 |
| 1987 | 12,466 | 11,851 | 615 | 243,660 | 235,468 | 8,192 | $375.88 | 164 | 157 | 7 |
| 1988 | 13,051 | 12,390 | 661 | 243,003 | 233,771 | 9,232 | $358.07 | 77 | 69 | 8 |
| 1989 | 13,430 | 12,754 | 676 | 308,253 | 298,231 | 10,022 | $441.40 | 109 | 95 | 14 |
| 1990 | 13,187 | 12,489 | 698 | 314,901 | 304,092 | 10,809 | $459.22 | 275 | 261 | 14 |
| 1991 | 13,450 | 12,613 | 837 | 347,333 | 333,554 | 13,779 | $496.62 | 203 | 190 | 13 |
| 1992 | 14,001 | 13,095 | 906 | 347,157 | 331,208 | 15,949 | $476.83 | 219 | 161 | 59 |
| 1993 | 14,028 | 13,109 | 919 | 358,429 | 342,081 | 16,348 | $491.36 | 446 | 300 | 146 |
| 1994 | 13,910 | 12,992 | 919 | 357,657 | 340,948 | 16,709 | $494.47 | 276 | 172 | 104 |
| 1995 | 13,535 | 12,644 | 890 | 372,661 | 356,200 | 16,461 | $529.48 | 510 | 437 | 73 |
| 1996 | 13,930 | 13,063 | 867 | 396,713 | 380,793 | 15,920 | $547.67 | 251 | 177 | 74 |
| 1997 | 13,751 | 12,899 | 852 | 401,428 | 385,233 | 16,195 | $561.40 | 714 | 660 | 54 |
| 1998 | 13,766 | 12,872 | 895 | 407,929 | 389,880 | 18,049 | $569.87 | 246 | 185 | 60 |
| STATE | Financial data (in thousands) | Claims data | |||||||
| Total extended benefits paid | State share of extended benefits paid | Federal share of extended benefits paid | Federal share of regular benefits paid | Number of first payments | Weeks compensated for all unemployment | Number of claimants exhausting benefits | Average weekly benefit amount | Average compensable duration (actual) | |
| (01) | (44) | (45) | (46) | (47) | (48) | (49) | (50) | (51) | (52) |
| 1978 | $58 | $29 | $29 | 252 | 940 | 60 | 3.7 | ||
| 1979 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1980 | $320 | $79 | $241 | 361 | 3,421 | 104 | 69 | 9.5 | |
| 1981 | $57 | $16 | $42 | $3.00 | 180 | 1,680 | 90 | 70 | 9.3 |
| 1982 | $370 | $186 | $184 | 728 | 5,124 | 120 | 84 | 7.0 | |
| 1983 | 377 | 2,484 | 40 | 97 | 6.6 | ||||
| 1984 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1985 | 4 | 61 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1986 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1987 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1988 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1989 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1990 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 155 | 16.0 | ||||
| 1991 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1992 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1993 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1994 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1995 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1996 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1997 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1998 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||