AVERAGE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION RATES, BY STATE, CALENDAR YEARS 1995-1997

 

STATE TAXBASE
$7,000 EXCEPT
AS SHOWN
BASE
CHANGE
DATE
1997
ESTIMATED
TAXABLE
TOTAL 1996
ESTIMATED
TAXABLE
TOTAL 1995
ACTUAL
TAXABLE
TOTAL
States 7,000 01/83 2.2% 0.7% 2.4% 0.8% 2.44% 0.8%
Alabama 8,000 01/83 1.0 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.96 0.36
Alaska 24,200 01/97 2.3 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.83 0.49
Arizona     1.5 0.4 1.7 0.5 1.83 0.49
Arkansas 9,000 01/94 1.9 0.8 2.0 1.0 2.10 1.00
California     3.5 0.9 3.8 1.0 3.62 0.89
Colorado 10,000 01/88 1.2 0.4 1.2 0.5 1.23 0.48
Connecticut 12,000 01/97 3.8 1.2 4.0 1.2 4.18 1.33
Delaware 8,500 01/87 2.6 0.8 2.6 0.8 2.90 0.90
Dist. of Columbia 10,000 01/97 2.5 0.7 3.1 0.8 3.50 1.00
Florida     1.4 0.4 1.6 0.5 1.81 0.62
Georgia 8,500 01/91 1.1 0.3 1.3 0.5 1.40 0.48
Hawaii 26,000 01/97 1.9 1.4 2.0 1.4 2.23 1.60
Idaho 21,000 01/97 1.4 0.9 1.8 1.2 1.39 0.94
Illinois 9,000 01/88 2.6 0.8 2.7 0.8 3.28 1.02
Indiana     1.3 0.4 1.3 0.4 1.38 0.42
Iowa 15,200 01/97 0.9 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.98 0.52
Kansas 8,000 01/94 1.1 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.44 0.15
Kentucky 8,000 01/82 2.0 0.7 2.0 0.7 2.12 0.75
Louisiana 7,700 01/96 1.7 0.6 1.7 0.6 1.80 0.68
Maine     3.0 1.0 3.7 1.2 3.77 1.27
Maryland 8,500 01/93 1.8 0.5 2.4 0.8 3.34 1.10
Massachusetts 10,800 01/92 3.8 1.4 3.7 1.3 3.83 1.44
Michigan 9,500 01/86 3.3 1.0 3.5 1.1 4.30 1.40
Minnesota 16,300 01/97 1.3 0.6 1.3 0.7 1.63 0.73
Mississippi     1.2 0.4 1.4 0.4 2.05 0.63
Missouri 8,000 01/97 2.0 0.4 2.0 0.5 2.01 0.54
Montana 16,000 01/97 1.3 0.9 1.2 0.8 1.40 0.90
Nebraska     0.8 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.81 0.21
Nevada 17,200 01/97 1.4 0.8 1.5 0.9 1.51 0.89
New Hampshire 8,000 01/94 0.7 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.53 0.40
New Jersey 18,600 01/97 2.5 1.2 2.5 1.1 1.89 0.88
New Mexico 14,200 01/97 1.4 0.8 1.4 0.7 1.33 0.72
New York     4.1 0.9 4.4 1.0 4.54 1.02
North Carolina 12,100 01/97 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.64 0.30
North Dakota 14,200 01/97 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.12 0.61
Ohio 9,000 01/95 2.1 0.8 2.3 0.8 2.66 0.90
Oklahoma 11,100 01/97 1.0 0.4 0.9 0.4 1.10 0.41
Oregon 20,000 01/96 2.1 1.3 2.1 1.3 1.41 0.85
Pennsylvania 8,000 01/84 3.9 1.1 4.2 1.2 4.78 1.46
Puerto Rico     3.1 1.0 3.0 1.0 2.90 0.90
Rhode Island 17,600 01/97 3.7 2.1 3.7 2.0 3.70 2.10
South Carolina     2.0 0.6 2.0 0.7 1.85 0.63
South Dakota     0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.54 0.21
Tennessee     1.6 0.5 1.8 0.6 1.77 0.55
Texas 9,000 01/89 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.6 1.68 0.58
Utah 17,800 01/97 0.8* 0.5* 0.8 0.5 0.95 0.54
Vermont 8,000 01/83 2.6 0.9 2.6 0.9 2.64 0.96
Virginia 8,000 01/91 0.9 0.3 1.2 0.4 1.44 0.47
Virgin Islands 14,400 01/97 2.2 1.4 2.5 1.5 1.96 1.25
Washington 21,300 01/97 2.2 1.3 2.0 1.2 2.00 1.20
West Virginia 8,000 01/81 2.9 1.0 3.0 1.1 3.00 1.10
Wisconsin 10,500 01/86 2.0 0.8 2.0 0.8 2.10 0.90
Wyoming 12,200 01/97 1.4 0.7 1.5 0.8 1.49 0.72

 

NOTE: STATE ESTIMATED AND ACTUAL RATES WERE FURNISHED BY STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AGENCIES.

* PRIOR YEAR'S DATA USED BECAUSE ESTIMATE FOR CURRENT YEAR WAS UNAVAILABLE.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION