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Unemployment in the US by State (June 2023) The list of U.S. states and territories by unemployment rate compares the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state and territory, sortable by name, rate, and change. Data are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment publication.
In California, for instance, the state unemployment rate hit 5.3% in February, up 0.8% from a year ago and the highest in the nation. New Jersey's unemployment rate hit 4.8% in February, also up 0.8%.
Unemployment insurance is funded by both federal and state payroll taxes. In most states, employers pay state and federal unemployment taxes if: (1) they paid wages to employees totaling $1,500 or more in any quarter of a calendar year, or (2) they had at least one employee during any day of a week for 20 or more weeks in a calendar year, regardless of whether those weeks were consecutive.
New Jersey’s beleaguered unemployment system has made strides since the jobless rate soared to its highest level in 40 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. But a report released Wednesday found ...
The nation’s unemployment last month was 3.8% as the economy added a surprisingly high 303,000 jobs Why does California have the nation’s highest unemployment rate? Three sectors were hit hard
The federal unemployment insurance rate (now) [when?] is 6.2% of the first $7,000 of a worker's income. The Great Recession resulted in a high unemployment rate, causing California to borrow about $10 billion from the federal government. The Employment Training Tax (ETT) rate for 2014 is 0.1 percent on the first $7,000 per employee per calendar ...
California’s unemployment remains the highest state rate in the nation. New data from the state’s Employment Development Department put the April rate at 5.3% for the third consecutive month ...
New businesses are given a new employer rate, which varies per state (California's, for example, is 3.4%); they stay on that rate for a few years, when they are considered "experience rated." To avoid higher tax rates, some companies get multiple account numbers with a state unemployment insurance agency and shuffle employees around to the ...