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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.
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.
The New York Times editorial board wrote in August 2013: "As measured by the federal minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour, low-paid work in America is lower paid today than at any time in modern memory. If the minimum wage had kept pace with inflation or average wages over the past nearly 50 years, it would be about $10 an hour; if it had kept ...
When it comes to unemployment in America, the good news is that rates in general are low. As of June 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the national unemployment rate was 3.6% for ...
Did you collect unemployment benefits in 2021? You may owe the IRS this tax season. Unemployment income is viewed as taxable income by the federal government and most states. See: 22 Side Gigs...
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
1. New Mexico. May 2022 Unemployment Rate: 5.1% Unemployed: 48,385 Methodology: For this piece, GOBankingRates looked at the May 2022 Bureau of Labor Statistics "Civilian labor force and ...
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