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In California, the Employment Development Department ( EDD) is a department of the state government that administers Unemployment Insurance (UI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Paid Family Leave (PFL) programs. The department also provides employment service programs and collects the state's labor market information and employment data.
All states use experience rating to determine tax rates, meaning that employers using the system more often have to pay additional taxes. As such, the range of state unemployment tax rates varies widely. For example, as of 2020, the state employer tax rage for unemployment insurance is 0.05%–6.42% in Arizona, 1.5%–6.2% in California, 0.94% ...
Currently California employers pay a federal unemployment insurance tax of 1.2% on the first $7,000 of wages per employee, but that will rise incrementally every year so long as California is in ...
According to the Tax Foundation, of the 41 states that have income tax, five states completely exempt unemployment benefits from tax — California, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Effective July 1, 2011, the rate decreased to 6.0%. That rate may be reduced by an amount up to 5.4% through credits for contributions to state unemployment programs under sections 3302(a) and 3302(b), resulting in a minimum effective rate on and after July 1, 2011 of 0.6% (6.0–5.4%). Credit reduction
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%.
The reason has to do with a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act that waived federal tax on up to $10,200 of unemployment benefits collected in 2020, CNBC reported.
The counties with the highest unemployment rates were generally located in inland areas and had lower levels of income. Unemployment rate has reached 12.4 percent in 2010 which is highest recorded from 1976. Unemployment rates in California reached historic lows in 2000 and 2006.