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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 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. [ 1][ 2] While the non-seasonally adjusted data ...
Between May 2023 and May 2024, the private sector in New Jersey grew by 69,000 jobs, though the unemployment rate rose to 4.6% from 4.2%. Most of those were in lower-paying jobs like restaurants ...
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 ...
U.S. states by net employment rate (% of population 16 and over) 2022 [1] National rank State Employment rate in % (total population) Annual change (%) (=rise in employment) 1 Nebraska: 68.1 0.5 2 North Dakota: 67.8 1.3 — District of Columbia: 67.4 3.0 3 Utah: 67.1 1.1 4 South Dakota: 66.8 0.0 5 Colorado: 66.3 1.9 Iowa: 66.3 1.5 Minnesota: 66 ...
The Garden State’s unemployment rate went from 3.3 to 4.7, meaning that the number of people in the state that don’t have a job and are looking for one is 4.7% of the state’s labor force ...
Ohio's insurance employment is expected to grow continuously at a rate of 9.8%. [95] Ohio is home to the 3rd most claim examiners in the United States, out of all 50 states. Five Fortune 500 companies are Ohio-based insurance companies. [95] These companies are: Nationwide Insurance, in Columbus; Progressive Corporation, in Mayfield
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%.