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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 unemployment rate now sits at its lowest level since May 2024. The US economy created 143,000 new jobs in January, less than the 170,000 expected by economists and lower than the 307,000 seen ...
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.
Cook County: $14.05 since July 1, 2024 eventually aligning with Illinois' statewide $15 minimum wage by 2025. The base wage for tipped employees is $8.40 since January 1, 2025. [233] However, a large number of municipalities located within Cook County have opted-out of the county-level minimum wage ordinance. [234] Indiana: $7.25 [235] $2.13 ...
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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.
As part of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 enacted on December 17, 2010, the employee Social Security tax rate is reduced from 6.2% to 4.2% for wages paid during the year 2011 and 2012. The employer Social Security tax rate and the Social Security Wage Base were not directly impacted by this ...
The ride-sharing company agreed to begin making quarterly payments to the New York State Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, which funds benefits for unemployed workers, and a retroactive payment ...