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. STATE STATS
   

NJ Ranks 8th in Workers’ Compensation Benefits per $100 of Covered Wages, 2006
Source: Small Business Survival Index 2006, The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

Rank State Worker's Comp   Rank State Worker's Comp
             

1

Texas

0.59


26

Iowa

1.00

1

Virginia

0.59

 

27

Colorado

1.01

3

Indiana

0.63

 

28

Alabama

1.02

4

Utah

0.67

 

28

Louisiana

1.02

5

Massachusetts

0.69

 

30

Tennessee

1.04

6

Arizona

0.70

 

31

Nebraska

1.05

6

Arkansas

0.70

 

32

Mississippi

1.06

8

New Jersey

0.77

 

33

Florida

1.13

8

South Dakota

0.77

 

34

Wisconsin

1.15

10

Maryland

0.80

 

35

Idaho

1.24

11

Georgia

0.82

 

36

Pennsylvania

1.26

11

New York

0.82

 

37

South Carolina

1.29

13

Connecticut

0.83

 

38

Ohio

1.30

14

Nevada

0.86

 

39

Missouri

1.32

14

Rhode Island

0.86

 

40

Vermont

1.33

16

Kansas

0.89

 

41

Kentucky

1.38

17

Minnesota

0.90

 

41

Oklahoma

1.38

18

Michigan

0.91

 

43

Hawaii

1.44

18

New Hampshire

0.91

 

44

Maine

1.48

20

Delaware

0.92

 

45

Wyoming

1.63

20

New Mexico

0.92

 

46

Washington

1.80

20

North Carolina

0.92

 

47

Alaska

1.84

20

Oregon

0.92

 

48

California

1.91

24

Illinois

0.94

 

49

Montana

2.00

24

North Dakota

0.94

 

50

West Virginia

3.76

             
          50 State Average
1.12
          N.J. % Below Average 28.82%

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