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. STATE STATS
   

NJ Ranks 34th in Adjusted Unemployment Tax Rate, 2006
Source: Small Business Survival Index 2006, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

Rank State Unemployment Tax Rate   Rank State Unemployment Tax Rate
             

1

California

1.02


26

Arkansas

2.29

2

Arizona

1.08

 

27

Michigan

2.32

3

Florida

1.10

 

28

Kentucky

2.33

4

Indiana

1.15

 

29

Missouri

2.48

5

Virginia

1.29

 

30

Illinois

2.49

6

Mississippi

1.30

 

31

Wisconsin

2.89

6

Nebraska

1.30

 

32

New Mexico

2.91

8

South Carolina

1.32

 

33

Pennsylvania

3.01

9

Colorado

1.34

 

34

New Jersey

3.18

10

Vermont

1.35

 

35

Massachusetts

3.34

11

New Hampshire

1.37

 

36

North Carolina

3.43

12

Louisiana

1.38

 

37

Oklahoma

3.56

13

Georgia

1.45

 

38

Alaska

3.63

14

Alabama

1.51

 

39

Nevada

3.73

15

Maryland

1.68

 

40

Rhode Island

4.02

15

South Dakota

1.68

 

40

Washington

4.02

17

New York

1.72

 

42

Oregon

4.06

18

Kansas

1.74

 

43

Montana

4.65

19

Delaware

1.85

 

44

Wyoming

4.69

20

Maine

1.91

 

45

Idaho

4.77

21

West Virginia

1.96

 

46

Hawaii

4.96

22

Ohio

1.99

 

47

Iowa

5.27

23

Connecticut

2.01

 

48

North Dakota

6.21

24

Texas

2.03

 

49

Minnesota

6.54

25

Tennessee

2.10

 

50

Utah

6.58

             
          50 State Average
2.72
          N.J. % Above Average 16.9%

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