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New Jersey Ranks 16th in the Nation in Adjusted Unemployment Tax Rate, 2003
Source: Small Business Survival Committee

Rank State Unemployment Tax   Rank State Unemployment Tax
             
1 North Dakota 6.83
26 Oklahoma 2.02
2 Utah 5.93   27 Kansas 1.96
3 Idaho 5.37   28 South Dakota 1.91
4 Minnesota 5.21   29 Delaware 1.81
5 Hawaii 5.06   30 Ohio 1.76
6 Iowa 4.84   31 Massachusetts 1.73
7 Montana 4.78   32 Maryland 1.67
8 Wyoming 4.25   33 Alabama 1.61
9 Washington 4.11   34 Illinois 1.57
10 Oregon 4.07   34 Texas 1.57
11 Alaska 3.88   36 New York 1.55
12 Rhode Island 3.49   37 Louisiana 1.49
13 Nevada 3.41   38 New Hampshire 1.47
14 New Mexico 2.99   39 Mississippi 1.46
15 Wisconsin 2.96   40 Vermont 1.43
16 NEW JERSEY 2.87   41 Colorado 1.42
17 Arkansas 2.77   41 Florida 1.42
18 North Carolina 2.76   41 Missouri 1.42
19 West Virginia 2.43   44 Virginia 1.35
20 Kentucky 2.40   45 Nebraska 1.33
21 Maine 2.25   46 Georgia 1.31
22 Tennessee 2.22   47 South Carolina 1.29
23 Connecticut 2.14   48 Indiana 1.19
24
Pennsylvania 2.07   49 Arizona 1.13
25 Michigan 2.06   50 California 0.91
             
          50 State Average
2.58
          N.J. % Above Average 11.3%

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