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What is the Taxable Wage Base?

What is the taxable wage base?

The taxable wage base is one of the key components in determining how much an employer will have to pay in unemployment taxes over the course of a year. Taxable wages vary from state to state, but generally there is a “cap” known as the taxable wage base, where an employer does not have to pay taxes on the money paid to an employee over a certain point. States determine the taxable wage base in different ways. Some use a formula or follow a certain percentage of each state’s average wages, while many follow the FUTA taxable wage base of $7,000 in 2017.

Below is a list of the taxable wage base in each state. You may notice that some states have much higher taxable wage bases than other states. These higher taxable wages are not always offset by a lower unemployment tax rate. Keep an eye out for states that adjust the taxable wage base each year. Those states are as follows: Alaska, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey (lower for 2017), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota (lower for 2017), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Washington, and Wyoming.

StateTaxable wage base
Alabama8,000.00
Alaska39,800.00
Arizona7,000.00
Arkansas12,000.00
California7,000.00
Colorado12,500.00
Connecticut15,000.00
Delaware18,500.00
Florida7,000.00
Georgia9,500.00
Hawaii44,000.00
Idaho37,800.00
Illinois12,960.00
Indiana9,500.00
Iowa29,300.00
Kansas14,000.00
Kentucky10,200.00
Louisiana7,700.00
Maine12,000.00
Maryland8,500.00
Massachusetts15,000.00
Michigan9,000.00
Minnesota32,000.00
Mississippi14,000.00
Missouri13,000.00
Montana31,400.00
Nebraska9,000.00
Nevada29,500.00
New Hampshire14,000.00
New Jersey33,500.00
New Mexico24,300.00
New York10,900.00
North Carolina23,100.00
North Dakota35,100.00
Ohio9,000.00
Oklahoma17,700.00
Oregon38,400.00
Pennsylvania9,750.00
Rhode Island23,900.00
South Carolina14,000.00
South Dakota15,000.00
Tennessee8,000.00
Texas9,000.00
Utah33,100.00
Vermont17,300.00
Virginia8,000.00
Washington45,000.00
West Virginia12,000.00
Wisconsin14,000.00
Wyoming25,400.00
District of Columbia9,000.00
Puerto Rico7,000.00
Virgin Islands23,500.00

For more information about how taxable wages impact your unemployment expenses contact us today! One of our experts will be happy to help.

What is UI SIDES?

What is UI SIDES?

UI SIDES, Unemployment Insurance State Information Data Exchange System, is a web based system that allows Third Party Administrators to electronically process information requests from UI agencies. Basically, this means that UI requests can now be centrally processed regardless of the State, and the paperwork is eliminated! In order to qualify for UI SIDES, you must have a very high volume of UI claims and customized programming is necessary.

What is the benefit of SIDES?

Centralization of information! Today we are seeing more and more technology platforms being used, especially in the world of HR. SIDES allows us to easily streamline claims information to and from each State through one centralized electronic transmission. This allows us to provide our clients with cutting edge technology, real time information, and up-to-date reports on exactly where their UI claims stand.

Our clients will get even more lead time on each claim. Think about it, with some deadlines as little as 7 days from the mailing date, plus the time it takes for a claim to get mailed, your time limits are significantly diminished! With UI SIDES, we receive a claim as soon as it’s created by the State. An unemployment service provider without SIDES capabilities is simply at a disadvantage.

Contact us today to see how our SIDES based platform can help reduce your unemployment costs and workload today!

 

For more information about UI SIDES you can visit the ITSC homepage