As many as 17 states are increasing their SUI Wage Base. Some states have yet to report their 2012 wage base. Below is a listing of reported 2012 SUI wage bases compared to 2011.
State |
2012 Wage Base |
2011 Wage Base |
|
| Alabama | $8,000 | $8,000 | |
| Alaska | 34,600 | ||
| Arizona | 7,000 | 7,000 | |
| Arkansas | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
| California | 7,000 | 7,000 | |
| Colorado | 11,000 | 10,000 | |
| Connecticut | 15,000 | 15,000 | |
| Delaware | 10,500 | 10,500 | |
| District of Columbia | 9,000 | 9,000 | |
| Florida | 8,500 | 7,000 | |
| Georgia | 8,500 | 8,500 | |
| Hawaii | 34,200 | ||
| Idaho | 33,300 | ||
| Illinois | 13,560 | 12,740 | |
| Indiana | 9,500 | 9,500 | |
| Iowa | 25,300 | 24,700 | |
| Kansas | 8,000 | 8,000 | |
| Kentucky | 9,000 | 8,000 | |
| Louisiana | 7,700 | ||
| Maine | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
| Maryland | 8,500 | 8,500 | |
| Massachusetts | 14,000 | 14,000 | |
| Michigan | 9,000 | 9,000 | |
| Minnesota | 28,000 | 27,000 | |
| Mississippi | 14,000 | 14,000 | |
| Missouri | 13,000 | 13,000 | |
| Montana | 27,000 | 26,300 | |
| Nebraska | 9,000 | 9,000 | |
| Nevada | 26,400 | 26,600 | |
| New Hampshire | 14,000 | 12,000 | |
| New Jersey | 30,300 | 29,600 | |
| New Mexico | 22,400 | 21,900 | |
| New York | 8,500 | 8,500 | |
| North Carolina | 19,700 | ||
| North Dakota | 25,500 | ||
| Ohio | 9,000 | 9,000 | |
| Oklahoma | 19,100 | 18,600 | |
| Oregon | 32,300 | ||
| Pennsylvania | 8,000 | 8,000 | |
| Puerto Rico | 7,000 | 7,000 | |
| Rhode Island | *19,600 | 19,000 | |
| South Carolina | 12,000 | 10,000 | |
| South Dakota | 12,000 | 11,000 | |
| Tennessee | 9,000 | 9,000 | |
| Texas | 9,000 | 9,000 | |
| Utah | 28,600 | ||
| Vermont | 16,000 | 13,000 | |
| Virgin Islands | 22,600 | ||
| Virginia | 8,000 | 8,000 | |
| Washington | 38,200 | 37,300 | |
| West Virginia | 12,000 | 12,000 | |
| Wisconsin | 13,000 | 13,000 | |
| Wyoming | 23,000 | 22,300 |
* Note: For approximately 75% of employers, the wage base will be $19,600. For employers that pay at the highest UI tax rate of 9.79% (25% of employers), the wage base will be $21,100.
