How Long Before My Company Is Rated? What's Our Rating Period? When Do We Pay?note: new employer rates change frequently... check with your local office for the exact rate assigned | ||||
| We Are In This State | When Does Our Rating Period End? | When Does Our New Rate Take Effect? | How Long Before We Get Rated? | Does A New Employer Get An Assigned Rate? |
| AL | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 2.7% |
| AK | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | Average rate paid by your industry |
| AZ | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 2.7% |
| AR | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 2.9% |
| CA | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 year | 3.4% |
| CO | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 1 years | 1.7%, actual rate, or average of construction firms (if you are in construction), whichever is highest |
| CT | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 2.1% |
| DE | Oct. 1 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | average rate paid by all employers, but not less than 1% |
| DC | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | average rate paid by all employers, but not less than 2.7% |
| FL | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 2 1/2 years | 2.0% |
| GA | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 2.7% |
| HI | Dec. 31 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 3.0% |
| ID | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 2 year | 1.5% |
| IL | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 3.3%, experience rate, or average rate paid by your industry, whichever is higher |
| IN | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 2.7% |
| IA | July 1 | 3 Jan. 1 | 3 years | 12th rate on current table, but not less than 1% |
| KS | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | 1% plus either average paid by your industry or average of all employers, whichever is higher; but not less than 2% |
| KY | Oct. 31 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 2.7% |
| LA | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | average paid by your industry |
| ME | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | average rate paid in the state, but not lower than 1% nor higher than 4% |
| MD | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | state-wide benefit ratio over the last five years, but not less than 1%; average rate paid by your industry if you are a contractor from another state. |
| MA | Sept. 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | same rate as employers with a reserve ratio between 10 1/2% and 12%; construction pays the average rate for that industry |
| MI | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | 2.7% for first two years; then earned rate plus 1.8% for third year; then earned rate plus 1% for fourth year |
| MN | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 years | state-wide benefit ratio over the last five years, but not less than 1% nor more than 5.4% |
| MS | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 2.7% |
| MO | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | average rate paid by your industry, but not lower than 2.7% |
| MT | Sept. 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | average rate paid by your industry, but not lower than 1% |
| NE | Dec. 31 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 3.5% |
| NV | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 years | 2.95% |
| NH | Jan. 31 | July 1 | 1 year | 2.7%, minus any "fund balance reduction" in effect |
| NJ | Dec. 31 | July 1 | 3 years | 2.2825% to 2.28825% |
| NM | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 4 years | 2.7% |
| NY | Dec. 31 | Jan. 1 | 15 months | rate assigned to employers with a positive reserve balance of less than 1%; but no more than 3.4% |
| NC | Aug. 1 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | 1.2% |
| ND | Sept. 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 1 1/2 times the maximum rate for a positive reserve account, but never less than 1%; maximum rate for construction |
| OH | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 5 quarters | 2.7%; 3.5% for construction firms |
| OK | Dec. 31 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | average rate paid in the state, but not less than 1% |
| OR | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 2.7% to 3.5%, depending on the schedule in effect for the year |
| PA | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 1/2 years | 3.626% |
| RI | Sept. 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 1.86% |
| SC | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | 2.7% |
| SD | Dec. 31 | Jan. 1 | 2 years | 1.9% for first year; decreases to 1.7% after, if account balance remains positive |
| TN | Dec. 31 | July 1 | 3 years | average paid by your industry, but not less than 2.7% |
| TX | Oct. 1 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | average paid by your industry, but not less than 2.7% |
| UT | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | per industry |
| VT | Dec. 31 | July 1 | 1 year | average paid by your industry |
| VA | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 1 year | 2.5%, plus "fund building" and "pool costs" in effect for the year |
| WA | July 1 | Jan. 1 | 2 1/2 years | average paid by your industry, but not less than 1% |
| WV | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | 2.7% |
| WI | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 2 1/2 years | 2.7% |
| WY | June 30 | Jan. 1 | 3 years | average paid by your industry, but not less than 1%, plus add-on taxes in effect for the year |