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    Iowa UI Average Benefit Cost Rate and Average Tax Rate Based on Total Wages

    Metadata Updated: February 21, 2025

    This dataset computes the Benefit Cost Rate and Average Tax Rate based on total wages. UI benefits and contributions are divided by total wages in order to control for employment and wage growth. For example, the highest benefit payout was $772 million in 2009. However, 2009 was the third highest payout when controlled for wage growth. Both 1982 and 1983 had higher Benefit Cost Rates.

    The highest Benefit Cost Rate was 2.63% in 1982. The highest Average Tax Rate based on total wages was 1.89% in 1985. The lowest Benefit Cost Rate was 0.53% in 1998. The lowest Average Tax Rate based on total wages was 0.49% in 1988. Data excludes reimbursable employers. (Time period: 1980-2018).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 19, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Iowa metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 19, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date February 21, 2025
    Publisher data.iowa.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.iowa.gov/api/views/a6wr-r836
    Data First Published 2019-09-06
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-18
    Category Workforce
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.iowa.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id ad9107db-ef31-4312-adc3-5ca22521a56b
    Harvest Source Id b99375b9-0a36-4269-920a-6778122ddb87
    Harvest Source Title Iowa metadata
    Homepage URL https://data.iowa.gov/d/a6wr-r836
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 702a48301217306d086bd1c6806b45206b91561b32df2eca9309abbf4f7953b5
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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