2022 Workers’ compensation premium index rates

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2022 Ranking	2020 Ranking	State	Index Rate	Percent of Median
1	1	New Jersey	2.44	192%
2	5	Hawaii	2.27	178%
3	4	California	2.26	178%
4	2	New York	2.15	169%
5	8	Louisiana	2.13	167%
6	3	Vermont	1.98	156%
7	26	Wyoming	1.86	146%

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2022 Ranking	2020 Ranking	State	Index Rate	Percent of Median
8	11	Wisconsin	1.67	132%
9	16	Maine	1.67	131%
10	6	Connecticut	1.64	129%
11	9	Rhode Island	1.62	128%
12	17	Minnesota	1.55	122%
13	14	Missouri	1.54	121%
14	21	Iowa	1.52	120%
15	12	Montana	1.46	115%
16	19	Idaho	1.43	112%
17	13	Oklahoma	1.41	111%

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2022 Ranking	2020 Ranking	State	Index Rate	Percent of Median
18	28	New Hampshire	1.39	109%
19	24	Illinois	1.39	109%
20	30	Alabama	1.38	108%
21	10	Alaska	1.37	107%
22	19	South Carolina	1.35	106%
23	7	Delaware	1.34	106%
24	22	Washington	1.31	103%
25	23	South Dakota	1.30	102%
26	20	Pennsylvania	1.27	100%
27	29	New Mexico	1.27	99%
28	27	Florida	1.26	99%
29	26	Nebraska	1.25	98%

Premium index rate: $0.90-$1.20

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2022 Ranking	2020 Ranking	State	Index Rate	Percent of Median
30	31	North Carolina	1.16	91%
31	15	Georgia	1.15	90%
32	35	Massachusetts	1.05	83%
33	37	Maryland	1.04	81%
34	41	Tennessee	1.03	81%
35	39	Kansas	1.02	80%
36	32	Virginia	1.01	79%
37	42	Nevada	1.00	79%
38	37	Michigan	1.00	78%
39	34	Mississippi	0.98	77%
40	44	District of Columbia	0.95	75%
41	33	Colorado	0.93	73%
42	45	Oregon	0.93	73%

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2022 Ranking	2020 Ranking	State	Index Rate	Percent of Median
43	46	Texas	0.88	69%
44	43	Arizona	0.87	69%
45	47	Utah	0.86	67%
46	38	Kentucky	0.83	66%
47	40	Ohio	0.77	60%
48	49	Indiana	0.86	68%
49	50	Arkansas	0.65	51%
50	48	West Virginia	0.63	50%
51	51	North Dakota	0.58	45%