企业。工人。投资者。政府。每个人都使用失业率来衡量经济的表现。您可能会密切关注国家利率，但是国家的失业率又如何呢？
Read on to learn the unemployment rate per state and why it matters. And, find out what the U.S. unemployment rate is.
失业率是多少？
劳工统计局（BLS）将失业定义为失业人数，积极寻求工作并可以工作。失业率表明，失业个人的数量是整个劳动力的一部分（这既算过就业和失业）。
The unemployment rate goes beyond the number of individuals receiving unemployment benefits. In fact, only about one-third of unemployed individuals receive unemployment benefits, according to the BLS. To get a more accurate count, the government conducts a monthly survey: the Current Population Survey (CPS).
Here’s the bottom line：The unemployment rate is not the same number of people who receive unemployment benefits. However, it still is a factor instate unemployment tax rate范围，我们将进入下一步。
Why the state-by-state unemployment rate matters
So, what does the unemployment rate have to do with business? Besides being a central focus on the news, you may want to know how the unemployment rate impacts your business.
按州按州的失业率可能会影响：
- 苏塔(State Unemployment Tax Act) tax rate ranges
- 人才库
- Business profits
- Employee morale
- 失业救济金
1. SUTA tax rate ranges
雇主有责任为其雇员缴纳联邦和州的失业税。这样，如果您必须将员工放弃，您的员工可以申请失业福利。
大多数州为新雇主分配了标准的新雇主SUTA税率。一段时间后（通常是一年），该州将雇主分配一个单个SUTA税率，该税率属于设定的缴费率范围。该速率因雇主而异，取决于以下因素：
- 行业
- How many former employees received unemployment benefits
- 经验
那么，各州如何达到贡献率范围？提示经济状况并提出失业索赔。许多州有不同的税收计划，这决定了最低和最大贡献率。
一年中国家使用的时间表取决于国家在经济上的表现。而且，请记住什么是最大的经济指标之一？是的：失业率。
尽管您的个人SUTA税率是特定于您的业务的，但其范围属于经济。
2. Talent pool
The unemployment rate also impacts your available talent pool for hiring. And, it could affect your ability to retain employees.
Typically, the higher the unemployment rate, the easier it is to find job-seeking workers. And the lower the unemployment rate, the harder it could be to find talent.
Likewise, you could have a more challenging time with retaining employees when unemployment is low. During this time, workers have more job options, which may cause them to job hop.According to one survey, low unemployment rates created this job-hopping trend.
因此，当失业率上升时，您可能会注意到，与低失业率相比，员工种植的根源更多。
Keep in mind that your ability to hire and retain employees doesn’t depend solely on how the economy is doing. There are a number of ways you can keep失业率低年龄的员工保留率很高。更不用说，即使失业率很高，您的员工仍然可能会离开。
3.业务利润
划分州的失业率may also impact your business’s profits. When unemployment is low, purchasing power is high. And when unemployment is high, purchasing power is low.
失业的个人可能不容易在自己喜欢的业务上花费太多，这可能会导致您看到较低的利润。
According to past data from the BLS, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) drops when unemployment rate increases. Many consumers use the CPI to determine whether they should spend or save their money, as it indicates inflation or deflation. Negative CPI can indicate deflation, which may be the result of a decreased demand for goods.
看看失业与CPI之间的关系，according to the BLS：
| 2020年4月 | 2020年5月 | June 2020 | |
| Unemployment Rate | 14.7％ | 13.3% | 11.1％ |
| Consumer Price Index | -0.8% | -0.1％ | 0.6% |
如您所见，CPI表示4月份的放气。随着5月和6月的失业率下降，CPI开始增加。
4.失业福利
The more widespread unemployment is, the more involved the government might get in issuing relief for those without work.
Generally, unemployment benefits are a percentage of what a claimant made while they were working. And, the state normally limits benefits to individuals who meet certain criteria.
But when the unemployment rate is high, the state might give unemployment benefits a boost and waive certain requirements.
For example, federal and state governments implemented a number of changes to strengthen unemployment benefits during COVID-19 under the照顾法案, such as:
- Waiving the requirement that unemployment applicants must actively search for other work or wait before applying for unemployment
- 将失业扩大到通常没有资格的个人，例如自雇人士，有限责任公司或S Corp所有者，独立承包商和演出工人
- 增加失业福利金额（例如，从3月到2020年7月，每周额外有600美元）
划分州的失业率
当Covid-19开始在美国各地蔓延时，失业率猛增。在2020年（4月）的最高处，国家利率为14.7％，according to the BLS。
截至2020年9月，目前的失业率（国家）为7.9％。那么，失业率最高的国家是什么？失业率最低的国家是什么？
According to the BLS, the five states with highest unemployment in September 2020 include:
- 夏威夷
- 内华达州
- 加利福尼亚
- Rhode Island
- 伊利诺伊州
And, the five states with lowest unemployment are:
- 内布拉斯加州
- 南达科他州
- 佛蒙特
- 北达科他州
- 爱荷华州
看看BLS按州按月每月的失业率查看您的州的比较：
| 状态 | Unemployment Rate (September 2020) |
| 阿拉巴马州 | 6.6% |
| 阿拉斯加州 | 7.2% |
| 亚利桑那 | 6.7% |
| 阿肯色州 | 7.3% |
| 加利福尼亚 | 11.0％ |
| 科罗拉多州 | 6.4% |
| Connecticut | 7.8％ |
| Delaware | 8.2% |
| 华盛顿 | 8.7％ |
| Florida | 7.6% |
| 乔治亚州 | 6.4% |
| 夏威夷 | 15.1％ |
| 爱达荷州 | 6.1％ |
| 伊利诺伊州 | 10.2％ |
| 印第安纳州 | 6.2％ |
| 爱荷华州 | 4.7％ |
| 堪萨斯州 | 5.9% |
| Kentucky | 5.6％ |
| Louisiana | 8.1% |
| Maine | 6.1％ |
| 马里兰州 | 7.2% |
| Massachusetts | 9.6％ |
| 密歇根州 | 8.5％ |
| 明尼苏达州 | 6.0％ |
| 密西西比州 | 7.1% |
| 密苏里州 | 4.9％ |
| Montana | 5.3％ |
| 内布拉斯加州 | 3.5％ |
| 内华达州 | 12.6% |
| New Hampshire | 6.0％ |
| 新泽西州 | 6.7% |
| 新墨西哥 | 9.4％ |
| 纽约 | 9.7％ |
| 北卡罗来纳 | 7.3% |
| 北达科他州 | 4.4％ |
| 俄亥俄州 | 8.4% |
| 俄克拉荷马州 | 5.3％ |
| Oregon | 8.0% |
| 宾夕法尼亚州 | 8.1% |
| Rhode Island | 10.5％ |
| South Carolina | 5.1％ |
| 南达科他州 | 4.1％ |
| Tennessee | 6.3％ |
| 德克萨斯州 | 8.3% |
| 犹他州 | 5.0％ |
| 佛蒙特 | 4.2％ |
| Virginia | 6.2％ |
| 华盛顿 | 7.8％ |
| 西弗吉尼亚 | 8.6％ |
| 威斯康星州 | 5.4％ |
| 怀俄明州 | 6.1％ |
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