Effective Jan. 1, 2019, Idaho’s unemployment-taxable wage base is to be $40,000, up from $38,200 for 2018, the state Labor Department said Dec. 14 on its website.
Employers have to pay a tax on each employee’s wages up to this amount, at a rate set by the state.
Idaho is the fourth state to have a wage base that is set at $40,000 or more for 2019; Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington are the other three. Alaska’s unemployment taxable wage base is $39,900 for 2019.
Idaho’s unemployment tax rates for experienced employers generally are to decrease for 2019. Tax rates for ...
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