Nebraska released its unemployment insurance tax rates and unemployment-taxable wage bases for 2023, under a Dec. 6 update on the state labor department’s website.
Positive-rated employers will be subject to a $9,000 unemployment-taxable wage base and tax rates ranging from 0% to 0.73% for 2023. Negative-rated employers will continue to be subject to a $24,000 unemployment-taxable wage base and a tax rate of 5.4%.
The tax rates for new employers will be 5.4% for construction employers and 1.25% for nonconstruction employers, unchanged from 2022.