Oregon Announces 2025 Unemployment Insurance Tax Rates, Wage Base

Oregon’s unemployment insurance tax rates will remain unchanged for 2025, according to an update on the Employment Department website.

Tax rates for experienced employers in 2025 will range from 0.9% to 5.4%, unchanged from 2024, according to the update. The tax rate for new employers will also be unchanged at 2.4% for 2025.

The rates will include a special payroll tax offset, which will be 0.139% for the first quarter of 2025 and 0.109% for the remainder of the year, according to the update. Unlike regular unemployment insurance taxes, the offsets are not deposited into the state unemployment insurance ...