Oregon Releases 2019 Unemployment Tax Rates, Wage Base (1)

Effective Jan. 1, 2019, Oregon’s unemployment-taxable wage base is to be $40,600, up from $39,300 for 2018, the state Employment Department said Nov. 21 in a news release.

For 2019, unchanged from 2018, unemployment tax rates for experienced employers are to be determined with Schedule 3 and are to range from 0.9 percent to 5.4 percent.

The unemployment tax rate for new employers is to be 2.4 percent for 2019, unchanged from 2018.

For the first quarter of 2019, tax rates are to include a special payroll tax of 0.12 percent for the state’s supplemental administration fund. For the second, ...