# New Jersey — State unemployment insurance taxable wage bases and new employer tax rates by US state

For New Jersey, taxable wage base is $44,800; new employer ui tax rate is 0.026825; effective year is 2026, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17.

- **State:** New Jersey _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Taxable wage base:** $44,800 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **New employer UI tax rate:** 0.026825
- **Effective year:** 2026 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 2026 Taxable Wage Base ( UI and WF/SWF - workers and employers, TDI – employers ): $44,800

## Source

- https://www.nj.gov/labor/ea/employer-services/rate-info/

Last verified: 2026-08-17. Review by: 2027-08-17.
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