2024 Workers’ compensation premium index rates

Premium index rate: Over $1.50

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2024 rank	2022 rank	State	Index rate	Percent of study median
1	2	Hawaii	2.52	231%
2	1	New Jersey	2.16	198%
3	4	New York	1.98	182%
4	3	California	1.86	170%
5	6	Vermont	1.60	147%

Premium index rate: $1.25-$1.50

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2024 rank	2022 rank	State	Index rate	Percent of study median
6	10	Connecticut	1.48	135%
7	8	Wisconsin	1.42	130%
8	7	Wyoming	1.41	130%
9	5	Louisiana	1.41	129%
10	11	Rhode Island	1.38	127%
11	9	Maine	1.37	125%
12	24	Washington	1.35	123%
13	19	Illinois	1.34	123%
14	15	Montana	1.34	122%
15	17	Oklahoma	1.33	122%
16	13	Missouri	1.31	120%
17	12	Minnesota	1.25	114%

Premium index rate: $1.00-$1.25

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2024 rank	2022 rank	State	Index rate	Percent of study median
18	18	New Hampshire	1.22	112%
19	14	Iowa	1.21	110%
20	21	Alaska	1.16	106%
21	26	Pennsylvania	1.14	105%
22	25	South Dakota	1.13	103%
23	29	Nebraska	1.12	103%
24	20	Alabama	1.11	101%
25	16	Idaho	1.10	101%
26	31	Georgia	1.09	100%
27	27	New Mexico	1.05	96%
28	41	Colorado	1.05	96%
29	22	South Carolina	1.03	94%

Premium index rate: $0.75-$1.00

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2024 rank	2022 rank	State	Index rate	Percent of study median
30	28	Florida	1.00	92%
31	32	Massachusetts	0.97	89%
32	23	Delaware	0.97	89%
33	30	North Carolina	0.95	87%
34	39	Mississippi	0.94	86%
35	35	Kansas	0.91	83%
36	38	Michigan	0.90	82%
37	33	Maryland	0.89	82%
38	42	Oregon	0.89	82%
39	34	Tennessee	0.80	73%
40	43	Texas	0.78	72%
41	46	Kentucky	0.76	70%

Premium index rate: Less than $0.75

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2024 rank	2022 rank	State	Index rate	Percent of study median
42	37	Nevada	0.73	67%
43	40	District of Columbia	0.73	67%
44	36	Virginia	0.73	67%
45	48	Indiana	0.71	65%
46	44	Arizona	0.70	64%
47	47	Ohio	0.68	63%
48	45	Utah	0.63	57%
49	50	West Virginia	0.54	49%
50	49	Arkansas	0.53	48%
51	51	North Dakota	0.50	45%