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Multi-year trend information for rate group ES

What trends is your rate group experiencing? This chart provides a history of your rate group's performance.

To understand the terminology used in this chart, view the explanation of trend terms.


Key indicators  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Change 2000-2004 Change 2003-2004
Injury rate 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 -50.0% 0.0%
Total duration 66.5 53.7 49.1 60.9 41.2 -38.0% -32.3%
Average weekly wage $612 $809 $640 $632 $650 6.2% 2.8%
Number of claims 123 94 84 81 62 -49.6% -23.5%


Cost history  (in thousands) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Change 2000-2004 Change 2003-2004
Short term disability $575 $481 $261 $229 $128 -77.8% -44.2%
Long term disability $830 $242 $100 $94 $95 -88.5% 1.7%
Survivor benefits $2 $90 $884 $0 $1 -6.1% 389.7%
Health care $605 $288 $173 $157 $130 -78.5% -17.5%
Vocational rehabilitation $116 $69 $19 $15 $21 -81.8% 40.3%
Total costs $2,128 $1,170 $1,437 $495 $375 -82.4% -24.2%


Rate data  (in millions) 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Change 2000-2004 Change 2003-2004
Assessable payroll $1,872 $1,996 $1,927 $1,957 $2,111 12.7% 7.9%
Accumulated payroll $2,452 $2,452 $2,251 $2,138 $2,191 -10.6% 2.5%


Benefit cost rate  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Change 2000-2004 Change 2003-2004
(Per $100 of payroll) 0.09 0.05 0.06 0.02 0.02 -80.3% -26.1%

Average benefit cost rate for calculating the 2006 base rate: $0.04
Number of years used to calculate average benefit cost rate: 3