Preliminary Base Rates for 2009
Base Rate Changes
- 59 percent of employers will have a base rate that increases
- 38 percent of employers will experience a base rate decrease
- 3 percent of employers will have their base rate remain unchanged
Classification Units |
# of Employers |
% of Employers |
|
| Rate Down >= 20% | 49 |
8,284 |
4.2% |
| Rate Down 15% - 19.9% | 63 |
13,858 |
7.1% |
| Rate Down 10% - 14.9% | 35 |
13,861 |
7.1% |
| Rate Down 5% - 9.9% | 63 |
12,973 |
6.7% |
| Rate Down 0.1% - 4.9% | 64 |
26,231 |
13.5% |
| Rate Neutral | 17 |
5,003 |
2.6% |
| Rate Up 0.1% - 4.9% | 100 |
34,446 |
17.7% |
| Rate Up 5% - 9.9% | 66 |
16,899 |
8.7% |
| Rate Up 10% - 14.9% | 60 |
38,361 |
19.7% |
| Rate Up 15% - 19.9% | 49 |
14,730 |
7.6% |
| Rate Up >= 20% | 32 |
10,335 |
5.3% |
| Total | 598 |
194,981 |
Relative impact of 2009 rate changes
- 84,000 more firms with base rate increases
- 63,000 less firms with base rate decreases
- 15,500 less firms with the same base rate
| Impact | # of CUs |
# of Employers |
|||
2008 |
2009 |
2008 |
2009 |
Difference |
|
| Rate decrease | 405 |
274 |
138,140 |
75,207 |
-62,933 |
| Rate unchanged | 36 |
17 |
20,468 |
5,003 |
-15,465 |
| Rate increase | 178 |
307 |
30,798 |
114,771 |
83,973 |
| Totals | 619 |
598 |
189,406 |
194,981 |
|