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State Rankings of Workers' Compensation Benefits Per $100 of Covered Wages 2007
Source: Small Business Survival Index

Rank State Rate   Rank State Rate
             
1 Texas 0.55
25 New Mexico 1.01
2 Arizona 0.58   27 Alabama 1.02
2 Massachusetts 0.58   28 Colorado 1.03
4 Indiana 0.61   29 Mississippi 1.04
5 Arkansas 0.62   30 Nebraska 1.06
5 Virginia 0.62   30 North Carolina 1.06
7 New York 0.68   32 Florida 1.09
7 Utah 0.68   33 Louisiana 1.11
9 Maryland 0.76   34 Missouri 1.18
10 Rhode Island 0.80   35 Kentucky 1.22
11 Connecticut 0.83   36 Vermont 1.23
11 Georgia 0.83   37 Hawaii 1.24
11 South Dakota 0.83   38 Pennsylvania 1.25
14 New Jersey 0.85   39 Ohio 1.26
15 Nevada 0.86   40 Wisconsin 1.27
16 Michigan 0.87   41 Idaho 1.33
17 New Hampshire 0.88   42 Oklahoma 1.34
17 North Dakota 0.88   43 South Carolina 1.37
19 Minnesota 0.89   44 Maine 1.44
20 Kansas 0.90   44 Wyoming 1.44
21 Delaware 0.92   46 California 1.59
22 Oregon 0.94   47 Alaska 1.70
23 Illinois 0.98   48 Washington 1.72
23 Tennessee 0.98   49 Montana 2.11
25 Iowa 1.01   50 West Virginia 3.39
             
          50 State Average
1.38
          N.J. % Below Average 38%

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