18 October 2011

Visualizing Workers' Comp

Which states have the highest average workers' compensation tax rates? And which have the lowest?

The answer is presented visually below:

2010 Average Workers' Compensation Premium Rate per $100 of Payroll

We've posted an interactive version of the chart above, and we've also made the data publicly available through IBM's ManyEyes data visualization site.

We used this data in our "How Much Does It Cost to Employ You? (2011-12 Edition)" tool, as it's the most recent we have available. We'll be exploring the other data behind the tool later this week!

Data Source

Manley, Mike and Dotter, Jay. 2010 Oregon Workers' Compensation Premium Rate Ranking Summary. Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services. October 2010.