The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) on Tuesday announced that maximum benefit rates will increase in 2025 for state unemployment insurance claims, temporary disability, family leave and workers’ compensation programs.
Increases to the maximum benefit rates and the taxable wage base, which is the level of employee wages that are subject to contributions under that law, take effect on Jan. 1.
In the new year, the maximum weekly benefit rate for unemployment insurance claims will increase to $875, up from $854. The maximum weekly benefit rate for state plan temporary disability and family leave insurance claims increases to $1,081, from $1,055; while the maximum weekly workers’ compensation benefit rate for temporary disability, permanent total disability, permanent partial disability and dependency rises to $1,159, from $1,131.
The maximum benefit rates and the taxable wage base are recalculated each year based on the statewide average weekly wage in the second preceding calendar year, in accordance with the laws governing these programs. The benefit rates and taxable wage base for 2025 reflect the $1,545.60 average weekly wage for 2023, which rose by 2.5% from $1,507.76 in 2022.
The taxable wage base for workers covered under the Unemployment Compensation Law increases to $43,300 in 2025 from $42,300 in 2024.
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