Education workers would gain $1.2 billion if other states adopted Minnesota's summer unemployment insurance expansion: Estimated summer UI expenditure by state and full-time equivalent (FTE) number of education support workers impacted and program cost as a share of state public education spending

State Estimated state expenditure FTE number of workers receiving UI Program cost as share of state elementary and secondary education expenditures
Alabama $9,670,403 8,600 0.11%
Alaska $2,623,421 1,100 0.09%
Arizona $19,365,956 8,300 0.16%
Arkansas $13,251,778 4,900 0.21%
California $115,173,636 40,500 0.11%
Colorado $26,815,217 7,300 0.22%
Connecticut $17,239,422 4,600 0.13%
Delaware $4,757,282 1,300 0.18%
Florida $36,305,912 19,700 0.11%
Georgia $30,983,432 16,100 0.13%
Hawaii $6,033,019 1,400 0.18%
Idaho $8,298,974 2,600 0.26%
Illinois $56,265,966 18,700 0.14%
Indiana $16,708,427 6,800 0.12%
Iowa $24,486,270 6,800 0.33%
Kansas $19,781,128 6,300 0.28%
Kentucky $28,314,276 9,100 0.31%
Louisiana $10,494,461 5,400 0.10%
Maine $10,635,906 2,500 0.29%
Maryland $22,913,108 7,100 0.14%
Massachusetts $41,071,298 9,700 0.18%
Michigan $29,635,591 11,700 0.14%
Minnesota $36,455,788 8,900 0.26%
Mississippi $7,117,104 4,600 0.14%
Missouri $16,662,772 7,600 0.14%
Montana $5,290,073 1,500 0.24%
Nebraska $11,176,086 3,400 0.22%
Nevada $9,770,472 3,200 0.18%
New Hampshire $4,168,304 1,600 0.11%
New Jersey $51,885,661 12,000 0.15%
New Mexico $7,656,293 2,500 0.18%
New York $86,787,373 31,100 0.11%
North Carolina $21,830,232 12,700 0.12%
North Dakota $9,165,707 2,000 0.46%
Ohio $32,305,069 10,700 0.12%
Oklahoma $14,391,021 5,700 0.18%
Oregon $18,880,404 4,600 0.21%
Pennsylvania $39,331,761 11,300 0.11%
Rhode Island $3,717,157 1,000 0.12%
South Carolina $6,658,422 3,700 0.06%
South Dakota $4,936,499 1,700 0.28%
Tennessee $18,919,279 10,100 0.16%
Texas $122,301,255 45,200 0.18%
Utah $16,978,439 5,100 0.24%
Vermont $5,651,621 1,300 0.25%
Virginia $38,028,726 15,400 0.19%
Washington $58,341,807 12,500 0.30%
Washington D.C. $1,511,311 500 0.06%
West Virginia $3,401,787 1,300 0.09%
Wisconsin $17,480,580 6,400 0.14%
Wyoming $5,097,096 1,400 0.27%

Notes: For full discussion of estimated expenditure calculation, see Methodology.

Source: Worker counts and wage data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data. UI expenditure data from MDE 2024.

View the underlying data on epi.org.