Employee registration by state
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In order to start payroll, you must register your company with your state's withholding tax and unemployment insurance divisions.
Before you begin, it would be helpful to have the following information at hand:
- Legal Address / Mailing Address
- Start date for your business
- Contact information, titles, and Social Security Number(s) or SSNs for your business officers
- A Federal Employer ID Number (FEIN) for pre-existing businesses only*
Some states offer a combined registration for Withholding Tax and Unemployment Insurance, marked as ‘combined registration’.
Note: If you have employees working in multiple states, you must register with each state individually.
| State | Unemployment | Withholding |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Register | Combined Registration |
| Alaska | Register | State Has No Withholding |
| Arizona | Register | Combined Registration |
| Arkansas | Register | Register |
| California | Register | Combined Registration |
| Colorado | Register | Combined Registration |
| Connecticut | Register | Register |
| Delaware | Register | Combined Registration |
| Florida | Register | State Has No Withholding |
| Georgia | Register | Register |
| Hawaii | Register | Combined Registration |
| Idaho | Register | Combined Registration |
| Illinois | Register | Combined Registration |
| Indiana | Register | Register |
| Iowa | Register | Register |
| Kansas | Register | Register |
| Kentucky | Register | Register |
| Louisiana | Register | Register |
| Maine | Register | Combined Registration |
| Maryland | Register | Combined Registration |
| Massachusetts | Register | Register |
| Michigan | Register | Combined Registration |
| Minnesota | Register | Register |
| Mississippi | Register | Register |
| Missouri | Register | Combined Registration |
| Montana | Register | Register |
| Nebraska | Register | Register |
| Nevada | Register | State Has No Withholding |
| New Hampshire | Register | State Has No Withholding |
| New Jersey | Register | Combined Registration |
| New Mexico | Register | Register |
| New York | Register | Combined Registration (also inc. NYC and Yonkers) |
| North Carolina | Register | Register |
| North Dakota | Register | Register |
| Ohio | Register | Register |
| Oklahoma | Register | Register |
| Oregon | Register | Combined Registration |
| Pennsylvania | Register | Combined Registration |
| Rhode Island | Register | Combined Registration |
| South Carolina | Register | Register |
| South Dakota | Register | State Has No Withholding |
| Tennessee | Paper Only | State Has No Withholding |
| Texas | Register | State Has No Withholding |
| Utah | Register | Combined Registration |
| Vermont | Register | Register |
| Virginia | Register | Combined Registration |
| Washington | Register | State Has No Withholding |
| Washington DC | Register | Combined Registration |
| West Virginia | Register | Combined Registration |
| Wisconsin | Register | Register |
| Wyoming | Register | State Has No Withholding |
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