# State disability insurance

> State disability insurance — A state program paying partial wages to employees off work with a non-work-related illness or injury, funded mainly by employee withholding — California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/state-disability-insurance
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**What is state disability insurance?** In accounting, state disability insurance means a state program paying partial wages to employees off work with a non-work-related illness or injury, funded mainly by employee withholding — California, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico.

## Also known as

- SDI

## Words this system refuses for it

- workers' compensation (work-related injury)

- **Category:** Tax
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)