Workers’ comp insurance cost for fast food in Idaho

Published 2026-06-11 · by Brokly

Direct answer: Idaho fast-food restaurants pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $0.97 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 31st-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most 20–49-employee fast-food restaurants land around $3.4k–$8.4k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

What do Idaho fast-food restaurants pay for workers’ comp?

Modeled annual premium across the real size distribution of ID fast-food restaurants

bar height = how many fast-food restaurants are that size · figures = modeled annual cost

typical · most ID fast-food restaurants
<5 emp
$940/yr
5–9 emp
$1.4k/yr
10–19 emp
$2.6k/yr
20–49 emp
$5.1k/yr
50–99 emp
$11k/yr
100–249 emp
$20k/yr
SMALLER
MID-SIZE
LARGER
A 20–49-employee ID fast-food restaurant: modeled $3.4k–$8.4k/yr in workers’-comp premium (that band’s own average wage, before experience mods and schedule credits). Bar heights show how many of the 1,398 ID fast-food restaurants fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 1,398 ID fast-food restaurants (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($0.97/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 1,398 of 1,398 establishments (100.0%). 2023 payroll dollars, not inflation-adjusted. Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation.

Filed manual rate (ID)
$0.97 / $100 payroll
as of 2024
Typical 20–49-employee fast-food restaurant (33% of ID)
$3.4k–$8.4k / yr modeled
as of 2024 · CBP 2023

Sources: Oregon DCBS workers' compensation premium rate ranking study, June 2025 (calendar-year 2024 rates) (as of calendar year 2024, retrieved 2026-06-04) · US Census County Business Patterns 2023, state file (Limited-service restaurants (NAICS 722513)) (as of 2023, retrieved 2026-06-05)

How does Idaho compare to nearby ranks?

Calculated manual rates, $ per $100 payroll, NCCI class 9083 (Restaurant: Fast Food), 2024. See all 51 jurisdictions →

RankStateRate / $100 payroll
27Illinois$1.08
28Iowa$1.05
29Alaska$0.99
30South Dakota$0.99
31Idaho$0.97
32Oregon$0.92
33Mississippi$0.91
34Kansas$0.90
35North Carolina$0.86

Sources: Oregon DCBS workers' compensation premium rate ranking study, June 2025 (calendar-year 2024 rates) (as of calendar year 2024, retrieved 2026-06-04)

Frequently asked questions

What does workers' comp cost fast-food restaurants in Idaho?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $0.97 per $100 of payroll: a 20–49-employee fast-food restaurant lands around $3.4k–$8.4k per year before experience mods and schedule credits.

What drives the rate up or down?

Three levers: payroll (the exposure base), claims history (the experience modifier), and schedule credits/debits the insurer applies. Fast-food restaurants fall under NCCI class 9083 (Restaurant: Fast Food); full-service restaurants (class 9082) and bars (9084) are rated separately.

Fast food in nearby-ranked states: Oregon ($0.92) · South Dakota ($0.99) · Mississippi ($0.91) · Iowa ($1.05)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 1,398 Idaho fast-food restaurants; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.