Workers’ comp insurance cost for home-health agencies in Texas

Published 2026-06-11 · by Brokly

Direct answer: Texas home-health agencies pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $1.52 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 33rd-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most <5-employee home-health agencies land around $940–$3.7k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

What do Texas home-health agencies pay for workers’ comp?

Modeled annual premium across the real size distribution of TX home-health agencies

bar height = how many home-health agencies are that size · figures = modeled annual cost

typical · most TX home-health agencies
<5 emp
$1.5k/yr
5–9 emp
$4.7k/yr
10–19 emp
$9.3k/yr
20–49 emp
$19k/yr
50–99 emp
$35k/yr
100–249 emp
$62k/yr
SMALLER
MID-SIZE
LARGER
A <5-employee TX home-health agency: modeled $940–$3.7k/yr in workers’-comp premium (that band’s own average wage, before experience mods and schedule credits). Bar heights show how many of the 4,550 TX home-health agencies fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 4,550 TX home-health agencies (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($1.52/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 4,388 of 4,550 establishments (96.4%) 162 establishments in larger, very small-count, or data-suppressed size bands are not shown. 2023 payroll dollars, not inflation-adjusted. Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation.

Filed manual rate (TX)
$1.52 / $100 payroll
as of 2024
Typical <5-employee home-health agency (26% of TX)
$940–$3.7k / yr modeled
as of 2024 · CBP 2023
Carrier multipliers (TX filings)
0.09×–5.93× 300+ filings, special programs incl.
as of 2026-05-28
Schedule credits / debits
±40% most carriers
as of 2026-05-28

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 (Home health care services (NAICS 621610)) (as of 2023, retrieved 2026-06-05) · Texas Dept. of Insurance — WC insurance-company rate filings (LCMs + schedule rating) (as of 2026-05-28, retrieved 2026-06-05)

How does Texas compare to nearby ranks?

Calculated manual rates, $ per $100 payroll, NCCI class 8835 (Home Healthcare), 2024. See all 51 jurisdictions →

RankStateRate / $100 payroll
29North Carolina$1.59
30Illinois$1.56
31Ohio$1.55
32Florida$1.53
33Texas$1.52
34New Mexico$1.48
35Massachusetts$1.45
36Tennessee$1.43
37Indiana$1.41

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 home-health agencies in Texas?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $1.52 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee home-health agency lands around $940–$3.7k 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. Home-health work is NCCI class 8835 (Home Healthcare) — nurses, aides, and other staff delivering care in patients' homes; office-based healthcare classes like 8832 (Physician & Clerical) are rated separately.

Why do quotes for the same business differ so much between insurers?

Each carrier files its own pricing with the Texas Department of Insurance — across 300+ filings, loss-cost multipliers span 0.09×–5.93× (special programs included) and filed schedule-rating credits/debits reach ±40%. Same class code, very different filed prices — which is why brokers shop the market.

Home-health agencies in nearby-ranked states: Florida ($1.53) · Illinois ($1.56) · Tennessee ($1.43) · Indiana ($1.41)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 4,550 Texas home-health agencies; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.