Workers’ comp insurance cost for physician offices in Connecticut

Published 2026-06-11 · by Brokly

Direct answer: Connecticut physician offices pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $0.43 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 12th-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most <5-employee physician offices land around $480–$1.9k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

What do Connecticut physician offices pay for workers’ comp?

Modeled annual premium across the real size distribution of CT physician offices

bar height = how many physician offices are that size · figures = modeled annual cost

typical · most CT physician offices
<5 emp
$900/yr
5–9 emp
$3k/yr
10–19 emp
$5.9k/yr
20–49 emp
$15k/yr
50–99 emp
$35k/yr
100–249 emp
$72k/yr
SMALLER
MID-SIZE
LARGER
A <5-employee CT physician practice: modeled $480–$1.9k/yr in workers’-comp premium (that band’s own average wage, before experience mods and schedule credits). Bar heights show how many of the 2,648 CT physician offices fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 2,648 CT physician offices (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($0.43/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 2,627 of 2,648 establishments (99.2%) 21 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 (CT)
$0.43 / $100 payroll
as of 2024
Typical <5-employee physician practice (44% of CT)
$480–$1.9k / 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 (Offices of physicians (NAICS 621111)) (as of 2023, retrieved 2026-06-05)

How does Connecticut compare to nearby ranks?

Calculated manual rates, $ per $100 payroll, NCCI class 8832 (Physician & Clerical), 2024. See all 51 jurisdictions →

RankStateRate / $100 payroll
8Maine$0.47
9Vermont$0.46
10Montana$0.46
11Delaware$0.44
12Connecticut$0.43
13Rhode Island$0.35
14Pennsylvania$0.34
15Illinois$0.34
16Oklahoma$0.33

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 physician offices in Connecticut?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $0.43 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee physician practice lands around $480–$1.9k 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. Physician-office work is NCCI class 8832 (Physician & Clerical) — the '& Clerical' is part of the class design, so receptionists and billing staff are rated in the same class as the clinical team rather than split out separately.

Physician offices in nearby-ranked states: Delaware ($0.44) · Montana ($0.46) · Pennsylvania ($0.34) · Illinois ($0.34)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 2,648 Connecticut physician offices; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.