Workers’ comp insurance cost for trucking companies in Arkansas

Q: What does workers' comp cost trucking companies in Arkansas?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $0.97 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $480–$1.9k per year before experience mods and schedule credits.

Q: 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. Trucking operations fall under NCCI class 7219 (Trucking: All) — drivers and all employees of for-hire carriers. The business cohort here is all truck transportation (NAICS 484), local and long-haul.

Published 2026-06-05 · Updated 2026-06-11 · by Brokly

Direct answer: Arkansas trucking companies pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $0.97 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 50th-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most <5-employee trucking companies land around $480–$1.9k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

64% of AR trucking companies have <5 employees — the chart below prices every size band from its own observed payroll.
Arkansas sits 50th of 51: OH pays more ($1.75).
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What do Arkansas trucking companies pay for workers’ comp?

Modeled annual premium across the real size distribution of AR trucking companies

bar height = how many trucking companies are that size · figures = modeled annual cost

typical · most AR trucking companies

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<5 emp

≈$720/yr

5–9 emp

≈$3.7k/yr

10–19 emp

≈$7.5k/yr

20–49 emp

≈$19k/yr

50–99 emp

≈$41k/yr

100–249 emp

≈$110k/yr

SMALLER

MID-SIZE

LARGER

A <5-employee AR trucking company: 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 1,640 AR trucking companies fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 1,640 AR trucking companies (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($0.97/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 1,619 of 1,640 establishments (98.7%) — 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 (AR)

$0.97 / $100 payroll

as of 2024

Typical <5-employee trucking company (64% of AR)

$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 (Truck transportation (NAICS 484)) (as of 2023, retrieved 2026-06-05)

How does Arkansas compare to nearby ranks?

Calculated manual rates, $ per $100 payroll, NCCI class 7219 (Trucking: All Employees & Drivers), 2024. See all 51 jurisdictions →

Rank	State	Rate / $100 payroll
46	District of Columbia	$1.71
47	Indiana	$1.69
48	North Dakota	$1.35
49	Michigan	$1.33
50	Arkansas	$0.97
51	Virginia	N/A

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 trucking companies in Arkansas?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $0.97 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company 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. Trucking operations fall under NCCI class 7219 (Trucking: All) — drivers and all employees of for-hire carriers. The business cohort here is all truck transportation (NAICS 484), local and long-haul.

Trucking companies in nearby-ranked states: Indiana ($1.69) · Texas ($2.31) · Delaware ($2.75) · Florida ($2.80)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 1,640 Arkansas trucking companies; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.