Workers’ comp insurance cost for trucking companies in Idaho

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

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $2.86 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $1.5k–$5.8k 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: Idaho trucking companies pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $2.86 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 41st-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most <5-employee trucking companies land around $1.5k–$5.8k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

75% of ID trucking companies have <5 employees — the chart below prices every size band from its own observed payroll.
Idaho sits 41st of 51: NV pays more ($3.62), DC less ($1.71).
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What do Idaho trucking companies pay for workers’ comp?

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

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

typical · most ID trucking companies

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<5 emp

≈$1.9k/yr

5–9 emp

≈$10k/yr

10–19 emp

≈$20k/yr

20–49 emp

≈$55k/yr

50–99 emp

≈$120k/yr

100–249 emp

≈$250k/yr

SMALLER

MID-SIZE

LARGER

A <5-employee ID trucking company: modeled $1.5k–$5.8k/yr in workers’-comp premium (that band’s own average wage, before experience mods and schedule credits). Bar heights show how many of the 1,477 ID trucking companies fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 1,477 ID trucking companies (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($2.86/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 1,476 of 1,477 establishments (99.9%) — 1 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 (ID)

$2.86 / $100 payroll

as of 2024

Typical <5-employee trucking company (75% of ID)

$1.5k–$5.8k / 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 Idaho 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
37	Montana	$3.25
38	West Virginia	$3.23
39	Pennsylvania	$3.00
40	Minnesota	$2.95
41	Idaho	$2.86
42	Florida	$2.80
43	Delaware	$2.75
44	Texas	$2.31
45	Ohio	$1.75

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 Idaho?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $2.86 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $1.5k–$5.8k 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: Florida ($2.80) · Delaware ($2.75) · Pennsylvania ($3.00) · Texas ($2.31)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 1,477 Idaho trucking companies; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.