Workers’ comp insurance cost for trucking companies in Kansas

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

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $4.70 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $2.4k–$9.4k 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: Kansas trucking companies pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $4.70 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 29th-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most <5-employee trucking companies land around $2.4k–$9.4k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

66% of KS trucking companies have <5 employees — the chart below prices every size band from its own observed payroll.
Kansas sits 29th of 51: NM pays more ($5.75), TN less ($3.75).
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What do Kansas trucking companies pay for workers’ comp?

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

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

typical · most KS trucking companies

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<5 emp

≈$3.6k/yr

5–9 emp

≈$16k/yr

10–19 emp

≈$36k/yr

20–49 emp

≈$84k/yr

50–99 emp

≈$210k/yr

100–249 emp

≈$530k/yr

SMALLER

MID-SIZE

LARGER

A <5-employee KS trucking company: modeled $2.4k–$9.4k/yr in workers’-comp premium (that band’s own average wage, before experience mods and schedule credits). Bar heights show how many of the 1,785 KS trucking companies fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 1,785 KS trucking companies (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($4.70/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 1,775 of 1,785 establishments (99.4%) — 10 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 (KS)

$4.70 / $100 payroll

as of 2024

Typical <5-employee trucking company (66% of KS)

$2.4k–$9.4k / 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 (Truck transportation (NAICS 484)) (as of 2023, retrieved 2026-06-05)

How does Kansas 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
25	Wyoming	$5.72
26	Alaska	$5.64
27	Oregon	$5.60
28	New Jersey	$5.15
29	Kansas	$4.70
30	Mississippi	$4.51
31	Utah	$4.50
32	Kentucky	$4.34
33	Arizona	$3.95

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 Kansas?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $4.70 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $2.4k–$9.4k 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. 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: Mississippi ($4.51) · New Jersey ($5.15) · Oregon ($5.60) · Utah ($4.50)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 1,785 Kansas trucking companies; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.