Workers’ comp insurance cost for trucking companies in South Carolina

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

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $7.27 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $3.6k–$15k 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: South Carolina trucking companies pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $7.27 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 10th-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most <5-employee trucking companies land around $3.6k–$15k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

69% of SC trucking companies have <5 employees — the chart below prices every size band from its own observed payroll.
South Carolina sits 10th of 51: IL pays more ($8.33), MA less ($6.55).
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What do South Carolina trucking companies pay for workers’ comp?

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

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

typical · most SC trucking companies

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<5 emp

≈$4.8k/yr

5–9 emp

≈$26k/yr

10–19 emp

≈$54k/yr

20–49 emp

≈$130k/yr

50–99 emp

≈$320k/yr

100–249 emp

≈$620k/yr

SMALLER

MID-SIZE

LARGER

A <5-employee SC trucking company: modeled $3.6k–$15k/yr in workers’-comp premium (that band’s own average wage, before experience mods and schedule credits). Bar heights show how many of the 2,158 SC trucking companies fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 2,158 SC trucking companies (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($7.27/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 2,154 of 2,158 establishments (99.8%) — 4 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 (SC)

$7.27 / $100 payroll

as of 2024

Typical <5-employee trucking company (69% of SC)

$3.6k–$15k / 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 South Carolina 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
6	California	$7.94
7	Washington	$7.79
8	Missouri	$7.58
9	Rhode Island	$7.38
10	South Carolina	$7.27
11	North Carolina	$6.96
12	Wisconsin	$6.63
13	Maryland	$6.57
14	Nebraska	$6.55

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 South Carolina?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $7.27 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $3.6k–$15k 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: North Carolina ($6.96) · Missouri ($7.58) · Wisconsin ($6.63) · Maryland ($6.57)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 2,158 South Carolina trucking companies; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.