Workers’ comp insurance cost for trucking companies in West Virginia

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

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $3.23 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $1.6k–$6.4k 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: West Virginia trucking companies pay a filed workers’-comp manual rate of $3.23 per $100 of payroll (2024 filed rate) — the 38th-highest of 51 US jurisdictions. Modeled on real payrolls, most <5-employee trucking companies land around $1.6k–$6.4k/yr, before experience mods and schedule credits.

59% of WV trucking companies have <5 employees — the chart below prices every size band from its own observed payroll.
West Virginia sits 38th of 51: AZ pays more ($3.95), DE less ($2.75).
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What do West Virginia trucking companies pay for workers’ comp?

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

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

typical · most WV trucking companies

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<5 emp

≈$2.4k/yr

5–9 emp

≈$12k/yr

10–19 emp

≈$24k/yr

20–49 emp

≈$59k/yr

50–99 emp

≈$160k/yr

SMALLER

MID-SIZE

LARGER

A <5-employee WV trucking company: modeled $1.6k–$6.4k/yr in workers’-comp premium (that band’s own average wage, before experience mods and schedule credits). Bar heights show how many of the 711 WV trucking companies fall in each size band.

Cohort: size distribution of 711 WV trucking companies (Census CBP 2023); premiums modeled from one filed rate ($3.23/$100 payroll, 2024). Bands shown cover 707 of 711 establishments (99.4%) — 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 (WV)

$3.23 / $100 payroll

as of 2024

Typical <5-employee trucking company (59% of WV)

$1.6k–$6.4k / 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 West Virginia 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
34	Tennessee	$3.75
35	Maine	$3.63
36	Nevada	$3.62
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

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 West Virginia?

Modeled from the 2024 filed manual rate of $3.23 per $100 of payroll: a <5-employee trucking company lands around $1.6k–$6.4k 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: Montana ($3.25) · Pennsylvania ($3.00) · Idaho ($2.86) · Maine ($3.63)

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Illustrative benchmark — not a quote or coverage recommendation. Figures are modeled from public filings and Census data for 711 West Virginia trucking companies; your premium depends on your payroll, claims history, and carrier.