L&I Adopts a 5% Decrease to Workers' Compensation Premiums for 2019
L&I attributes the decrease to several factors, including declining workplace injury rates, along with L&I initiatives that are helping injured workers recover sooner and reducing workers' compensation costs.
The rate decrease means employers will pay about $58 less a year per employee for workers' compensation coverage in 2019. Employees will pay an average $6 less per year for their share.
The 5% workers' compensation premium decrease is an average; individual employers may see smaller or larger drops depending on that employer's industry and claims history. For that same reason, some employers will see increases.
Learn more
- News release on adopted 2019 rate decrease (Dec. 3, 2018).
- Look up 2019 rates by risk classification.
- Q&As about the 2019 rates.
Other resources
- Lni.wa.gov/ControlMyRates – ways you can keep your premium costs low.
- Lni.wa.gov/ClaimFreeDiscount – learn how to earn and keep the discount.
- Video: L&I Rate Setting 101 – shows how L&I crunches the number to calculate your rate.
- Video: Stay at Work: It's a Win-Win – learn how the Stay at Work Program saves costs.
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