Temporary staffing companies provide workers for other businesses. These workers fill short-term or long-term temporary positions, sometimes known as “temp help” work. Temporary staffing companies are unique because they continue to pay the worker while the worker is under a contract to provide temporary help to another company. This industry has its own workers’ compensation risk classifications and rates.
These tabs contain instructions to help you estimate the workers’ compensation cost for temporary workers, based on your client’s job descriptions.
Note: If you don’t pay your workers’ compensation premiums, your client's company could be held liable for them.
If you know your client's risk class(es) or job descriptions
- Review the Temporary Staffing Risk Classes tab.
- Select the risk class that best matches your client's job descriptions.
- The base rate is listed with the risk class description.
Note: This is the base rate for the classification. Your actual rate will depend on the workers’ compensation claims and hours reported on your L&I account. All risk classification decisions for your account are made by an L&I account manager.
If you don’t know your client's risk class(es) or job descriptions:
- Use the Verify a Business tool to find your clients risk class numbers and description.
- Use the Risk Class Lookup tool to research the risk class numbers on your client's account to find the corresponding temp staffing risk classes.
Note: These are the base rates for the classification. Your actual rate will depend on the workers’ compensation claims and hours reported on your L&I account. All risk classification decisions for your account are made by an L&I account manager.
The temporary staffing industry has its own workers’ compensation risk classifications and rates.
Select the risk class that best matches your client's job description to get the base rate. You can also estimate rates by using your client’s risk classifications, see the Estimate the workers’ compensation cost tab.
Note: These are the base rates for the classification. Your actual rate will depend on the workers’ compensation claims and hours reported on your L&I account. All risk classification decisions for your account are made by an L&I account manager.
| Risk class | Title- Links to full descriptions |
| 7104 | Administrative Staff |
| 7105 | Office Support Services |
| 7106 | Retail Store Services |
| 7107 | Food Services, Musicians or Entertainers |
| 7108 | Warehousing Services |
| 7109 | Light Assembly Work |
| 7110 | Field Technical Services |
| 7111 | Health Care Services |
| 7112 | Agricultural Service |
| 7113 | Maintenance Services |
| 7114 | Assembly Work and Freight Handling |
| 7115 | Food Processing Services |
| 7116 | Flagging for Public Utility Construction |
| 7117 | Machine Operators and Skilled Craftsmen |
| 7118 | Flagging for Construction Services NOC |
| 7119 | Vehicle Operations |
| 7120 | Hazardous Waste Services, Maritime Operations |
| 7121 | Logging and Aircraft Services |
| 7122 | Laborers for Manufacturing |