Manufacturing
Workers' Comp Class Code 2812: Cabinet Manufacturing — Wood
What it covers
Shop fabrication of wood cabinets. Shop work is rated differently from field installation (5437) — companies doing both need payroll split correctly.
Illustrative rate range
$3.50 – $8.00 per $100 of payroll
National illustrative range — varies by state and carrier.
Worked example: on $50,000 of annual payroll, this code alone would cost roughly $1,750 to $4,000 a year.
Commonly confused with
Signs you may be misclassified
- Some of the actual work looks more like Carpentry — Cabinet Work or Interior Trim Installation (code 5437) than Cabinet Manufacturing — Wood.
- Some of the actual work looks more like Carpentry — Detached One- or Two-Family Dwellings (code 5645) than Cabinet Manufacturing — Wood.
- Nobody has re-checked this code since your job duties, work location, or equipment changed.
- The code on your policy is whatever your agent guessed at signup, not something based on actual duties.
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