Construction

Workers' Comp Class Code 5606: Contractor — Executive Supervisor / Project Manager

What it covers

Construction executives and superintendents who supervise through foremen and do NOT perform manual labor or direct hands-on supervision at the site. Owners and PMs wrongly left in trade codes (or wrongly placed here while swinging a hammer) are a top dispute category in both directions.

Illustrative rate range

$1.20 – $4.00 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 $600 to $2,000 a year.

Commonly confused with

Signs you may be misclassified

Some of the actual work looks more like Carpentry — Detached One- or Two-Family Dwellings (code 5645) than Contractor — Executive Supervisor / Project Manager.
Some of the actual work looks more like Carpentry NOC (code 5403) than Contractor — Executive Supervisor / Project Manager.
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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