Healthcare
Workers' Comp Class Code 9040: Hospital — All Other Employees
What it covers
Hospital non-professional staff: kitchen, laundry, maintenance, orderlies. Splitting professional vs non-professional hospital payroll correctly is a large lever.
Illustrative rate range
$2.50 – $6.00 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 $1,250 to $3,000 a year.
Signs you may be misclassified
- 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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