Worksmens comp

Oh, Alaska! Enough said. Cool. Well never mind me then lol

 

Comp will be a percentage of payroll and every state is different.

 

In NY you can buy workmans comp on yourself. I'm paying roughly $5800/yr based on my last payroll audit which figured around $45k give take.

 

That's what I do, but when the state audited my work comp policy, they gave me all my premiums back. Wouldn't cover the owner, even in an LLC on salary.

For our line of work, it's 4% of gross. These guys paying 12% or more...... holy heck, that would sting!

 

Yes, if your set up as a corp you can. In NY they go by trade and have a bare minimum you can show. I think a truck drivers is something like $35k/yr

 

Your numbers for the loggers are pretty close. My brother is a faller, mosty retired now, and he ran his own logging business for many years. He said the wc for fallers just isn't affordable anymore.
A lot of the companies have gone fully mechanized. They've just about done away with anybody working on the ground. Choker setters and landing rats are almost a thing of the past.