Wyoming Landscaping Workers Comp Rates (2026)
Wyoming does not publish its landscaping class figures online. Across the 25 states that do, the median typical premium is about $3.30 per $100 of payroll. Ask a carrier or the state's rating bureau for the current Wyoming figure.
No official Wyoming figure is available online, so the numbers below use the US median of the states that publish one.
Wyoming class code for landscaping
- 0042: Landscape Gardening & Drivers
- 0106 (Tree Pruning, Spraying & Repairing)
- 6217 (Excavation NOC)
Landscaping carries equipment, lifting, heat and pesticide exposure risks. Tree pruning and trimming is a separate class (0106).
What comp costs per landscaper in Wyoming
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 1,790 landscaping and groundskeeping workers on payrolls in Wyoming (May 2025), the 49th largest workforce among the 50 states and DC. The median wage is $18.42 an hour, 2% below the US median of $18.82.
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers make up about the same share of Wyoming jobs as they do nationally (location quotient 1.04).
At the US median of $3.30 per $100 of payroll (Wyoming does not publish its figure online), comp on one worker at that wage costs about $0.61 for every hour worked, or $1,264 a year full time. A 3-person crew comes to roughly $3,793 a year in premium before any experience mod.
Because premium is charged on payroll, who you hire moves the bill. Wyoming pay runs from $14.31 an hour at the 10th percentile to $22.73 at the 90th, so the same rate costs $0.47 an hour on a new hire and $0.75 on a senior hand.
Workers comp requirements in Wyoming
- Coverage required: Any employee in construction and other extrahazardous work (occupation-based, not headcount)
- Owners and sole proprietors: Owners, partners, and officers excluded; may elect optional coverage by affidavit
- State fund: Monopolistic; coverage only from the state Workers' Safety & Compensation Division
- Waiting period: 3 days
- Penalty for going without: An uninsured employer loses exclusive-remedy protection and can be sued directly
Wyoming triggers coverage by occupation (listed extrahazardous NAICS codes, which include construction) rather than by employee count.
Wyoming vs neighboring states
Wyoming does not publish its figure, so the first row is the US median. Among neighbors that publish, Colorado is the cheapest for landscaping comp at about $3.20 and Idaho the most expensive at about $4.21 per $100 of payroll.
If your crews cross into Colorado or Idaho or Montana or Nebraska or South Dakota or Utah, your Wyoming state-fund coverage does not follow them. Buy a private policy for the out-of-state work, with Wyoming excluded from it.
What moves a landscaping comp bill
- Landscape gardening is a high-claim class because of mowers, trimmers, chainsaws, and lifting. Equipment training and guards that stay on the machines lower claims.
- Tree trimming above the ground is usually a separate class with a much higher rate. Keep that payroll apart, or the auditor may rate a whole crew at the tree rate.
- Snow plowing, hardscaping, and irrigation installs can each be classed differently. Tell your carrier what share of payroll goes to each.
- Landscaping payroll swings by season. Report the full-year figure at renewal so the audit does not bring a large bill in the off season.