Workers' comp survey results by company size

Results may be viewed for companies with less than 200 employees, and companies with more than 200 employees.

Companies with less than 200 employees

Is your company headquartered in New York State?

Yes	93.8 percent	228
No	6.2 percent	15

Does your company have offices or facilities in other states?

Yes	11.5 percent	28
No	88.5 percent	216

Industry Category

Manufacturing	21.7 percent	54
Service	23.7 percent	59
Financial services	3.2 percent	8
Wholesale/resale trade	8.8 percent	22
Other	41.8 percent	104

Does the overall cost of workers' comp affect your business by:

Limiting business growth or expansion?

Yes	56.2 percent	128
No	43.8 percent	104

Preventing you from hiring more employees?

Yes	52.8 percent	122
No	47.2 percent	112

Requiring you to scale back on other business investments to pay your comp bills?

Yes	59.1 percent	135
No	40.9 percent	96

Encouraging you to consider re-locating your business out of New York State?

Yes	30.4 percent	66
No	69.6 percent	155

Forcing you to actually leave the state, or expand elsewhere?

Yes	17 percent	36
No	83 percent	179

Describe the trend in your workers' comp costs over the past three years.

Gone down significantly	0.4 percent	1
Gone down somewhat	11.7 percent	28
Stayed the same	23.3 percent	54
Gone up somewhat	34.9 percent	81
Gone up significantly	29.3 percent	68

Rate how you think New York's workers' comp costs compare to other states in which you do business (if applicable).

New York costs significantly lower	1 percent	1
New York costs somewhat lower	3.1 percent	3
New York costs about the same	2.1 percent	2
New York costs somewhat higher	22.7 percent	22
New York costs significantly higher	71.1 percent	69

Companies with more than 200 employees

Is your company headquartered in New YorkState?

Yes	84.5 percent	49
No	15.5 percent	9