Office & Professional
Workers' Comp Class Code 8742: Salespersons or Collectors — Outside
What it covers
Outside sales or collection staff who travel to customers but do not deliver merchandise or perform manual work. A salesperson who also delivers product generally belongs in a driver code instead — a frequent and expensive distinction in both directions.
Illustrative rate range
$0.20 – $0.60 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 $100 to $300 a year.
Commonly confused with
Signs you may be misclassified
- Some of the actual work looks more like Drivers, Chauffeurs, Messengers NOC — Commercial (code 7380) than Salespersons or Collectors — Outside.
- 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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