# Alabama — State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds

For Alabama, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 5 or more; key differences is Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but have the option to include themselves. Corporate officer or member of an LLC: Alabama includes you, but you have the option to exclude yourself; coverage / scope is Includes officers of a corporation or members of an LLC, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Alabama _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Law category:** workers compensation _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State threshold:** 5 or more _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Key differences:** Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but have the option to include themselves. Corporate officer or member of an LLC: Alabama includes you, but you have the option to exclude yourself. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Coverage / scope:** Includes officers of a corporation or members of an LLC. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Alabama | 5 or more | Includes officers of a corporation or members of an LLC. | Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but have the option to include themselves. Corporate officer or member of an LLC: Alabama includes you, but you have the option to exclude yourself.

## Source

- https://www.workcompone.com/blog/minimum-number-of-employees-for-workers-comp-in-every-u-s-state/

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2027-02-10.
Part of [State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds](https://referencesource.org/state-employment-law-headcount-triggers/).