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

For Arizona, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 1 or more; key differences is Domestic workers do not need coverage. Sole proprietors do not need coverage. Independent contractors do not need to be covered. Employees may voluntarily reject coverage in writing, which the employer must file with the carrier; coverage / scope is Mandatory regardless of the number of workers, whether part-time, full-time, minors, immigration status, or family members, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Arizona _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Law category:** workers compensation _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State threshold:** 1 or more _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Key differences:** Domestic workers do not need coverage. Sole proprietors do not need coverage. Independent contractors do not need to be covered. Employees may voluntarily reject coverage in writing, which the employer must file with the carrier. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Coverage / scope:** Mandatory regardless of the number of workers, whether part-time, full-time, minors, immigration status, or family members. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Arizona | 1 or more | Mandatory regardless of the number of workers, whether part-time, full-time, minors, immigration status, or family members. | Domestic workers do not need coverage. Sole proprietors do not need coverage. Independent contractors do not need to be covered. Employees may voluntarily reject coverage in writing, which the employer must file with the carrier.

## 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.
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