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

For Colorado, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 1 or more; key differences is Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but may include themselves. Some limited, part-time domestic and maintenance workers may not need coverage. Corporate officers and LLC members are included, but if you own at least 10% you can opt out; coverage / scope is Includes all employees, even part-time, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Colorado _(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:** Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but may include themselves. Some limited, part-time domestic and maintenance workers may not need coverage. Corporate officers and LLC members are included, but if you own at least 10% you can opt out. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Coverage / scope:** Includes all employees, even part-time. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Colorado | 1 or more | Includes all employees, even part-time. | Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but may include themselves. Some limited, part-time domestic and maintenance workers may not need coverage. Corporate officers and LLC members are included, but if you own at least 10% you can opt out.

## 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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