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

For Kansas, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 1 or more; key differences is Independent contractors with no employees may exempt themselves. Sole proprietors and partners: Excluded but may opt in. Corporate officers owning 10% or more may opt out. LLC members are treated like partners and excluded, but may opt in; coverage / scope is Full- and part-time employees, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Kansas _(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:** Independent contractors with no employees may exempt themselves. Sole proprietors and partners: Excluded but may opt in. Corporate officers owning 10% or more may opt out. LLC members are treated like partners and excluded, but may opt in. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Coverage / scope:** Full- and part-time employees. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Kansas | 1 or more | Full- and part-time employees. | Independent contractors with no employees may exempt themselves. Sole proprietors and partners: Excluded but may opt in. Corporate officers owning 10% or more may opt out. LLC members are treated like partners and excluded, but may opt in.

## 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/).