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

For Montana, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 1 or more; key differences is Sole proprietor, partner, or LLC member: Excluded but may opt in. Corporate officer: Included but may opt out; coverage / scope is All employees working in the state, full- and part-time, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Montana _(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, partner, or LLC member: Excluded but may opt in. Corporate officer: Included but may opt out. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Coverage / scope:** All employees working in the state, full- and part-time. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Montana | 1 or more | All employees working in the state, full- and part-time. | Sole proprietor, partner, or LLC member: Excluded but may opt in. Corporate officer: Included but may 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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