New Mexico
For New Mexico, law category is workers compensation; state threshold is 3 or more; key differences is Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but may opt in. Officers and LLC members: Included but may opt out if owning 10% or more. Contractors must be licensed by the Construction Industries Division and provide coverage if their employees must be licensed. Real estate salespersons are exempt; coverage / scope is Includes all employees, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- New Mexico verified
- Law category
- workers compensation our reading
- State threshold
- 3 or more verified
- Key differences
- Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but may opt in. Officers and LLC members: Included but may opt out if owning 10% or more. Contractors must be licensed by the Construction Industries Division and provide coverage if their employees must be licensed. Real estate salespersons are exempt. verified
- Coverage / scope
- Includes all employees. verified
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What the source says
New Mexico | 3 or more | Includes all employees. | Sole proprietor or partner: Excluded but may opt in. Officers and LLC members: Included but may opt out if owning 10% or more. Contractors must be licensed by the Construction Industries Division and provide coverage if their employees must be licensed. Real estate salespersons are exempt.
— workcompone.com, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- workcompone.comhttps://www.workcompone.com/blog/minimum-number-of-employees-for-workers-comp-in-every-u-s-state/