Who needs an unemployment insurance account, new hire reporting and workers’ compensation in Missouri?
Issued by Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Employment Security and Division of Workers’ Compensation; Missouri Department of Social Services (new hire reporting), at step 6 of 6 in the opening sequence: before the first hire.
Every kind of business in Missouri
The Missouri table lists this for every kind of business.
Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count. Register for unemployment through the MyTax Missouri business registration and report each new hire within 20 days.
Checked Oct 21, 2026 against the agency’s page.
Step 6 of 6: Before the first hire
1Set up the business
2Register for tax
3Approve the space
4Get the permits for your kind of business
5Alcohol permits
6Before the first hire
Issued by Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Employment Security and Division of Workers’ Compensation; Missouri Department of Social Services (new hire reporting).
Sources and dates
Division of Employment Security tax rates page (2026 new employer rates and taxable wage base); Division of Workers’ Compensation employer insurance page. Checked against the agency’s page on the date shown; cities add their own fees.
Questions about opening here.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Yes. Workers’ compensation insurance is required once you have five or more employees, and from the first employee in the construction industry; LLC members and corporate officers count.
Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Division of Employment Security and Division of Workers’ Compensation; Missouri Department of Social Services (new hire reporting).
Step 6 of 6, before the first hire. The steps before it: set up the business, register for tax, approve the space, get the permits for your kind of business and alcohol permits.
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