PEO by Industry: What To Ask Before You Sign
An industry guide is a checklist of what buyers in that trade must verify before signing with a PEO — workers' comp class codes, payroll mechanics and benefits design. We publish each page only after its data clears the source gate; until then it is a draft that says exactly what is missing.
Verified industry records: 11 of 11. Unverified rows are visible here but excluded from search indexes.
| Industry | NAICS sectors | Median wage | Workers' comp classes | Page status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construction and trades | 23 source (opens in new window) | $61,370 source (opens in new window) | 510 Wood Frame Building Construction and Alterations, 513 Interior Finish Carpentry, 516 Building Repair, Remodeling and Carpentry, NOC, 601 Electrical Wiring: Buildings and Structures, 507 Roof Work - Construction and Repair, 302 Masonry Construction, 306 Plumbing, 217 Concrete Work - Foundations and Flatwork, 101 Excavation, Road Construction, Land Clearing, NOC, 504 Painting: Building and Structures - Exterior Work source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Professional services | 54 source (opens in new window) | $87,530 source (opens in new window) | 4904 Clerical Office, NOC, 5301 Accounting, Law and Service Companies, 4901 Consulting Engineer, Architectural Services, Geologists NOC source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Technology and software | 51 source (opens in new window) | $95,970 source (opens in new window) | 5302 Computer Consulting, Program, Software design, Web dev, ISP NOC, 4904 Clerical Office, NOC source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Healthcare and dental | 62 source (opens in new window) | $49,200 source (opens in new window) | 6109 Physicians and Medical Clinics, 6108 Nursing Homes and Skilled Nursing Centers, 6105 Hospitals, NOC, 6110 Home Health Services and Nursing Care, NOC source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Manufacturing | 31-33 source (opens in new window) | $55,080 source (opens in new window) | 3402 Machine Shops and Machinery Manufacturing, NOC, 3404 Metal Goods Manufacturing, NOC - Under 9 Gauge, 3510 Plastic Products Manufacturing, 2903 Wood Products Manufacturing, NOC, 1002 Sawmills and Automated Shake and Shingle Mills source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Restaurants and hospitality | 72 source (opens in new window) | $35,270 source (opens in new window) | 3905 Restaurants and Taverns, 4905 Motels and Hotels, 3909 Caterers source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Retail | 44-45 source (opens in new window) | $36,880 source (opens in new window) | 6402 Supermarkets, 6305 Clothing and Shoe Stores, 6309 Hardware, Auto Parts, Lawn & Garden Stores, 6411 Book, Coin, Camera, Phone, Music Instrument Stores source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Staffing and recruiting | 5613 source (opens in new window) | $42,060 source (opens in new window) | 7104 Temp. Help - Administrative Staff, 7105 Temp. Help - Office Services, 7106 Temp. Help - Retail and Wholesale Store Services, 7109 Temp. Help - Light Assembly Work, 7110 Temp. Help - Field Technical Services, 7111 Temp. Help - Health Care Services, 7117 Temp. Help - Machine Operators and Skilled Craftsmen, 7118 Temp. Help - Flagging for Construction Services NOC, 7122 Temp. Help - Laborers for Manufacturing source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Nonprofit | 813 source (opens in new window) | $55,440 source (opens in new window) | 6103 Schools, Churches and Day Care - Professional/Clerical Staff, 6203 YMCA, YWCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, 5308 Community Action Organizations, 4904 Clerical Office, NOC source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Transportation and logistics | 48-49 source (opens in new window) | $52,170 source (opens in new window) | 1102 Trucking, NOC, 2102 Warehouses, NOC, Grocery Distribution and Recycle Centers, 6907 Moving and Storage Companies, 1401 Taxi Cab Companies source (opens in new window) | Published |
| Financial services | 52 source (opens in new window) | $77,030 source (opens in new window) | 6502 Banks and Financial Institutions, 4904 Clerical Office, NOC source (opens in new window) | Published |
Why industry-specific pages exist
A PEO is not a commodity that behaves the same in every trade. The arrangement runs on mechanics that are industry-shaped:
- Workers' compensation class codes are assigned per trade, and the codes a
provider's master policy can carry decide whether it can cover you at all.
- Payroll mechanics — tips, shift differentials, per-mile pay, credential
and license tracking — either fit your workforce or generate errors.
- Benefits design is the retention lever in some trades and a compliance
surface in others, and the fit is industry-specific.
- Employment patterns — seasonality, multi-location footprints, GV/volunteer
mixes — interact with the unemployment and ACA obligations that co-employment moves into the provider's hands.
Each guide below is the checklist for that trade: the questions worth asking, in writing, before you sign. We mark every number with its source, and where there is no source we say "Not verified" rather than fill the blank.
How a guide gets published
Same gate, same discipline as providers and states:
- The record carries at least 400 words of page-specific prose.
- At least three structured fields are populated from primary sources (BLS
wage and employment data, NCCI or state-bureau class-code lists) with a URL and a verification date.
- A differentiating element exists — a class-code table, a state-by-state
comparison, a pay-mechanics demonstration.
- A named human reviewer has signed off, recorded with a date.
Until all four hold, the page is a readable draft, excluded from search indexes, with a banner that says exactly what is missing and the sources an analyst needs to pull. What looks like slowness is the mechanism working.
Related
- Check whether you are ready to talk to a PEO
- How we verify data — the evidence rules, in full
- Provider directory — who we track, and what is verified
Frequently asked
Why does industry matter to a PEO decision?
Industry changes the questions. Workers' compensation class codes, tipping and shift structures, credential-tracking, seasonal staffing and benefit design all differ by trade, and a provider that is a strong fit for one industry can be structurally wrong for another.
Why are most industry pages marked "Draft"?
The same gate that guards provider and state pages guards industry pages: sourced fields with a URL and a verification date, page-specific prose, a differentiating element and a named reviewer. Until all four clear, the page is served noindex and lists exactly what an analyst still needs to pull.
How do you decide which industry questions to publish?
The checklist on each page is what we would verify against primary sources — the class-code lists and payroll mechanics that decide whether the arrangement works. We publish none of it as data until it carries a source, because a confident guess is exactly the failure mode this site exists to criticise.
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