Class code 8601: Architect or engineer
Class 8601 is the NCCI workers' comp code for “Architectural or Engineering Firm — Including Salespersons & Drivers”. In plain words: architect or engineer.
The facts
- Official wording (NCCI)
- Architectural or Engineering Firm — Including Salespersons & Drivers
- In plain words
- Architect or engineer
- Industry group (our dictionary)
- Professional Services—Engineering
- Hazard group
- D
- State codes that differ
- DE 0955 · PA 0955
- Line
- Workers' comp
What it means
Class 8601 is the code carriers use to rate workers' comp payroll for this kind of work.
Drivers who work for the business are rated in this same code.
NCCI hazard group D, on a scale from A (least severe claims) to G (most severe).
Some states use their own code for this work: Delaware 0955, Pennsylvania 0955.
Who writes class 8601, state by state
From our live eligibility engine, refreshed every day (page updated November 1, 2026). It shows who has appetite, not a price. The final decision is always the carrier's underwriter.
Instant quote available 47
By email or underwriter only 0
No market listed yet 0
State fund only 4
North Dakota (North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance) · Ohio (Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation) · Washington (Washington Department of Labor & Industries) · Wyoming (Wyoming Department of Workforce Services)
Carriers with appetite for class 8601
- Travelers · 47 states · instant quote
- biBERK · 46 states · instant quote
- Employers · 45 states · instant quote
- AmTrust · 43 states · instant quote
- CopperPoint · 19 states · instant quote
- Chubb · 47 states
- Clear Spring · 47 states
- FCBI · 47 states
- Guard · 47 states
- PIE- Sirius America Insurance Company · 47 states
- V3- National Liability & Fire Insurance Company · 47 states
- Ascendant Commercial Insurance · 46 states
- Trean / 7710 Insurance · 46 states
- Trean / American Liberty Insurance Company · 46 states
- Cimarron Insurance Company · 29 states
- Amerisafe · 28 states
- Omaha National · 28 states
- Hartford · 9 states
- AIG · 7 states
- Accident Fund Insurance Company Of America · 5 states
What does class code 8601 cover?
Class 8601 is the NCCI workers' comp code for “Architectural or Engineering Firm — Including Salespersons & Drivers” — in plain words, architect or engineer. Carriers use it to rate the payroll of people doing this kind of work. It sits in NCCI hazard group D.
Who writes class code 8601 workers' comp?
In our live appetite data (updated November 1, 2026), 20 carriers have appetite for class 8601 in at least one state, and 5 of them quote it instantly. An instant quote is available in 47 states. The final decision is always the carrier's underwriter.
Does every state use class code 8601?
No. In our dictionary these states use their own code for this work: Delaware 0955, Pennsylvania 0955. North Dakota, Ohio, Washington and Wyoming write workers' comp through the state fund.