What 8810 covers
- Staff who keep records, handle correspondence, answer phones, do data entry, or do drafting work at a desk.
- Employees working in an office area set apart from the operation by walls, floors, partitions, counters, or other physical barriers, where the state's manual requires that separation (Wisconsin's description says it isn't required).
- It is a standard exception classification: payroll that qualifies is split out from the business's main classification even when the main code carries a much higher rate.
What doesn't belong in 8810
- Anyone exposed to the hazards of the operation, such as a bookkeeper who also runs a forklift or an office manager who spends afternoons on job sites. Wisconsin's description moves the whole payroll if the employee has any other duty.
- Stock or tally clerks whose work is part of a warehouse or production operation.
- Store cashiers who handle merchandise.
- Outside salespeople, who fall under 8742, and in some states executive officers, who have their own classification.
- Some businesses that sell office services to others, such as accounting firms, which have their own classification. Others, such as telephone answering services in Wisconsin's description, are 8810.
Official titles by state
Each rating bureau publishes its own definition. Titles below are quoted exactly as the bureau publishes them; follow the link for the full official description.
| State | Official title for 8810 | Source |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | CLERICAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES NOC | North Carolina bureau lookup |
| Wisconsin | CLERICAL OFFICE EMPLOYEES NOC | Wisconsin bureau: 8810 |
| New York | Clerical Office Employees – NOC | New York bureau: 8810 |
The code means the same thing in North Carolina, Wisconsin, and New York, but the qualifying details are set by each state's manual. New York, for instance, states that 8810 isn't available for division of payroll and spells out who is excluded, while Wisconsin's description says physical separation of clerical functions is not required.
Codes 8810 is often confused with
What a premium audit looks at
- Whether the office is physically separated from the operations area.
- What each person classified as clerical actually does day to day, based on job descriptions and a conversation rather than job titles.
- Whether any of that person's time is spent in the operation. In New York, for example, exposure to the business's operative hazards moves the employee's entire payroll to the highest-rated code they work in.
Frequently asked questions
What does NOC mean in 8810 Clerical Office Employees NOC?
NOC stands for "not otherwise classified." It means 8810 applies to clerical office work that no more specific classification covers.
Can an employee be split between 8810 and another code?
Generally no. Clerical classification depends on the employee not being exposed to the operation. When an employee has duties outside the office, their payroll is usually assigned to the operational classification rather than divided. Check your state's manual for its specific rule.
Does a separate office room matter for 8810?
It depends on the state. Many manuals require clerical work to be performed in an area separated from the operation by walls, floors, partitions, counters, or similar barriers, so an open shop floor with a desk in the corner usually doesn't qualify there. Wisconsin's description says physical separation of clerical functions is not required. Check the manual for your state.
Check the official manuals
- NCCI Class Look-Up The official tool for the states where NCCI administers the classification system.
- WCIRB California Classification Search California runs its own classification system; its code numbers don't map one-to-one to NCCI's.
- NYCIRB Classification Digest New York's official classification descriptions.
- WCRB Wisconsin Class Code Lookup Wisconsin's official classification descriptions.
- NCRB North Carolina Class Code Lookup North Carolina's official classification descriptions.
Rates aren't listed here on purpose. Class code rates and loss costs change by state, by carrier, and every year, so check the current figures with NCCI's Class Look-Up or your state's rating bureau (linked above), and with your own carrier for the rate on your policy.
Related terms
General information, not a classification ruling. Summaries on this page are written in plain English from the bureaus' published descriptions; the classification manual for the state where the work was performed governs, and the carrier and rating bureau determine the classification for any policy.
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