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[CurlyDave]

California employers have charged that the system's costs are out of control. For every $100 of salary, they pay an average of $6.33 in workers' comp charges, compared with a national average of $2.46, according to the Small Business Action Committee.

And just where did they get these figures?

Two years ago I needed to put a roof on a rental house and considered hiring & supervising casual labor to do the job. I wanted to stay legal so I called up the state and asked about workmen's compensation insurance. The answer I got was that it would cost $11 per hour. Since the laborers wanted $12 per hour this is $91.70 per $100 of labor.

I gave up on that idea and hired a roofer who charged about $25 per man hour for his crew.