WI employment agent bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Wisconsin requires a licensed employment agent to file a $5,000 surety bond with the Department of Workforce Development, Equal Rights Division, under Wis. Stat. 105.06. At a flat 3% that lands at our $275 minimum — and the application is five minutes.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Employment agent license bonds are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials and no credit check section on this bond.
Pay & e-sign
Small fixed-amount license bonds like this often issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the DWD
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to file with your DWD Equal Rights Division license application, license fee, and form. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$5,000 bond × 3% = $150, below our $275 minimum, so the price is $275 per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Wisconsin licenses employment agents — people, partnerships, and corporations that operate employment agencies — through the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), Equal Rights Division, under Wis. Stat. ch. 105. The license application must be accompanied by a $5,000 surety bond and the license fee before DWD will process it.
The bond is a consumer-protection guarantee standing behind the agency's compliance with the employment-agent law — including how it handles fees and treats job seekers. If the agency violates that law and someone is harmed, they can recover against the bond.
It is not insurance for you. If the surety pays a valid claim, you repay the surety. Agencies that follow the fee and disclosure rules treat the bond as a license formality — we track it and notify you ahead of expiration so your DWD license stays valid.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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$275 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.