A State-to-State Comparison of Workers' Compensation Benefits
Source: Federal Register, Jan. 19, 2023
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,084.38 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,084
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $298
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages), not to exceed 300 weeks
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee’s AWW (subj. to max. of 100% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule, not to exceed 300 weeks
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,182 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,418
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $312
Temporary Partial Disability: 80% x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity), for a period not to exceed 5 years
Permanent Partial Impairment: $273,000 x (% of impairment of the whole person)
Statewide Average Monthly Wage: $5,393.37 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: N/A
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: N/A
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury avg. monthly wage - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 55% of employee's avg. monthly wage for: (1) a number of months determined by schedule; or (2) until the disability ends, if not scheduled
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $981.99 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $835
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $20
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: Amount of TTD or TPD benefit for either (1) a period determined by an injury schedule or (2) a period of weeks proportionate to the impairment, where total impairment of the whole person is equivalent to 450 weeks of compensation.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,651 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,619.15
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $242.86
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of weekly wage loss for a number of weeks proportionate to the percentage of impairment, determined by the AMA Guide (5th ed.).
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,421.16 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1295.98
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: N/A
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of the difference b/t employee’s AWW before injury and the AWW employee is able to earn thereafter for a number of weeks determined either: (1) by schedule; or (2) an impairment rating based on the AMA Guide (3rd ed.), multiplied by an age factor and 400 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,575 (as of Oct. 1, 2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,575
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $315 (20% of maximum benefit)
Temporary Partial Disability: 75% x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
The maximum weekly benefit of $1,154. There is no minimum weekly benefit.
Permanent Partial Disability: 75% of the difference between pre-injury wages and the likely amount employee will be able to earn post-injury (subj. to max. 100% SAWW) for a maximum of 520 weeks.
The maximum weekly benefit is $1,154. The minimum weekly benefit is $50.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,301.27
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $867.52
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $289.18
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of weekly wages (subj. to max. 2/3 of the SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,713.14
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,713.14
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $428.29
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages), for no more than 5 years
Permanent Partial Disability: For scheduled injuries: 2/3 of employee's AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule (subj. to max. 500 weeks).
For unscheduled injuries: 2/3 of the difference b/t employee's AWW before and after disability, for a number of weeks (out of max. 500 weeks) proportionate to impairment.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,197.43 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,197
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 80% of the difference b/t 80% of pre-injury AWW and current earning capacity, not to exceed 2/3 of the SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 75% of employee's TTD payment for a period determined by schedule; for unscheduled injuries, weeks of compensation is determined by percentage of impairment.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage:
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $800
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $50
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages) for up to 350 weeks; subj. to max. $533/week
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; if the injury is not scheduled, number of weeks of benefits is based on employee's percentage of impairment. Subject to max. weekly benefit of $800.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,090 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1090
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $273
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW at the time of injury for a number of weeks determined by statutory schedule; or, if unscheduled, by calculating the employee's percentage of impairment and finding the equivalent percentage out of 300 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $967 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.67 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: 55% of the SAWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, for a period found by calculating the employee's percentage of impairment and finding the equivalent percentage out of 500 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,395.92 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1848.20
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $346.67
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: 60% of employee's AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, for a number of weeks (out of max. 500) equivalent to the employee's percentage of injury.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,205
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $804
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 55% of the difference between employee's AWW and the weekly wages at which he is actually employed after the injury, for a period not to exceed 300 weeks.
Permanent Partial Disability: For each degree of permanent impairment from 1 to 10, $1,803 per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from 11 to 35, $2,011 per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment from 36 to 50, $3,282 per degree; for each degree of permanent impairment above 50, $4,182 per degree.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,099.55
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $2,199
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $385
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 80% of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 184% SAWW, $2,023), either (1) for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, (2) if unscheduled, for a number of weeks (out of 500) as relates to employee's reduction in earning capacity due to injury.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,072.66 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $804
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $25
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, for a number of weeks determined by a calculation based on functional impairment and weeks of temporary compensation already paid, and subject to a maximum of 415 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $976.47 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1074.12
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $195.29
Temporary Partial Disability: None—KY does not provide TPD benefits
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (but no more than 82.5% of SAWW), multiplied by worker's impairment rating, times the impairment factor in KY Rev Stat § 342.730 (2022). The number of weeks of benefits and minimum and maximum benefit rates depend employee's degree of impairment.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,027.69 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $771
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $206
Supplemental Benefits (replacing Temporary Partial Disability): 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, for a period bearing the same relation to a period named in the schedule as employee's injury bears to an injury named in the schedule.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,103.71 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1379.64
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's wage loss due to injury (subj. to max. 125% SAWW), generally for max. 624 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,402 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: 1402
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 1/2 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: Injuries are assigned a number of weeks of compensation.
For a compensation period less than 75 weeks: 1/3 AWW (subj. to max. 16.7% SAWW/week).
For a compensation period 75-249 weeks: 2/3 employee's AWW (subj. to max. 1/3 SAWW).
For a compensation period 250 weeks or more: 2/3 employee's AWW (subj. to max. 75% SAWW).
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,765.30 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1765.34
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $353.07
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.6 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: For scheduled injuries, worker receives the SAWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule. For unscheduled permanent injuries, TPD benefits may be extended to 520 weeks for a permanent loss of 75% or more of any function/sense identified in the schedule, development of a permanently life-threatening physical condition, or the contracting of a permanently disabling occupational disease.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,216.18 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1095
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 80% of the difference b/t employee's pre-injury AWW (after tax) and the employee 's wage-earning capacity post-injury (subj. to max 90% SAWW);
0.8 x [(0.8 x pre-injury AWW) - current earning capacity]
Permanent Partial Disability: 80% of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 90% SAWW, and min. 25% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, 80% of the difference between employee's pre-injury AWW and post-injury earning capacity.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,287 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1312.74
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $262.55
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: Employee's percentage of disability is multiplied by a dollar value ranging from $78,800 (for disability rated less than 5.5%) to $540,800 (for disability rated 95.5% and up)
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $878.73 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $585.82 (66 2/3% SAWW)
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $25
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max. 66 2/3% SAWW.
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee’s AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; not to exceed 450 weeks x 2/3 SAWW
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,104.92 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1160.17
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max 105% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 55% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule; of, if unscheduled, 2/3 of employee's AWW for a period proportional to the scheduled weeks as the injury is to a scheduled injury (subj. to max. 55% SAWW)
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $974 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $974
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: pre-injury AWW - current wages; subj. to max of employee's TTD rate and 100% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 employee's AWW (subj. to max. 50% SAWW) for a number of weeks found by multiplying the permanent partial disability rating (a percentage which considers age, education, wage loss, and capacity for labor after MMI) by 400 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage:
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1029
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $49
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee’s AWW (subj. to max. 100% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule. For an injury not covered by schedule, if employer and employee cannot agree on amount of compensation, amount of compensation and degree of disability is determined by the court.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,125.45 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1120.63
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: (2/3 x per-injury avg. monthly wage) - current wages
Permanent Partial Disability: Each percent of impairment is compensated by a monthly payment of 0.6% employee's avg. monthly wage for 5 years or until age 70. An impairment greater than 30% entitles employee to a lump sum payment of compensation for disability of up to 30%.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,382.59 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $2074
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $414.78
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.6 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max of employee's TTD rate
Permanent Partial Disability: 60% of the difference b/t employee's pre-injury AWW and the AWW employee is capable of earning post-injury (subj. to max. 100% of TTD benefits to which employee would be entitled, if incapacity were total) for up to 262 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,465.18 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1099
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $293
Temporary Partial Disability: N/A
Permanent Partial Disability: 70% of employee's AWW (subj. to TTD max. and min.) for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, 70% of employee's AWW for a period proportional to the scheduled weeks as the injury is to a scheduled injury, subj. to max. 600 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $987.16 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $987.16
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $36
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages); subj. to maximum of SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 55% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, 2/3 of employee's AWW for a number of weeks determined by the worker's disability rating (a percentage modified by age, education, and physical capacity).
For a disability rating > 80%, compensation period is a maximum of 700 weeks; otherwise, compensation period is a maximum of 500 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1718.15
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,145.43
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $150
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 (pre-injury AWW) x (% of disability)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, 2/3 of the difference b/t AWW at time of injury and earning capacity thereafter, for a number of weeks determined by percentage of disability.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage:
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1254
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to TTD maximum
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 employee's AWW (subject to TTD max.) for a number of weeks determined by multiplying employee's impairment rating by the maximum number of weeks allowed for the scheduled injury.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,087 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1359
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $653
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity)
Permanent Partial Disability: (35% of SAWW) x impairment multiplier. There is a statutory schedule of impairment multipliers for scheduled injuries; if the injury is unscheduled, impairment multiplier is based on % of impairment.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,149
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,149
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $383
Temporary Partial Disability: No TPD—instead, OH has a wage loss benefit for workers who are injured and return to a lesser-paying job, or are unable to find employment due to injury. Working wage loss benefit is 2/3 of the difference between pre-injury AWW and present AWW.
Permanent Partial Disability: SAWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled 2/3 employee's AWW (subj. to max. 1/3 SAWW) for a number of weeks found by multiplying employee's impairment percentage by 200 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $953.18 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $953.18
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.7 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 70% of employee's AWW (subj. to max. $360) for a max. of 360 weeks (for the body as a whole).
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,295.86 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1723.49
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages); subj. to max. 133% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: Percentage of impairment (as % of a whole person, modified by age, education, and adaptability to perform work) x (150 x employee's weekly wage at injury). Employee's weekly wage is subj. to max. 133% SAWW for purpose of the calculation.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,273 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,273
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max 100% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (subj. to max. of 55% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule. Additional benefits at the TTD rate are available for the loss of, or loss of use of, certain body parts.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage:
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,481
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.62 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max. 125% SAWW.
Permanent Partial Disability: 70% of employee's TPD rate, reduced based on the employee's degree of incapacity.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,035.70 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1035.70
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max. 100% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 100% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, 2/3 of employee's AWW (subject to max. of SAWW) for a number of weeks (out of 500) as is proportional to the injury.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $975 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $975
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $488
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.5 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max. 100% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 100% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,121 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1223.10
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $168.15
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max 110% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 100% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by multiplying employee's impairment rating by 450 weeks. PPD award may be further increased by age, education factors, and county unemployment factors, if applicable.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,130
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,130
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $45
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max 100% SAWW; subj. to max. 100% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's wages (subj. to max. of 2/3 SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, for such a percentage of the scheduled weeks as the injury bears to a scheduled injury. For unscheduled injuries, PPD may not be paid for more than 312 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,068.93
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,542
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $514
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's wages for a number of weeks determined by multiplying impairment percentage by 330 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,343
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,343
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $335.75
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages); subj. to max. 100% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee’s AWW (subj. to max. 100% SAWW) for a number of weeks determined by schedule. Total period of compensation not to exceed 500 weeks.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,586.70 (2022)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,904.04
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $238
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.8 x (pre-injury AWW - current earning capacity); subj. to max. 100% of employee's TTD rate. Combined wages and TPD may not exceed 150% of SAWW.
Permanent Partial Disability: PPD is set by an annual schedule which considers percentage of total body impairment; for injuries not appearing on the schedule, PPD will be a proportionate percentage of a related, scheduled injury.
2022 Washington PPD Schedule
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1,010.41 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,010.41
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $193.33
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.7 x (pre-injury AWW - current wages); subj. to 100% SAWW
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW (subj. to max. 70% SAWW) for four weeks per percentage of disability. Percentage of disability for the loss of, or loss of use of, specific members is determined by statute.
Statewide Average Weekly Wage: $1870.50 (2023)
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $1,247
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 2/3 of pre-injury AWW x (% of wage loss)
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's AWW for a number of weeks determined by schedule; or, if unscheduled, 2/3 of employee's AWW for a number of weeks bearing a proportional relationship to the compensation in the schedule as employee's injury bears to the scheduled injury.
Statewide Average Monthly Wage: $4,541.33 (2023)
WY uses monthly wages in its calculations.
Maximum benefit for Temporary Total Disability: $4,541.33
Minimum benefit for Temporary Total Disability:
Temporary Partial Disability: 0.8 x (pre-injury avg. monthly wage - current earning capacity); subj. to max. 100% statewide avg. monthly wage.
Permanent Partial Disability: 2/3 of employee's avg. monthly wage (subj. to max. 100% statewide avg. monthly wage) for a number of months determined by a formula, which considers employee's age, education, and ability to train for a new occupation.