Workers' Comp Pay Calc

Temporary total disability · 50 states + DC

Workers' Comp Pay Calculator

Most states pay two-thirds of your average weekly wage while you can't work, capped at a state maximum that runs from $654.63 (Mississippi) to $2,431.00 (Iowa) a week for current injuries.

Rates verified from each state's own notice

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TTD · weekly
Gross pay before taxes. Example value shown — replace it with yours.
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California: full-time workers use days worked per week × daily earnings at the time of injury.

Calendar days, to apply the waiting period.
If back at work on reduced pay.

How the weekly check is figured

  1. Average weekly wage. Your gross pay over a look-back window the state chooses — 13, 26, 39 or 52 weeks, or a monthly wage in Arizona, Washington and Wyoming. How each state counts it.
  2. The percentage. 36 jurisdictions use a flat 66⅔%. The rest differ: 60% in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 60–75% by family size in Washington, 62% in Rhode Island, 67% in Idaho, 70% in New Jersey, Oklahoma and Texas, 72% for Ohio's first 12 weeks, and after-tax formulas in Alaska, Connecticut, Iowa, Michigan.
  3. The limits. The result is capped at the state maximum for your injury date and, in most states, raised to a minimum — though low earners often get their full wage instead.
  4. The waiting period. The first 3–7 days are unpaid, then paid back if you are out long enough. Every state's rule.

The full explanation, with every exception, is in how workers' comp pay is calculated.

Quick answers

How much does workers' comp pay?
Usually two-thirds of your gross average weekly wage, up to your state's maximum. A worker averaging $900 a week gets about $600 in a two-thirds state; a high earner is held to the cap ($654.63 to $2,431.00 a week depending on the state).
Which date sets my maximum?
In almost every state, the date of injury: the cap in force that day stays with the claim. Maine and Washington are exceptions — their cap follows the year the benefit is paid.
Why does my state ask for filing status or exemptions?
Alaska, Connecticut, Iowa, Michigan pay a share of an after-tax or "spendable" wage, so taxes — and therefore filing status and dependents — change the check. The calculator uses each agency's own published table or method.
Can you estimate my settlement?
No, and nobody can honestly do it from a form. Here is why, and what settlements are built from.
Why do some states ask me for the maximum?
For District of Columbia, New Hampshire, Wyoming we could not verify the current dollar figure from the state's own source, so the calculator asks you for it rather than guessing.

Guides

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How workers' comp pay is calculated

The one explainer: wage → percentage → state maximum and minimum → waiting period, with every state's exceptions.

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Average weekly wage for workers' comp, state by state

Look-back periods (13, 26, 39 or 52 weeks), overtime, second jobs — the input that moves your check most.

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Workers' comp waiting period by state

Unpaid days (3 to 7) and the payback trigger (5 to 42 days) for all 51 jurisdictions.

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Why there is no honest workers' comp settlement calculator

What goes into a settlement, why calculators that "value your claim" mislead, and what you can compute exactly.