Workers' comp · District of Columbia · TTD
District of Columbia Workers' Comp Calculator
District of Columbia pays injured workers 66⅔% of the average weekly wage, up to a maximum the District resets each year. The current dollar figure is not on file, so the calculator asks you for it instead of guessing.
Rules checked Agency: DC Department of Employment Services — Office of Workers' Compensation
District of Columbia rule sheet
| Benefit formula | 66⅔% of the employee's average weekly wage, for private-sector workers covered by the DC Workers' Compensation Act.[1] |
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| Maximum weekly | Not on file — the calculator asks you for it. [2] |
| Minimum weekly | The minimum for total disability is 25% of the maximum — the calculator applies it automatically to the maximum you enter.[2] |
| How the limits are set | The maximum equals the average weekly wage of insured employees in the District, which the Department of Employment Services computes before November 1 for the next calendar year from employer contribution reports (it changes only when the computation moves by $2 or more). The minimum for total disability is 25% of that maximum. |
| Waiting period | No pay for the first 3 days of disability; if the disability lasts more than 14 days, compensation is allowed from the first day.[2] |
| How long TTD lasts | Temporary total disability is paid while the disability lasts. For temporary or permanent partial disability from one injury, payments stop after 500 weeks in total unless an extension of up to 167 weeks is granted on an independent medical examiner's finding.[2] |
| Partial (TPD) | 66⅔% of your wage loss while partially disabled, for no more than 5 years.[1] |
| Average weekly wage | Based on the wages you were earning at the time of injury, under the rules in § 32-1511 (full-time work in the year before injury, or comparable employees when your own history is short).[3] |
Worked example, Oct 5, 2026
Without a verified maximum on file, the arithmetic stops at the formula: a weekly wage of $1,000.00 × 66⅔% = $666.67. If that is below the maximum on your benefit notice (and above the minimum), it is your weekly rate; enter the official figure in the calculator above to apply the limits.
District of Columbia rates on file
| Injury dates | Max weekly | Min weekly | Source |
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No dollar figures are on file for District of Columbia; see the rule sheet above for why, and the calculator asks you for the official figure.
What trips people up in District of Columbia
- Why the calculator asks you for the maximum: the District's statute ties the cap to an average wage that DOES recalculates every year, and we could not retrieve the current DOES notice to verify the dollar figure. Your insurer's notice of benefits states the rate it used.[2]
- The minimum is not a fixed dollar amount: it is always one quarter of the year's maximum, so it moves whenever the maximum moves.[2]
Sources for District of Columbia
- D.C. Code § 32-1508 (compensation for disability) — Council of the District of Columbia (official code). 66⅔% of average weekly wages; temporary partial = 66⅔% of wage loss for up to 5 years. Fetched Oct 5, 2026.
- D.C. Code § 32-1505 (commencement of compensation; maximum compensation) — Council of the District of Columbia (official code). 3-day waiting period with payback after 14 days; maximum = DC average weekly wage of insured employees; minimum 25% of the maximum; 500-week limit for partial disability. Fetched Oct 5, 2026.
- D.C. Code § 32-1511 (determination of pay) — Council of the District of Columbia (official code). How average weekly wages are determined. Fetched Oct 5, 2026.