Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in Alabama

$1,219.00maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027

A rough estimate: 66 2/3% of the employee's average weekly wage, capped at the $1,219.00 maximum and raised to the $335.00 minimum where the state applies one. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$1,219.00 per week12

Official State's Average Weekly Wage PDF returned unreadable binary data, so figures come from secondary sources.

Minimum weekly benefit
$335.00 per week1

Official PDF unreadable. Secondary source.

How the benefit is figured
66 2/3% of the employee's average weekly wage3
Waiting period
first three days after disability34
When the waiting period is paid back
first three days are added to the first installment if disability lasts 21 days4
Next change: The state average weekly wage is set by June 1 for the 12 month period beginning July 1. Expected 1 July 2027.5

Questions about a claim go to the Alabama Department of Workforce, Workers' Compensation Division.

Sources

  1. Alabama Updates Maximum and Minimum Workers' Compensation Rates for 2026, Fish Nelson & Holden (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
  2. SSA POMS DI 52150.045 Chart of States' Maximum WC Benefits (TN 54, 10-26), Social Security Administration (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
  3. How much am I going to get paid under workers' compensation?, Workforce Alabama, checked 1 November 2026
  4. Benefits and Claims Filing, Alabama Department of Labor, checked 1 November 2026
  5. Code of Alabama 25-5-68, Justia (secondary), checked 1 November 2026

Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source we used only because the official page could not be read.