Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in Colorado

$1,448.02maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027

A rough estimate: two-thirds of your average weekly wage, capped at the $1,448.02 maximum. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
1448.02 (effective 07/01/26)3

The official Maximum Benefits Order is hosted on Box and could not be read, so the figure is from SSA.

How the benefit is figured
two-thirds of your average weekly wage2
Waiting period
three shifts missed from work2
When the waiting period is paid back
waiting period reimbursed if you miss more than two weeks2
Next change: A Maximum Benefits Order is issued each year effective July 1. Expected 1 July 2027.1

Questions about a claim go to the Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation.

Sources

  1. Division of Workers' Compensation Updates (Maximum Benefits Order for 2026-2027), Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Understand Potential Benefits, Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation, checked 1 November 2026
  3. SSA POMS DI 52150.045 Chart of States' Maximum WC Benefits (TN 54, 10-26), Social Security Administration (secondary), checked 1 November 2026

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