Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in Georgia

$800.00maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 July 2023

A rough estimate: 66 2/3% of average weekly wage, capped at the $800.00 maximum and raised to the $50.00 minimum where the state applies one. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$800 (accidents on or after 7/1/23)123
Minimum weekly benefit
$501
How the benefit is figured
66 2/3% of average weekly wage12
Waiting period
7 days1
When the waiting period is paid back
waiting week recoverable if disability lasts 21 consecutive days12
Maximum, death benefits
$800 weekly, total maximum $320,000 for a surviving spouse with no children12
Next change: Rates change by legislation. The Board summary says no benefit rate changes in 2024/2025.1

Questions about a claim go to the Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation.

Sources

  1. Summary of Workers' Compensation Provisions (revised 07/01/25), Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Workers' Compensation Law FAQs, Georgia State Board 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.