Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in Illinois

$2,045.63maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 15 July 2026 to 14 January 2027

A rough estimate: two-thirds (66 2/3%) of the employee's average weekly wage, capped at the $2,045.63 maximum and raised to the $400.00 minimum where the state applies one. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$2,045.63 (7/15/26 to 1/14/27)24

IWCC rate tables load by script and could not be read, so figures come from secondary sources.

Minimum weekly benefit
$400.00 with no spouse or children, rising to $600.00 with 4 or more2

Minimum is the lower of the worker's average weekly wage or this rate.

How the benefit is figured
two-thirds (66 2/3%) of the employee's average weekly wage3
Waiting period
first three lost workdays3
When the waiting period is paid back
paid if the employee misses 14 or more calendar days3
Next change: IWCC posts new rates by January 15 and July 15. Expected 15 January 2027.1

Questions about a claim go to the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission.

Sources

  1. Benefit Rates, Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, checked 1 November 2026
  2. MVP Law Illinois Workers' Compensation Rate Card 2026, MVP Law (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
  3. Handbook on Workers' Compensation, Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, checked 1 November 2026
  4. 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.