Comp Benefit Caps

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Workers' comp benefit limits in Indiana

$878.00maximum 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 for the past 52 weeks, capped at the $878.00 maximum. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$878.00 (Max Wage $1,316.00, 7/1/26 - 6/30/27)1
Minimum weekly benefit
Min Wage $75.001

The chart lists a $75.00 minimum weekly wage used in the calculation, not a minimum benefit.

How the benefit is figured
two-thirds of your average weekly wage for the past 52 weeks2
Waiting period
benefits apply when unable to work for more than seven days2
When the waiting period is paid back
not paid for the first week of lost time until you have been out 21 days2
Maximum, death benefits
$878.00 (benefit rate column covers TTD, TPD, PTD and death)1
Next change: Public Law 160 raised benefits 3% each year for four years beginning July 1, 2023. No later change was stated.3

Questions about a claim go to the Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana.

Sources

  1. Information on PPI and Weekly Benefits, Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Who Is Eligible, Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana, checked 1 November 2026
  3. Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana home page, Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana, checked 1 November 2026

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