Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in Iowa

$2,431.00maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027

A rough estimate: 80% of your spendable earnings, capped at the $2,431.00 maximum. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$2,431.00 (TTD, HP, PTD and death)12

Official ratebook page showed no figures when fetched, so figures come from secondary sources.

How the benefit is figured
80% of your spendable earnings3
Waiting period
three-day waiting period for TTD and TPD, none for healing period34
When the waiting period is paid back
three days of compensation added in the third week if off work more than 14 days34
Maximum, permanent partial disability
$2,237.001
Maximum, death benefits
$2,431.001
Next change: The Division issues a ratebook each year, applied by date of injury. Expected 1 July 2027.3

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

Sources

  1. 2026 Workers' Compensation Benefit Rate Update, MVP Law (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. Types of Benefits brochure, Iowa Division of Workers' Compensation, checked 1 November 2026
  4. Iowa Code 85.32, Iowa Legislature, checked 1 November 2026

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