Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in Louisiana

$903.00maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 September 2026

A rough estimate: sixty-six and two-thirds percent of wages, capped at the $903.00 maximum. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
903.00 (effective 09/01/26)1

The official LWC rate table blocks automated fetching, so the figure is from SSA.

How the benefit is figured
sixty-six and two-thirds percent of wages3
Waiting period
first week after the injury4
When the waiting period is paid back
first week paid after two weeks have elapsed if disability lasts two weeks or longer4
Next change: Rates run from September 1 to August 31. Expected 1 September 2027.5

Questions about a claim go to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Office of Workers' Compensation Administration.

Sources

  1. SSA POMS DI 52150.045 Chart of States' Maximum WC Benefits (TN 54, 10-26), Social Security Administration (secondary), checked 1 November 2026
  2. La. R.S. 23:1202, Louisiana State Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
  3. La. R.S. 23:1221, Louisiana State Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
  4. La. R.S. 23:1224, Louisiana State Legislature, checked 1 November 2026
  5. AvgWage_MinMaxRates (copy of LWC OWCA table), Lubawc (secondary), checked 1 November 2026

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