Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in Minnesota

$1,594.08maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 October 2026

A rough estimate: 66-2/3 percent of the weekly wage at the time of injury, capped at the $1,594.08 maximum and raised to the $318.82 minimum where the state applies one. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$1,594.081
Minimum weekly benefit
$318.82 (20% of the maximum or the employee's actual weekly wage, whichever is less)1
How the benefit is figured
66-2/3 percent of the weekly wage at the time of injury2
Next change: Rates adjust each October 1. Expected 1 October 2027.1

Questions about a claim go to the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.

Sources

  1. Compensation Rates as of October 1, 2026, Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Minn. Stat. 176.101, Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, checked 1 November 2026

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