Workers' comp benefit limits in Montana
$1,192.00maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027
The rules
- Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
- $1,192.00 (07/01/26 - 06/30/27)12
- How the benefit is figured
- 66 2/3% of your gross wages at the time of injury2
- Waiting period
- first 32 hours or four days of wage loss, whichever is less2
- When the waiting period is paid back
- may be paid back to the first day of total wage loss if unable to work 21 days or longer2
- Maximum, permanent partial disability
- $596.001
Next change: Maximums are set by fiscal year starting July 1. Expected 1 July 2027.1
Questions about a claim go to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry, Employment Relations Division.
Sources
- Compensation Rates Chart FY85 through FY27, Montana Department of Labor and Industry, checked 1 November 2026
- 2026 Workers' Compensation Benefits Summary Brochure, Montana Department of Labor and Industry, checked 1 November 2026
Checked 1 November 2026. "Secondary" marks a source we used only because the official page could not be read.