Comp Benefit Caps

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Workers' comp benefit limits in Ohio

$1,281.00maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026

A rough estimate: 72 per cent of full weekly wage for the first twelve weeks, then 66 2/3 per cent of average weekly wage, capped at the $1,281.00 maximum and raised to the $427.00 minimum where the state applies one. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$1,281 (TT and LM without SSR maximum)1
Minimum weekly benefit
$427 (TT minimum)1
How the benefit is figured
72 per cent of full weekly wage for the first twelve weeks, then 66 2/3 per cent of average weekly wage2
Waiting period
first week after an injury3
When the waiting period is paid back
first week paid if totally disabled for a continuous period of two weeks or more3
Maximum, permanent partial disability
$427 (%PP maximum)1
Maximum, death benefits
$1,281 (Survivor benefit maximum)1
Next change: Rates are set per calendar year from the statewide average weekly wage. Expected 1 January 2027.12

Questions about a claim go to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

Sources

  1. Compensation Rates (CompRates), Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Ohio Revised Code 4123.56, State of Ohio, checked 1 November 2026
  3. Ohio Revised Code 4123.55, State of Ohio, checked 1 November 2026

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