Comp Benefit Caps

All states

Workers' comp benefit limits in South Carolina

$1,189.94maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 January 2026

A rough estimate: sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average weekly wages, capped at the $1,189.94 maximum and raised to the $75.00 minimum where the state applies one. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$1,189.941
Minimum weekly benefit
not less than seventy-five dollars a week2

Applies only while it does not exceed the worker's average weekly salary.

How the benefit is figured
sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average weekly wages2
Waiting period
first seven calendar days of disability2
When the waiting period is paid back
paid from the date of disability if disability lasts more than fourteen days2
Next change: The maximum equals the state average weekly wage for the preceding fiscal year, applied from January 1. Expected 1 January 2027.12

Questions about a claim go to the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission.

Sources

  1. Advisory Notice: 2026 Maximum Weekly Compensation Rate, South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission, checked 1 November 2026
  2. S.C. Code Title 42 Chapter 9, South Carolina Legislature, checked 1 November 2026

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