Comp Benefit Caps

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Workers' comp benefit limits in Vermont

$1,914.00maximum a week for temporary total disability for injuries from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027

A rough estimate: approximately two-thirds of your usual wage, capped at the $1,914.00 maximum and raised to the $638.00 minimum where the state applies one. Your insurer or the state agency figures the actual amount.

The rules

Maximum weekly benefit (temporary total disability)
$1,914.00 (injuries on or after 7/1/86)1
Minimum weekly benefit
$638.001
How the benefit is figured
approximately two-thirds of your usual wage2
Waiting period
must be disabled from work 4 days or more2
Next change: Rates change annually on July 1. Expected 1 July 2027.1

Questions about a claim go to the Vermont Department of Labor, Workers' Compensation Division.

Sources

  1. Minimum and Maximum Compensation Rates: Annual Change, Vermont Department of Labor, checked 1 November 2026
  2. Claims Filing, Vermont Department of Labor, checked 1 November 2026

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