How Long Workers' Comp Benefits Last in Each State (2026)
The maximum number of weeks or other limits on workers' comp disability benefits in each state.
| State | How long benefits last |
|---|---|
| Alabama | The Workers' Compensation Division lists these limits: temporary total disability, unlimited; temporary partial disability, up to 300 weeks; permanent partial disability (body as a whole), up to 300 weeks; permanent disability, unlimited. Alabama Department of Workforce, Workers' Compensation Division, Benefits and Claims Filing (Limitations) |
| Alaska | Temporary total disability is paid until the worker is medically stable or can return to work, whichever comes first. Temporary partial disability is paid until medical stability or for up to five years, whichever comes first. Permanent total disability is paid until the disability ends or until death. Permanent partial impairment is a set amount based on the impairment rating and is usually paid in a lump sum (or every 14 days while the worker is in the reemployment process). AS 23.30.180-.200; Alaska Division of Workers' Compensation, Workers' Compensation and You |
| Arizona | Arizona does not set a fixed maximum number of weeks for temporary benefits. Temporary total disability is paid during the period of disability, and temporary partial disability is paid during the period of partial disability. Permanent total disability is paid for the rest of the injured worker's life. Unscheduled permanent partial disability is paid during the disability and stops when the disability ends or the worker dies. A.R.S. § 23-1044 (A), (C); A.R.S. § 23-1045 (A), (B) |
| Arkansas | Temporary total disability is paid during the healing period while the worker is totally unable to earn wages. Permanent partial disability is paid for a set number of weeks: the law assigns a number of weeks to each body part and to the body as a whole, and that number is multiplied by the doctor's impairment rating. A worker who is permanently and totally disabled is entitled to benefits for life. Disability benefits for a mental injury are limited to 26 weeks. Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission, Arkansas Workers' Compensation Questions & Answers |
| California | For injuries on or after January 1, 2008, temporary disability (TD) can be paid for up to 104 weeks within five years from the date of injury. Workers with certain long-term injuries (such as hepatitis B or C, amputations, severe burns, HIV, high-velocity eye injuries, chemical burns to the eyes, pulmonary fibrosis or chronic lung disease) may receive up to 240 weeks of TD within five years. TD generally stops sooner if the worker returns to work, is released for work, or the doctor says the condition has improved as much as it will. Permanent partial disability is paid over a fixed number of weeks; permanent total disability is paid for the rest of the worker's life. Labor Code § 4656; DWC, Workers' Compensation in California: A Guidebook for Injured Workers, Chapters 5 and 7; DWC Fact Sheet C |
| Colorado | Colorado does not set a fixed number of weeks for temporary benefits. Temporary total disability continues until the first of these: the worker reaches maximum medical improvement, returns to regular or modified work, gets a written release to return to regular work, or is released to modified work that is offered in writing and does not start it. Temporary partial disability ends at maximum medical improvement or if the worker fails to start an offered modified job. Instead of a week limit, the law caps the combined total of temporary and permanent partial disability payments by dollar amount, with a higher cap for impairment ratings above 19 percent; for claims arising on or after January 1, 2025 the caps are $185,000 and $300,000, adjusted each July 1. Permanent total disability continues until the worker's death. C.R.S. §§ 8-42-105(3), 8-42-106(2), 8-42-107.5, 8-42-111(1) |
| Connecticut | Total incapacity benefits are paid for as long as the total incapacity lasts, with no fixed week limit. Partial incapacity benefits are paid during the period of partial incapacity, but for no longer than 520 weeks. Permanent partial disability (specific indemnity) awards are set in weeks of compensation for each body part on a statutory schedule. Additional lost-earnings benefits after a permanent partial disability award can last no longer than the shorter of the permanent partial disability benefit period or 520 weeks. Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-307(a), 31-308(a)-(b), 31-308a(a) |
| Delaware | Total disability benefits are paid while the total disability continues, with no fixed week limit; payments are not required after the disability ends. Partial disability benefits are paid during the period of partial disability, but not beyond 300 weeks. Permanent injury benefits are paid for a set number of weeks listed for each body part (for example, 220 weeks for the loss of a hand); disfigurement awards can run up to 150 weeks. 19 Del. C. §§ 2324, 2325, 2326 |
| District of Columbia | Permanent total and temporary total disability benefits are paid for as long as the disability continues, with no fixed week limit. Temporary partial disability benefits cannot be paid for more than 5 years. Permanent partial disability for scheduled body parts is paid for the number of weeks set in the statute's schedule. D.C. Code § 32-1508(1), (2), (3), (5) |
| Florida | Temporary total disability benefits are limited to 104 weeks, and temporary partial disability benefits are also limited to 104 weeks under the same provisions (subject to the exceptions listed in the statute). Impairment income benefits after maximum medical improvement last a set number of weeks based on the impairment rating: 2 weeks per percentage point from 1% to 10%, 3 weeks per point from 11% to 15%, 4 weeks per point from 16% to 20%, and 6 weeks per point for 21% and above. Permanent total disability benefits stop when the employee reaches age 75 (unless the injury kept the worker from earning enough work quarters to qualify for Social Security); if the injury occurs after the employee reaches age 70, they are payable for no more than 5 years after the permanent total disability determination. Fla. Stat. § 440.15(1)(b), (2)(a), (3)(g), (4)(e) |
| Georgia | Temporary total disability benefits are paid as long as the worker is totally disabled, but no longer than 400 weeks (for accidents on or after July 1, 1992). If the worker is not working and has been able to work with restrictions for 52 consecutive weeks or 78 total weeks, benefits are reduced to the temporary partial rate for up to 350 weeks. Temporary partial disability benefits for a worker who returns to a lower-paying job last no longer than 350 weeks from the date of injury. A worker with a catastrophic injury may be entitled to lifetime benefits. State Board of Workers' Compensation, Employee's Bill of Rights; Workers' Compensation Law FAQs |
| Hawaii | Temporary total disability benefits are paid for the duration of the disability (not including the first three calendar days); the statute does not set a maximum number of weeks. Temporary total benefits may be stopped only by order of the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations or when the employee is able to return to work, and an employer ending benefits because the employee can work must give at least two weeks' written notice before the last payment. Haw. Rev. Stat. § 386-31(b) |
| Idaho | Income benefits for total and partial disability are paid during the period of recovery, and continue after that in cases of total and permanent disability. The statute does not set a maximum number of weeks; the 52-week mark only changes how the weekly rate is figured (for the first 52 weeks of total disability the rate is based on the worker's own average weekly wage, and after that on the average weekly state wage, subject to the limits in § 72-409). Idaho Code §§ 72-408, 72-409 |
| Illinois | Temporary total disability (TTD) is paid until the employee returns to work or reaches maximum medical improvement; temporary partial disability is paid until the employee returns to the regular job or reaches maximum medical improvement. There is no set maximum number of weeks for either. Permanent partial disability is paid for a set number of weeks: scheduled body parts have a fixed number of weeks each, injuries to the person as a whole are a percentage of 500 weeks, and serious disfigurement is up to 162 weeks. Wage-differential benefits for injuries on or after September 1, 2011 are paid for five years after the award or until age 67, whichever is later (for life for earlier injuries). Permanent total disability is paid for life. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, Handbook on Workers' Compensation and Occupational Diseases (June 2024), Sections 6, 7, 9 and 10 |
| Indiana | Temporary total and temporary partial disability benefits may be stopped once the injured worker has received 500 weeks of those benefits or has been paid the maximum total compensation allowed by law (IC 22-3-3-22). Other grounds for ending them include returning to work or being released to work by the treating physician, refusing suitable employment or a required medical exam, and being unable to work for reasons unrelated to the injury. The Board also publishes a maximum total compensation amount, by injury date, that applies to temporary total, permanent partial impairment, permanent total disability and death benefits combined (for example, $439,000 for injuries from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027). IC 22-3-3-7(d) as listed on Worker's Compensation Board State Form 38911 (Termination of Benefits); Board chart 'Information on PPI and Weekly Benefits' |
| Iowa | Temporary total disability benefits end when the worker returns to work or has recovered enough medically to return to similar work. Healing period benefits (for injuries causing a permanent impairment) end when the worker returns to work, has recovered as much as expected, or is medically able to return to similar work. Permanent partial disability is paid for a set number of weeks: scheduled body parts have a fixed number of weeks (for example, 400 weeks for loss of a shoulder and 190 weeks for loss of a hand), and body-as-a-whole (industrial) disability is a percentage of 500 weeks. Permanent total disability benefits are payable for as long as the worker remains permanently and totally disabled. Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing, Workers' Compensation Benefits page; Iowa Code § 85.34 |
| Kansas | Temporary total disability is paid weekly for as long as the temporary total disability lasts; the statute sets no fixed maximum number of weeks. It is suspended if the worker returns to substantial and gainful employment before an award, and is not paid for weeks in which the worker receives unemployment benefits. Permanent total disability continues for the duration of the disability, subject to review and modification, and a worker may receive only one permanent total disability award in a lifetime. Instead of week limits, Kansas caps total compensation per injury: $400,000 for permanent total disability, $225,000 for temporary total disability (including other disability payments), $225,000 for permanent or temporary partial disability, and $100,000 for permanent partial disability based on functional impairment only. These caps apply until June 30, 2027 and are adjusted each July 1 after that. K.S.A. 44-510c; K.S.A. 44-510f |
| Kentucky | Temporary and permanent total disability benefits are paid during the disability. Permanent partial disability is paid for 425 weeks if the permanent disability rating is 50% or less, and for 520 weeks (from the date the disability exceeding 50% arises) if the rating is greater than 50%; permanent partial benefits may never be paid for more than 520 weeks. A period of temporary total disability within the permanent partial period extends that period. All income benefits end when the employee reaches age 70, or four years after the injury or last exposure, whichever is later. KRS 342.730(1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (4) |
| Louisiana | Temporary total disability benefits have no fixed week limit; they stop when the worker's physical condition has resolved itself to the point that continued, regular treatment by a physician is no longer required. Permanent total disability benefits have no stated week limit. Supplemental earnings benefits (for a worker who can return to some work at reduced earnings) can never exceed 520 weeks in total, and they also end after any two-year period following the end of temporary total disability during which they were not paid for at least 13 consecutive weeks. Permanent partial disability benefits for the loss or loss of use of a body part are paid for a set number of weeks from a schedule (for example, 150 weeks for the loss of a hand), with a general limit of 100 weeks for certain other permanent impairments not on the schedule. La. R.S. 23:1221 |
| Maine | Total incapacity benefits are paid for as long as the total incapacity lasts, with no fixed week limit. Partial incapacity benefits are capped by date of injury: 260 weeks for injuries before January 1, 2013; 520 weeks for injuries from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2019; and 624 weeks for injuries on or after January 1, 2020. A worker whose permanent impairment is above the threshold set by law is not subject to the cap, and the Workers' Compensation Board may extend partial benefits past the cap in cases of extreme financial hardship due to inability to return to work. Separate fixed periods apply to certain specific losses (for example, 215 weeks for loss of a hand). 39-A M.R.S. §212 (total incapacity); 39-A M.R.S. §213 (partial incapacity) |
| Maryland | Temporary total disability benefits are paid for the period the worker is temporarily totally disabled, and temporary partial disability benefits for the period the worker is temporarily partially disabled; the statutes set no fixed week limit on either (the limits are on the weekly amount). Permanent partial disability is paid for a set number of weeks: scheduled losses have fixed periods (for example, 250 weeks for a hand), and other permanent partial disabilities are paid in proportion to a 500-week scale based on the percentage of loss. Permanent total disability benefits are paid for as long as the worker remains permanently totally disabled. Md. Code, Lab. & Empl. §§9-615, 9-621, 9-627, 9-637 |
| Massachusetts | Temporary total incapacity benefits (Section 34) are limited to 156 weeks. Partial incapacity benefits (Section 35) are limited to 260 weeks, which can be extended to 520 weeks if the insurer agrees or an administrative judge finds that the worker has a qualifying level of permanent partial disability. Combined temporary total and partial benefits cannot exceed 364 weeks, or 520 weeks when that extension applies. Permanent and total incapacity benefits (Section 34A) have no stated week limit in the statute. M.G.L. c. 152, §§34, 35, 34A |
| Michigan | Weekly benefits for total disability are paid for the duration of the disability, with no fixed week limit. Certain severe injuries listed in the law create a conclusive presumption of total and permanent disability for up to 800 weeks from the date of injury; after that, permanent and total disability is decided on the facts at that time. Specific losses of body parts are compensated for a set number of weeks from a schedule (for example, 215 weeks for a hand and 269 weeks for an arm). MCL 418.351; MCL 418.361 |
| Minnesota | Temporary total disability benefits stop entirely once 130 weeks have been paid (the limit does not run while the worker is in an approved retraining plan), and they also generally stop 90 days after the worker has reached maximum medical improvement, counted from when the worker receives or is served the written MMI report. Temporary partial disability benefits may not be paid for more than 275 weeks, or after 450 weeks from the date of injury, whichever comes first. Permanent total disability benefits end at age 72; for a worker injured after age 67, they end after five years of benefits have been paid. Limited exceptions apply under the rehabilitation statute. Minn. Stat. §176.101, subds. 1, 2, 4 |
| Mississippi | Temporary total disability benefits are paid while the disability continues, up to 450 weeks. Permanent total disability benefits are also limited to 450 weeks, and the total paid is also capped at an amount tied to 450 weeks times 66-2/3% of the state average weekly wage. Permanent partial disability for scheduled body parts is paid for a fixed number of weeks (for example, 150 weeks for a hand, 200 weeks for an arm), and other permanent partial disability may not be paid for longer than 450 weeks. Miss. Code Ann. §71-3-17 |
| Missouri | Temporary total disability benefits are paid while the disability continues, for no more than 400 weeks. Temporary partial disability benefits are paid during the disability for no more than 100 weeks. Permanent total disability benefits are paid for the worker's lifetime, starting from the date of maximum medical improvement. RSMo 287.170, 287.180, 287.200 |
| Montana | Temporary total disability benefits have no fixed week limit; they are paid until the worker reaches maximum healing or is released to return to the job held at the time of injury (or one with similar physical requirements), and they can end earlier if the worker is released to a same, modified or alternative job with the same employer at equal or higher pay. Temporary partial disability benefits apply to a worker with restrictions before maximum healing who earns less in approved modified work; the statute sets no week limit. Permanent total disability benefits are paid for the duration of the permanent total disability, but they end (along with permanent partial disability benefits other than the impairment award) once the worker receives or is eligible for full Social Security retirement benefits or an equivalent retirement benefit. Permanent partial disability awards are calculated as a percentage of 400 weeks, with the rating capped at 100%. MCA 39-71-701, 39-71-712, 39-71-702, 39-71-710, 39-71-703 |
| Nebraska | Total disability benefits (temporary or permanent) are paid during the disability, with no fixed week limit, and stop when the disability ends. Partial disability benefits are paid during the partial disability but not beyond 300 weeks; if total disability came first, the 300 weeks are reduced by the weeks of total disability already paid. For permanent injuries to listed body parts, temporary disability benefits stop once the extent of the permanent disability can be determined, and the scheduled benefit is paid for a set number of weeks (for example, 60 weeks for a thumb or 175 weeks for a hand). Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-121 |
| Nevada | Temporary total disability has no fixed maximum period; payments must stop when a physician or chiropractic physician finds the worker physically capable of any gainful employment, when the employer offers light-duty or modified work within the worker's limitations, or when the worker is incarcerated (with limited exceptions). Temporary partial disability is payable for no more than 24 months during the period of disability. Permanent total disability is paid only as long as the permanent total disability continues to exist; the insurer has the burden of proving that it no longer exists. NRS 616C.475, 616C.500, 616C.440 |
| New Hampshire | The statute sets no maximum number of weeks for temporary total disability. Temporary partial disability payments stop when the disability ends and may not last longer than 262 weeks; if partial disability follows a period of total disability, the weeks of total disability are deducted from the 262 weeks. Permanent total disability benefits are payable, after the worker reaches maximum medical improvement, for as long as the total disability continues. A scheduled permanent impairment award is paid in a single payment, and awards for more than one permanent loss are limited to a maximum of 350 weeks. RSA 281-A:28, 281-A:28-a, 281-A:31, 281-A:32 |
| New Jersey | Temporary disability benefits are paid during the period of disability, but not beyond 400 weeks; the Division of Workers' Compensation explains that they usually end when the worker is released to return to work or reaches maximum medical improvement. Permanent total disability benefits are paid for 450 weeks. After 450 weeks, payments continue only if the worker has completed any rehabilitation ordered and shows that, because of the disability, he or she cannot earn wages equal to those earned at the time of the accident; any continued payments are reduced by the portion of former wages the worker can now earn and are subject to periodic review. N.J.S.A. 34:15-12(a), (b); NJ Division of Workers' Compensation, Workers' Comp FAQs |
| New Mexico | Temporary disability benefits last until the worker reaches maximum medical improvement (MMI) or returns to work at the pre-injury wage, and the maximum time a worker could receive temporary benefits is capped at 700 weeks. Permanent partial disability for whole-body injuries is typically paid for up to 500 weeks minus any weeks of temporary total disability; a worker with a disability rating of 80% or higher may receive benefits for up to 700 weeks. Scheduled injuries to listed body parts are paid for a set number of weeks depending on the body part (for example, 115 weeks for a foot at the ankle). Permanent total disability, which applies to a brain injury or the permanent total loss or loss of use of both hands, arms, feet, legs or eyes (or any two of them), provides lifetime benefits. NM Workers' Compensation Administration, Worker Guidebook (chapters 5 and 7); NMSA 1978, § 52-1-43 |
| New York | Temporary total disability and permanent total disability benefits are paid for as long as the total disability continues (temporary benefits subject to other provisions of the law). For a permanent partial disability that is not a schedule loss (for example, back injuries), benefits for accidents on or after March 13, 2007 are capped at a maximum number of weeks based on the worker's loss of wage-earning capacity, ranging from 225 weeks (loss of 15% or less) to 525 weeks (loss greater than 95%); for accidents before March 13, 2007, they are payable as long as the partial disability exists and causes wage loss. A schedule loss of use award (for example, an arm, leg, hand or eye) is limited to a number of weeks set by law for the body part and severity, minus temporary benefits already paid. N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 15(1), (2), (3)(w); NYS Workers' Compensation Board, Awards for Loss of Use / Permanent Disability |
| North Carolina | Temporary total disability benefits are limited to 500 weeks from the date of first disability. A worker may apply for extended compensation beyond 500 weeks only after 425 weeks have passed since the first disability, and (unless the parties agree) must prove a total loss of wage-earning capacity, meaning the complete elimination of the capacity to earn any wages. Partial incapacity benefits are limited to 500 weeks of payments, and weeks paid for total disability count against that total. Lifetime benefits, including medical compensation, are available only for permanent total disability in listed catastrophic cases, such as the loss of both hands, arms, feet, legs or eyes (or any two of them), severe spinal cord injury, severe brain injury, or burns covering 33% or more of the body; in no other case is a worker eligible for lifetime permanent total disability compensation. N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 97-29(b)-(d), 97-30 |
| North Dakota | Temporary total and permanent total disability benefits are paid during the disability, with no fixed number of weeks in the statute. Temporary partial disability benefits are paid while the partial disability continues but not for more than five years; Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) may waive the five-year limit for a catastrophic injury or when the worker is working with long-term restrictions, verified by clear and convincing medical and vocational evidence, that limit the worker to less than 28 hours a week. A worker who is considered retired (for example, by starting Social Security retirement benefits or reaching Social Security retirement age, unless shown not to be eligible) cannot receive disability, rehabilitation or supplementary benefits, but remains eligible for medical benefits and permanent partial impairment benefits. N.D.C.C. §§ 65-05-09, 65-05-09.3, 65-05-10 |
| Ohio | Temporary total disability is paid as long as the disability is total. It stops when the worker returns to work, when the treating doctor says the worker can return to the former job, when suitable work within the worker's physical limits is made available, or when the worker reaches maximum medical improvement. The law calls for a review after 200 weeks of temporary total benefits, and ending temporary total benefits does not prevent them from starting again later. Wage-loss compensation is limited to 200 weeks for a worker who returned to lower-paying work, 52 weeks for a worker unable to find consistent work, and 226 weeks in total. Ohio Rev. Code 4123.56 |
| Oklahoma | Temporary total disability is paid for up to 156 weeks; an administrative law judge may allow up to 52 more weeks if a consequential injury occurred and more time is medically needed (shown by clear and convincing evidence). The employer may end temporary total benefits when the worker is released from active medical treatment, or if the worker abandons or does not comply with medical care. Temporary partial disability may not exceed 52 weeks. Permanent partial disability is limited to a 100% rating to any body part or the body as a whole, with the whole body equal to a maximum of 360 weeks. Permanent total disability is paid while the disability continues until the worker reaches the age for maximum Social Security retirement benefits or for 15 years, whichever is longer. 85A Okla. Stat. § 45 |
| Oregon | Oregon law does not set a fixed maximum number of weeks for temporary disability. Temporary total disability is paid during the period of total disability and continues until the first of several events, such as the worker returning to regular or modified work, the attending physician or nurse practitioner releasing the worker in writing to regular work, or the worker not starting written modified work the provider approved (with listed exceptions, such as a job more than 50 miles away). When the disability becomes partial, temporary total payments stop and temporary partial disability is paid in proportion to the wage loss. ORS 656.210, 656.212, 656.268(4) |
| Pennsylvania | Total disability status has no fixed week limit while the worker is totally disabled, but after 104 weeks of total disability benefits the employer or insurer can require an impairment rating evaluation. If the worker's impairment is under 35 percent, the worker's status can change to partial disability. Partial disability benefits are paid for a maximum of 500 weeks; under the Act, weeks already paid as total disability do not reduce that 500-week period. A worker on partial status who later gets a qualifying impairment rating of 35 percent or more may petition to be reinstated to total disability. Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act § 306(a.2), (b); Department of Labor & Industry, "Information for Injured Workers" (LIBC-100) |
| Rhode Island | Total incapacity benefits have no fixed week limit in the statute. Partial incapacity benefits are limited to 312 weeks; weeks paid for total incapacity do not count toward that period. At least 26 weeks before the 312 weeks end, the employer or insurer must notify the worker and the director of its intent to stop benefits and of the worker's right to ask for continuation. The worker may petition the Workers' Compensation Court, and partial benefits continue if the worker shows that the partial incapacity is a material hindrance to getting suitable work. R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 28-33-17, 28-33-18(d), 28-33-18.3 |
| South Carolina | Total disability compensation may not be paid for more than 500 weeks. The exception is a worker found totally and permanently disabled who, because of the work injury, is paraplegic or quadriplegic or has physical brain damage; that worker receives benefits for life. Partial disability compensation may not cover more than 340 weeks from the date of injury, and any earlier period of total disability is not deducted from that 340-week maximum. Scheduled losses (such as a hand or foot) are paid for set numbers of weeks under a separate schedule. S.C. Code §§ 42-9-10, 42-9-20, 42-9-30 |
| South Dakota | The South Dakota sections on temporary total and partial disability set the weekly rate but do not state a maximum number of weeks. A worker in a reasonably necessary rehabilitation program receives compensation at the temporary total rate for the whole time the worker is in the program. Permanent partial disability for scheduled injuries is paid for a set number of weeks for each body part (for example, 50 weeks for loss of a thumb). Permanent total disability is paid for life, with an annual cost-of-living increase of up to 3 percent. SDCL 62-4-3, 62-4-5, 62-4-5.1, 62-4-6, 62-4-7 |
| Tennessee | Temporary total disability is paid until the worker reaches maximum medical improvement or returns to work, or for 450 weeks, whichever is shorter. Temporary partial disability is paid until maximum medical improvement or for 450 weeks, whichever is shorter. For permanent partial disability, all injuries are valued against a total of 450 weeks; the initial compensation period is 450 weeks times the impairment rating, or, for injuries on or after June 22, 2020, 180 days after maximum medical improvement if that is later. Increased benefits may be available at the end of that period, and in extraordinary cases a judge may award more, up to 275 weeks. Permanent total disability is paid until the worker becomes eligible for Social Security old-age retirement; if the injury happened within five years of full retirement eligibility, it is paid for 260 weeks. Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation, "Explanation of Workers' Compensation Benefits" (Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-6-207) |
| Texas | Temporary income benefits continue until the employee reaches maximum medical improvement (MMI). By law, MMI is reached no later than 104 weeks after income benefits begin to accrue, although the Division may extend that period if the employee has had or been approved for spinal surgery within 12 weeks before it expires. Impairment income benefits then run for three weeks for each percentage point of impairment (or until death, if earlier). Eligibility for temporary, impairment and supplemental income benefits ends 401 weeks after the date of injury. Lifetime income benefits for listed catastrophic injuries are paid until the employee's death. Tex. Lab. Code §§ 401.011(30), 408.083, 408.101, 408.102, 408.104, 408.121, 408.161 |
| Utah | Temporary total disability benefits are paid as long as the disability is total, but may not exceed 312 weeks over a period of 12 years from the date of injury. Temporary partial disability benefits likewise may not exceed 312 weeks and may not continue more than 12 years after the injury. Permanent total disability benefits have an initial 312-week entitlement; for injuries on or after July 1, 1994, the insurer or self-insured employer is responsible for lifetime permanent total benefits. Utah Code §§ 34A-2-410, 34A-2-411, 34A-2-413; Utah Labor Commission, Quick Reference Guide to Workers' Compensation Benefits Effective July 1, 2026 |
| Vermont | Temporary total disability benefits are paid during the disability; the statute sets no maximum number of weeks. Before stopping temporary benefits (unless the worker has successfully returned to work), the employer must file a notice with the Commissioner and the employee giving the date and reasons, and remains liable for seven days after the notice is received; the worker can object, and if the evidence does not reasonably support the discontinuance, payments continue until a hearing decision. Permanent total disability benefits are paid for the duration of the permanent total disability, and never for less than 330 weeks. 21 V.S.A. §§ 642, 643a, 645 |
| Virginia | Total compensation payable under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act may not exceed 500 weeks, and the total amount may not exceed 500 times the Commonwealth's average weekly wage for the applicable year. This cap does not apply to permanent and total incapacity as defined in § 65.2-503(C), certain permanent disability under § 65.2-504(A)(4), or death from coal worker's pneumoconiosis. Weekly compensation for permanent total incapacity continues for the injured employee's lifetime without limit as to total amount. Va. Code §§ 65.2-518, 65.2-500(D) |
| Washington | Washington law sets no maximum number of weeks for time-loss (temporary total disability) compensation. It is paid so long as the total disability continues and stops as soon as recovery is complete enough that the worker's earning power is restored to its pre-injury level. If earning power is only partly restored, reduced (loss of earning power) payments may continue, but only when the loss of earning power exceeds five percent. Benefits also end for a worker who has voluntarily retired from the workforce. RCW 51.32.090 |
| West Virginia | Temporary total disability benefits are paid while the disability lasts, but no one may receive temporary total disability benefits for a single injury for more than 104 weeks (for awards made since the 2003 amendments). Permanent partial disability is generally paid at four weeks of compensation for each percent of disability, or six weeks per percent if the worker is released to the pre-injury job and the employer does not offer that or a comparable available job. A worker found at least 50% whole-body impaired who is denied permanent total disability and keeps working at a lower-paying job may receive temporary partial rehabilitation benefits for four years. W. Va. Code § 23-4-6(c), (e), (n) |
| Wisconsin | Temporary disability benefits are payable weekly during the disability; the statute does not set an overall maximum number of weeks for temporary total disability. Temporary disability includes time reasonably needed for training in the use of artificial members and appliances, and time spent in approved vocational retraining; temporary disability paid only because of retraining is limited to 80 weeks unless the Department of Workforce Development determines that additional training is warranted. If a renewed period of temporary disability begins more than 2 years after the injury, it is paid at the maximum rate in effect when the new period begins (or the same proportion of it). Wis. Stat. § 102.43(intro.), (5), (7) |
| Wyoming | Temporary total disability benefits for injuries from any one incident or accident may not exceed a cumulative period of 24 months, although the Workers' Compensation Division may award additional benefits in extraordinary circumstances under its rules. Payments stop earlier if the worker's earning power is substantially restored, or once the worker qualifies for permanent partial or permanent total disability benefits and the first monthly payment is issued. A permanent partial impairment award is paid for the number of months equal to the impairment percentage multiplied by 60 months. Permanent total disability is paid monthly for 80 months, reduced by the months of any earlier permanent partial awards for the same injury; extended benefits may be granted after an award is paid in full, subject to statutory limits. Wyo. Stat. §§ 27-14-404(a), (c), 27-14-405(g), 27-14-406(a), 27-14-403(g) |
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