How Much Workers' Comp Pays in Indiana

A worker who is temporarily totally disabled receives two-thirds of their average weekly wage over the past 52 weeks, up to the statutory maximum. Workers' compensation benefits are not taxable.

For injuries from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, the maximum average weekly wage used is $1,316, so the maximum weekly benefit is $878; the minimum weekly wage used is $75. Total compensation for temporary total disability, permanent partial impairment, permanent total disability and death combined is capped at $439,000. For injuries from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, the maximum weekly benefit was $852 (total cap $426,000).

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).

Weekly income benefits are paid if you cannot return to work for more than seven days. The first weekly payment should be mailed 15 days after the date of injury. The first week of lost time is not paid until you have been out 21 days.

Permanent partial impairment (PPI) is based on a physician's rating in degrees of impairment, using the statute's schedule of degrees for specific body parts (or the whole body), multiplied by a dollar value per degree. For injuries from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, each degree is worth $1,970 for degrees 1–10, $2,197 for degrees 11–35, $3,585 for degrees 36–50, and $4,569 for degrees 51–100. Loss of both hands, both feet, total sight of both eyes, or two such losses in the same accident is rated at 100 degrees.