How Much Workers' Comp Pays in Oregon

Temporary total disability is 66⅔% of the worker's wages, up to 133% of the state average weekly wage, and not less than 90% of wages or $50 a week, whichever is less. Workers with more than one job at the time of injury may receive supplemental benefits for lost wages from the other jobs.

Effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, the state average weekly wage is $1,461.21. The Workers' Compensation Division lists a current maximum temporary disability rate of $1,943.41 per week for injuries from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027 (133% of the state average weekly wage for new injuries). The statutory minimum is the lesser of 90% of wages or $50 a week.

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.

Temporary disability is not paid for the first three calendar days after the worker leaves work or loses wages because of the injury, unless the worker is totally disabled for 14 consecutive days or is admitted to a hospital as an inpatient within 14 days of the start of total disability. If the worker leaves work on the day of injury, that day counts as the first of the three days.

For injuries on or after Jan. 1, 2005, permanent partial disability has two parts: an impairment benefit, based on the permanent loss of use or function (as a percentage of the whole person) and the state average weekly wage; and, if payable, a work disability benefit, which adjusts the impairment for age, education and ability to do the job at injury, based on the worker's wage. Permanent total disability is 66⅔% of the worker's weekly wage, for injuries on or after Jan. 1, 2018, no more than 133% and no less than 33% of the state average weekly wage at the time of injury.