2024 California Workers’ Comp Settlement Chart

If you get hurt and you cannot work temporarily, you may be entitled to receive temporary disability benefits. These benefits are intended to cover your lost wages.

Temporary disability benefits may be available until you have reached maximum medical improvement or until you have recovered and gone back to work. Once you have reached maximum medical improvement, if you are still impaired, you will switch to receiving permanent disability benefits.

The table below shows the temporary disability benefits you may be entitled to depending on when your injury took place and the severity of your injury. You can receive temporary disability benefits for a maximum of 104 weeks.

Date of Injury (On or After)	Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) Before Injury	Temporary Total Disability Benefits
1/1/2024	Under $364.29	$242.86
	$364.30 or higher	⅔ x AWE, up to a maximum of $1,619.14
1/1/2023	Under $364.29	$242.86
	$364.30 or higher	⅔ x AWE, up to a maximum of $1,619.14
1/1/2022	Under $346.42	$230.95
	$346.43 or higher	⅔ x AWE, up to a maximum of $1,539.70
1/1/2021	Under $305.16	$203.44
	$305.17 or higher	⅔ x AWE, up to a maximum of $1,356.31
1/1/2020	Under $292.36	$194.91
	$292.37 or higher	⅔ x AWE, up to a maximum of $1,299.43
1/1/2019	Under $281.57	$187.71
	$281.58 or higher	⅔ x AWE, up to a maximum of $1,251.38

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More information for years before 2019 is available on the Department of Industrial Relations website.

If you are permanently disabled, you can receive benefits on an ongoing basis through workers’ compensation.

If you are 100% permanently disabled, you can continue to receive the same benefits you were getting under temporary disability benefits. Usually, this is ⅔ of your average weekly wage earned before your injury–up to maximum and minimum limits.

However, if you are only partly disabled, the amount and duration of your payments will vary based on your disability rating. The chart below shows the number of payment weeks you can receive your permanent disability benefits. If you were injured after 1/1/2005 and your rating was nine, for example, you’d receive benefits for nine times three weeks, or 27 weeks.

Percentage of Permanent Disability	Payments per Percentage Point for Injury Occurring Before 1/1/1992	Payments per Percentage Point for Injury Occurring Between 1/1/1992 and 12/31/2003	Payments per Percentage Point for Injury Occurring Between 1/1/2004 and 12/31/2004	Payments per Percentage Point for Injury Occurring on or After 1/1/2005
Under 10	3	$3.00	4	3
10–14.75	4	4	5	4
15–19.75	4	$4.00	5	5
20–24.75	5	5	5	5
25–29.75	5	$6.00	6	6
30–49.75	6	7	7	7
50–69.75	7	$8.00	8	8
70–99.75	8	9	9	16

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These values are laid out in the California Labor Code.

There are also different maximum and minimum payments applied to permanent disability benefits. The chart below shows these maximum and minimums.

Date of Permanent Disability Injury	Total Disability Percentage	Minimum Weekly Payment Rate	Maximum Weekly Payment Rate	Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit
1/1/2014 or later	Any percent	$160.00	$290.00	$6,000.00
1/1/2013–12/31/2013	1–54	$160.00	$230.00	$6,000.00
1/1/2013–12/31/2013	55–69	$160.00	$270.00	$6,000.00
1/1/2013–12/31/2013	70–99	$160.00	$290.00	$6,000.00
12/31/2012 or before	1–14	$130.00	$230.00	$4,000.00
12/31/2012 or before	15–25	$130.00	$230.00	$6,000.00
12/31/2012 or before	26–49	$130.00	$230.00	$8,000.00
12/31/2012 or before	50–99	$130.00	$270.00	$10,000.00

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Typically, maximum and minimum benefits depend less on the percentage of disability and more on the year the injury occurred.

You may also be entitled to Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits if you have a permanent partial disability and you need educational retraining to find new work since you can no longer do your old job. The chart above shows what this benefit amount will equal.

If an employee dies from a work-related injury, a spouse, children, or other dependents may be entitled to death benefits, including reasonable burial expenses and ongoing benefits, until the last dependent minor turns 18.

Ongoing death benefits are available at the total temporary disability rate with a minimum payment of $244.00 per week. The maximum total amount paid out over time depends on the number of dependents. The California workers’ comp settlement chart below shows how much total compensation is available after a fatal work injury.

Date of Injury	Burial Expenses	One Total Dependent	Two Total Dependents	Three or More Total Dependents	One Total Dependent Plus One or More Partial Dependents	One or More Partial Dependents
1/1/2013 or later	$10,000	$250,000.00	$290,000.00	$320,000.00	$250,000 + 4x annual support for partial dependents, not exceeding $290,000	8x annual support for partial dependents, not exceeding $250,000
12/31/2012 or before	$5,000	$250,000.00	$290,000.00	$320,000.00	$250,000 + 4x annual support for partial dependents, not exceeding $290,000	8x annual support for partial dependents, not exceeding $250,000

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Calculating death benefits for partial dependents is complicated and is therefore best left to an experienced lawyer.

These charts help you to determine the compensation you are entitled to. However, many factors impact your work injury claim. You should always work with an experienced California workers’ comp lawyer to help you understand how these charts apply to your situation and what your claim may be worth over time.