Workers' Compensation—Benefit Index
Rationale
Coverage is not the only way to examine workers' compensation. The amount of the benefit offered relative to proposed guidelines is an indication of the true level of support the program provides to workers who are injured while at work and are unable to continue working. compensation benefits offered
About Measure
Ratio of benefits under current law to benefits under model act of the Advisory Committee on Worker's Compensation on the Council of State Governments (as of 1998).
Source
Thomason, T., & Burton, J.F. Jr. (November/December, 2001). The adequacy of cash benefits prescribed by workers' compensation statutes. Workers' Compensation Policy Review. Volume 1, Issue 6, 23.
| State | Ratio | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 36.1 | 41 |
| Alaska | 42.1 | 34 |
| Arizona | 64.9 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 45.3 | 27 |
| California | 24.7 | 48 |
| Colorado | 35.2 | 43 |
| Connecticut | 43.2 | 30 |
| Delaware | 57.6 | 15 |
| Florida | 32 | 46 |
| Georgia | 45.3 | 27 |
| Hawaii | 68.7 | 7 |
| Idaho | 53.8 | 19 |
| Illinois | 46.5 | 26 |
| Indiana | 37 | 40 |
| Iowa | 52.4 | 20 |
| Kansas | 63.7 | 11 |
| Kentucky | 73.5 | 3 |
| Louisiana | 22.3 | 49 |
| Maine | 67.2 | 8 |
| Maryland | 39.6 | 38 |
| Massachusetts | 56.2 | 16 |
| Michigan | 41.1 | 37 |
| Minnesota | 34.1 | 45 |
| Mississippi | 55.4 | 18 |
| Missouri | 41.7 | 36 |
| Montana | 30.7 | 47 |
| Nebraska | 58.4 | 13 |
| Nevada | 20.3 | 50 |
| New Hampshire | 59.6 | 12 |
| New Jersey | 48.6 | 24 |
| New Mexico | 70.6 | 5 |
| New York | 58.2 | 14 |
| North Carolina | 34.9 | 44 |
| North Dakota | 69.8 | 6 |
| Ohio | 52.3 | 21 |
| Oklahoma | 38.7 | 39 |
| Oregon | 41.8 | 35 |
| Pennsylvania | 110.2 | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 48.7 | 23 |
| South Carolina | 46.7 | 25 |
| South Dakota | 43.7 | 29 |
| Tennessee | 42.5 | 32 |
| Texas | 35.9 | 42 |
| Utah | 42.5 | 32 |
| Vermont | 73.4 | 4 |
| Virginia | 65.4 | 9 |
| Washington | 56.1 | 17 |
| West Virginia | 43 | 31 |
| Wisconsin | 49.6 | 22 |
| Wyoming | 83 | 2 |
