About Comp Claim Value
Comp Claim Value turns each state's workers' compensation law into plain numbers, so an injured worker can check what the law sets for an injury before accepting an offer.
Why this site exists
After a work injury, most people end up with two documents: an impairment rating from a doctor and a settlement offer from an insurer. What is usually missing is the link between the two: how many weeks the state schedule sets for that body part, what weekly rate applies, and what the statute says the award is worth. That information is public, but it is spread across statutes, agency rate notices and PDF tables that change every year. This site puts it on one page per state and injury, with the calculation shown step by step.
What you will find here
- 51 jurisdictions (the 50 states and the District of Columbia) and 13 injuries: back, neck, shoulder, knee, arm, hand, thumb, index finger, leg, foot, big toe, eye and hearing loss.
- For each state: the weekly benefit rate, the current maximum and minimum, the waiting period and how permanent injuries are paid.
- For each injury: the statutory figure, worked examples by rating and wage, a calculator that also compares an insurer's offer, and a comparison with neighboring states.
- The statute behind every number and links to the official state sources.
- A Spanish version for Spanish-speaking workers in the United States, with the English terms kept in brackets because they are the ones used on forms and insurer letters.
How the figures are kept up to date
Every state publishes new maximum weekly benefits once a year, in January, July or October depending on the state. Once a month an automated check reviews 163 official pages from the 51 state agencies and flags any new dollar amounts or years. Each flagged change is checked against the official notice before the figures and calculators are updated. For example, the new Minnesota ($1,594.08) and Rhode Island ($1,691) maximums that took effect on October 1, 2026 are already applied. Each page shows the date its figures were last checked, and the methodology explains the sources and formulas.
What this site does not do
- It is not a law firm, an insurer or a government agency, and it does not give legal advice.
- It does not refer cases, sell contact details or receive payments from lawyers or insurers.
- It does not publish "average settlement" figures, because no state publishes a reliable dataset of them. The pages show what the statute sets, which is the benchmark a settlement is negotiated from.
- It does not ask for your name, claim number or medical records. The calculators run in your browser.
How the site is funded
The site is free and is funded by Google AdSense advertising. Advertisers have no say over the content, and no figure on the site is paid for.
Corrections and contact
If you find an outdated figure or an error, write to contact@compclaimvalue.com with the state, the page and, if possible, a link to the official notice. Confirmed corrections are applied to the English and Spanish pages. We cannot give advice on individual claims; for that, contact your state's workers' compensation agency or a licensed attorney.