Louisiana Workers’ Comp Benefit Estimator

Hurt on the job in Louisiana? Weekly workers’ compensation benefits are set by formula — two-thirds of your average weekly wage, within state limits that change every year. Enter your pay and situation for a rough estimate of the check the law contemplates. It is not legal advice, and the insurer’s math is worth double-checking.

Everything starts with your average weekly wage — and underpaying it is one of the most common ways injured workers get shorted. Answer what you know; the tool applies the same formulas the statute does.

The estimate

When were you injured?

The state maximum and minimum weekly rates are set each September 1 and depend on your injury date, not today’s date.

How were you paid at the time of the injury? What is your situation? The insurer has been paying late, cut my checks off, or denied the claim

Please read. This tool is a free educational aid, not legal advice, and using it does not create an attorney-client relationship. It applies the core Louisiana formulas (La. R.S. 23:1021, 23:1202, 23:1221) in simplified form. A real benefit computation can differ — the average-weekly-wage rules have special provisions for overtime, multiple employers, piecework, and commission work; supplemental earnings benefits involve disputes over what you are able to earn, not just what you are earning; permanent-partial awards depend on the impairment rating; and benefits interact with Social Security disability and third-party lawsuits. Louisiana workers’ comp does not cover every worker (federal and maritime workers have separate systems), and a Mississippi injury follows entirely different rules. Do not accept or dispute an insurer’s number based on this estimate — have the math checked against your actual wage records. Learn more about the firm’s workers’ compensation practice.

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