Texas Workers’ Comp Weekly Benefit Rates Set

The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the maximum weekly benefit rates for workers’ compensation income benefits is set at $787 and the minimum weekly benefit rate is set at $118 for the period of Oct. 1, 2011, through Sept. 30, 2012.

By comparison, the maximum and minimum weekly workers’ compensation income benefit rates for dates of injury from Oct. 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2011, were $766 and $115, respectively.

By statute, the maximum and minimum weekly workers’ compensation income benefit rates vary by income benefit type.

Source: Texas Department of Insurance