DWC Announces Temporary Total Disability Rates for 2023

San Bernardino, CA ( WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announces that the 2023 minimum and maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rates will increase on January 1, 2023. The minimum TTD rate will increase from $230.95 to $242.86 and the maximum TTD rate will increase from $1,539.71 to $1,619.15 per week.

Labor Code Section 4453(a) (10) requires the maximum and minimum weekly earnings upon which TTD is based be increased by an amount equal to percentage increase in the State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) as compared to the prior year. The SAWW is defined as the average weekly wage paid to employees covered by unemployment insurance as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor for California for the 12 months ending March 31 in the year preceding the injury. In the 12 months ending March 31, 2022, the SAWW increased from $1,570 to $1,651—an increase of 5.15924 percent.

The calculation of the 2023 SAWW increase is as follows:

The calculation of minimum TTD rate for 2023 is as follows:

The calculation of maximum TTD rate for 2023 is as follows:

Under Labor Code Section 4659(c), workers with a date of injury on or after January 1, 2003 who receiving life pension (LP) or permanent total disability (PTD) benefits are also entitled to have their weekly LP or PTD rate adjusted based on the SAWW.

SAWW figures may be verified using the U.S. Department of Labor’s data.

The California Department of Industrial Relations, established in 1927, protects and improves the health, safety, and economic well-being of over 18 million wage earners, and helps their employers comply with state labor laws. DIR is housed within the Labor & Workforce Development Agency

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