WORKER’S COMPENSATION - MAXIMUM WAGE AND RATE CHART - WKC-9572-P (R. 04/2026)

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Provides a Wisconsin workers’ compensation schedule listing maximum wages and benefit rates by effective date. Includes maximum weekly wages for temporary/permanent total and death benefits, daily and weekly rates, maximum wages for permanent partial benefits, and corresponding monthly and annual wage totals. Also specifies maximum death benefits, maximum payments to spouse, maximum payments from children’s fund, death benefits to unestranged parents, maximum burial expense, and state fund payment amounts for both dependency and no-dependency scenarios.

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Maximum Wage and Rate Chart

Maximum Weekly Wages and Benefit Rates

Maximum Death Benefits and Spouse/Children/Parents Payments

Burial Expense and State Fund Payments

Dependency vs. No-Dependency State Fund Payments

WORKER’S COMPENSATION--MAXIMUM WAGE AND RATE CHART |
EFFECTIVE DATE | 04/01/2026 | 01/01/2026 | 01/01/2025 | 03/24/2024 | 01/01/2024 | 01/01/2023 | 04/10/2022 | 01/01/2022 | 01/01/2021 | 01/01/2020 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | MAXIMUM WEEKLY WAGE FOR | $2,062.50 | $2,062.50 | $1,989.00 | $1,944.00 | $1,944.00 | $1,870.50 | $1,738.50 | $1,738.50 | $1,641.00 | $1,576.50 | | TEMPORARY, PERMANENT | | | | | | | | | | | | TOTAL & DEATH BENEFITS | | | | | | | | | | | | WEEKLY RATE | $1,375.00 | $1,375.00 | $1,326.00 | $1,296.00 | $1,296.00 | $1,247.00 | $1,159.00 | $1,159.00 | $1,094.00 | $1,051.00 | | DAILY RATE | $229.17 | $229.17 | $221.00 | $216.00 | $216.00 | $207.84 | $193.17 | $193.17 | $182.33 | $175.17 | | MAXIMUM WAGE FOR PERMANENT | $681.00 | $669.00 | $669.00 | $645.00 | $645.00 | $645.00 | $622.50 | $543.00 | $543.00 | $543.00 | | PARTIAL ONLY | | | | | | | | | | | | MONTHLY RATE | $1,967.18 | $1,932.67 | $1,932.67 | $1,898.00 | $1,863.33 | $1,863.32 | $1,798.33 | $1,568.67 | $1,568.67 | $1,568.67 | | WEEKLY RATE | $454.00 | $446.00 | $446.00 | $438.00 | $430.00 | $430.00 | $415.00 | $362.00 | $362.00 | $362.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAXIMUM ANNUAL WAGE | $103,125.00 | $103,125.00 | $99,450.00 | $97,200.00 | $97,200.00 | $93,525.00 | $86,925.00 | $86,925.00 | $82,050.00 | $78,825.00 | | (WEEKLY WAGE X 50) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAXIMUM DEATH BENEFIT | $412,500.00 | $412,500.00 | $397,800.00 | $388,800.00 | $388,800.00 | $374,100.00 | $347,700.00 | $347,700.00 | $328,200.00 | $315,300.00 | | (ANNUAL WAGE X 4) | | | | | | | | | | | | MAXIMUM PAYMENT TO SPOUSE | | | | | | | | | | | | MONTHLY RATE | $5,958.33 | $5,958.33 | $5,746.00 | $5,616.00 | $5,616.00 | $5,403.63 | $5,022.33 | $5,022.33 | $4,740.66 | $4,554.33 | | WEEKLY RATE | $1,375.00 | $1,375.00 | $1,326.00 | $1,296.00 | $1,296.00 | $1,247.00 | $1,159.00 | $1,159.00 | $1,094.00 | $1,051.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAXIMUM PAYMENT FROM | | | | | | | | | | | | CHILDREN’S FUND | | | | | | | | | | | | MONTHLY RATE | $595.83 | $595.83 | $574.60 | $561.60 | $561.60 | $540.37 | $502.23 | $502.23 | $474.07 | $455.43 | | WEEKLY RATE | $137.50 | $137.50 | $132.60 | $129.60 | $129.60 | $124.70 | $115.19 | $115.19 | $109.40 | $105.10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DEATH BENEFITS TO | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | $6,500.00 | | UNESTRANGED PARENTS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MAXIMUM BURIAL EXPENSE | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | $10,000.00 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PAYMENT INTO STATE FUND | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | | s. 102.59 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | PAYMENT INTO STATE FUND | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | $20,000.00 | | TOTAL DEPENDENCY--s. 102.49 | | | | | | | | | | | PAYMENT INTO STATE FUND NO DEPENDENCY--s. 102.49 | 01/01/2026 | $82,500 per installment if max | 01/01/2023 | $74,820 per installment if max | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | $81,200 if parents receive $6,500 | | $73,520 if parents receive $6,500 | | 01/01/2025 | $79,560 per installment if max | 01/01/2022 | $69,540 per installment if max | | | $78,260 if parents receive $6,500 | | $68,240 if parents receive $6,500 | | 01/01/2024 | $77,760 per installment if max | 01/01/2021 | $65,640 per installment if max | | | $76,460 if parents receive $6,500 | | $64,340 if parents receive $6,500 | Effective For Injuries On Or After 1/1/2006 DWD is an equa

FAQs

What does the maximum wage and rate chart provide by effective date?

It provides maximum weekly, daily, monthly, and annual wage figures and related benefit rates for workers’ compensation purposes, organized by each effective date shown.

How are permanent partial benefits reflected in the chart?

The chart includes a dedicated line for “MAXIMUM WAGE FOR PERMANENT PARTIAL ONLY,” along with the applicable monthly rate and weekly rate values for each effective date.

What additional amounts are listed for death-related and state-fund payments?

It lists maximum death benefits, maximum payments to a spouse, payments from the children’s fund, death benefits to unestranged parents, maximum burial expense, and “PAYMENT INTO STATE FUND” amounts with separate dependency and no-dependency sections.

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