Editorial Policy

Our Sourcing Standard

Every state benefit figure on this site — weekly benefit rates, maximum and minimum compensation, waiting periods, filing deadlines — is sourced and dated. Where possible, we cite the state workers compensation agency directly. Where we've relied on a secondary source (a legal publication, an insurance industry summary, or a comparison table), that's disclosed rather than presented as if it came straight from the agency.

We treat this as a living dataset, not a one-time lookup. Workers comp benefit caps in most states adjust annually — some every January 1, others (Texas, Massachusetts, New York) on a different fiscal cycle tied to that state's average weekly wage. A figure that was correct when we published it can go stale within months.

What "Unverified" Means on This Site

Some pages on this site show a figure as pending verification rather than presenting an unconfirmed number as fact. When that happens:

• The page is excluded from search engine indexing until the figure is confirmed against a reliable source
• We do not fill the gap with an estimated or averaged number dressed up as a real one
• Once verified, the page is updated and the "last verified" date changes to reflect that

We'd rather have a visibly incomplete dataset than a complete one that's wrong. If you land on a page showing a withheld estimate, that's the system working as intended, not a bug.

How We Handle Conflicting Sources

State agencies don't always publish numbers as clearly or as promptly as we'd like, and secondary sources sometimes disagree with each other or with the agency itself — different effective dates, different rounding, or simple errors. When we find a conflict between sources for the same figure, we don't silently pick one. We flag it, note both figures and where each came from, and prioritize whichever source is closest to the state agency itself. Several figures on this site went through exactly this process before publication — sourced first from a broad comparison table, then individually re-verified against agency press releases, official bulletins, or the agency's own published rate schedule once a discrepancy was noticed.

Content Written By

Gardy D. and Newslie E. write and review content on this site. Injury and legal-process descriptions are written to be accurate and genuinely differentiated per page — not templated boilerplate with only the state name changed — while the underlying legal facts (filing deadlines, benefit formulas, agency contacts) come from the sourced dataset described above.

Corrections

If you find an outdated or incorrect figure, tell us which state, which figure, and — if you have it — a link to the current official source. We review every correction request and will update the page and its "last verified" date once confirmed. Reach us through the contact page.

What This Site Is Not

This is an independent informational resource, not a state agency, not a law firm, and not affiliated with any workers compensation board. See our disclaimer for the full scope of what this site does and doesn't provide.