Enter your injury type, impairment rating, and wage to estimate your PPD settlement and net recovery after attorney fees.
Rough estimate. State formulas vary - not legal advice.
The calculator multiplies the body part's scheduled maximum weeks by your impairment rating to get weeks awarded. Weeks awarded times your weekly benefit rate (about two-thirds of your wage, up to the state cap) gives the PPD settlement. Add medical costs, subtract the attorney fee (modeled at 18%), and you have your estimated net recovery.
The weekly benefit calculator isolates your comp rate without the settlement math.
Most PPD settlements start with three numbers: the maximum weeks assigned to your injured body part, your impairment rating as a percentage, and your weekly benefit rate (about two-thirds of your average weekly wage, up to the state cap). Multiply them together and add your unpaid medical costs. That is the gross settlement before attorney fees.
For example: a back injury (scheduled at 400 weeks), a 15% impairment rating, and a pre-injury wage of $1,200 per week. The weekly benefit rate works out to roughly $800. Multiply 400 by 15% to get 60 weeks awarded, times $800 for a PPD amount near $48,000 before medical costs. Subtract an 18% attorney fee and you have the estimated net. The adjuster's opening number and this number will not match.
If you are still off work, the lost wages calculator estimates your temporary total disability benefits. The weekly benefit calculator finds your weekly comp rate. Texas claims work differently: the state pays impairment income benefits on a statutory formula instead of a negotiated lump sum, so run the Texas workers comp settlement calculator for those numbers.
Generally: scheduled weeks for the body part × impairment rating × weekly benefit rate, plus medical costs.
Usually about two-thirds of your average weekly wage, subject to a state maximum.
A doctor's percentage estimate of permanent disability from your injury.
Comp attorney fees are typically a capped percentage; we model 18%.
No - state formulas vary widely. Consult a workers' comp attorney.