April 12, 2011

Pennsylvania 2011
Statewide Average
Weekly Wage Rates

By:  Kevin L. Connors, Esquire

Pennsylvania has enacted a 2011 statewide average weekly wage rates, effective as of January 1, 2011, for indemnity worker’s compensation benefits, paid as temporary total disability benefits. 

For 2011, the statewide average weekly wage increased by 1.5%.

As of January 1, 2011, the maximum compensation payable rate for temporary total disability benefits under the Pennsylvania Worker’s Compensation Act is $858.00, yielding yearly compensation benefits of $44,616.00, based upon a statewide maximum average weekly wage of $1,287.00.

In 2010, the maximum rate was $845.00, yielding a maximum yearly compensation benefit rate of $43,940.00, without factoring in deductions for attorneys’ fees.

Under the Bureau of Worker’s Compensation 2011 Rate Schedules, injured workers receiving Worker’s Compensation Benefits for temporary total disability benefits are entitled to receive 66 2/3% for any weekly wages within a range of $643.51 per week to a maximum of $1,287.00 per week.

The wage rate for wages ranging between $643.50 and $476.67 is $429.00.

For anyone earning less than $476.66 per week, the Act and the Bureau apply a 90% calculation basis for calculating temporary total disability benefits.

Questions concerning this increase in wages, its impact, or any other issues with regard to workers’ compensation matters, can be directed to the undersigned.

Questions

Questions concerning issues with regard to workers' compensation litigation, can be directed to our workers' compensation attorneys.

ConnorsLaw LLP

Any clients or contacts seeking information about our workers' compensation practice group, kindly contact Kevin Connors at 610-524-2100 Ext. 112, or at kconnors@connorslawllp.com, and kindly consider asking us to provide you with a practical update on the latest trends and developments in Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation practice and procedure.

As the Pennsylvania representative of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network, we encourage you to contact our workers' compensation defense attorneys to discuss the significance of this decision, its potential impact on your workers' compensation defense practice, as well as to offer any other feedback or insight that you might wish to share with us, concerning your experience in handling workers' compensation claims; our workers' compensation defense attorneys remain always available to answer any questions that you might have about workers' compensation practice and procedure, as well as to provide you with our own professional experiences have been in defending thousands of workers' compensation claims.

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