Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the minimum and maximum rates are adjusted annually to the greater of $840 or the state average weekly wage (SAWW). The SAWW for the 12 months ending Mar. 31, 2005 was $838.42, so maximum TTD and PTD rates for 2006 work injuries remained $840 -- the same as for 2005 injuries. The 4.96 percent increase in the SAWW for the 12 months ending Mar. 31, 2006 means the rate rises to $881.66 for injuries on or after Jan. 1, 2007. The minimum TTD rate is also subject to annual adjustment based on increases in the SAWW, so the minimum rate of $126.00 will increase to $132.25. The maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rate was increased to $916.33 on Jan. 1, 2008. This marks the second year in a row that the TTD rate will be affected by a change in the state average weekly wage (SAWW). California's maximum temporary total disability rate will increase to $958.01 in 2009, marking the third year in a row that the state average weekly wage has affected the rate. The U.S. Department of Labor has released new data showing California's State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose from $956.20 to $984.83 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2009 - an increase of just under 3 percent - which will push up minimum and maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rates for 2010 work injuries, as well as other workers' compensation benefits that have been tied to changes in the SAWW.

How are the minimum and maximum temporary disability amounts determined?

 

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Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the minimum and maximum rates are adjusted annually to the greater of $840 or the state average weekly wage (SAWW). The SAWW for the 12 months ending Mar. 31, 2005 was $838.42, so maximum TTD and PTD rates for 2006 work injuries remained $840 -- the same as for 2005 injuries. The 4.96 percent increase in the SAWW for the 12 months ending Mar. 31, 2006 means the rate rises to $881.66 for injuries on or after Jan. 1, 2007. The minimum TTD rate is also subject to annual adjustment based on increases in the SAWW, so the minimum rate of $126.00 will increase to $132.25.

The maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rate was increased  to $916.33 on Jan. 1, 2008. This marks the second year in a row that the TTD rate will be affected by a change in the state average weekly wage (SAWW).

California's maximum temporary total disability rate will increase to $958.01 in 2009, marking the third year in a row that the state average weekly wage has affected the rate.

The U.S. Department of Labor has released new data showing California's State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose from $956.20 to $984.83 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2009 - an increase of just under 3 percent - which will push up minimum and maximum temporary total disability (TTD) rates for 2010 work injuries, as well as other workers' compensation benefits that have been tied to changes in the SAWW.




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