Workers' comp weekly benefit in Oregon: how much it pays

Temporary disability (time-loss) benefits can pay two-thirds of your gross (before-tax) wages, up to $1,943.41 a week (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027).

Checked against official sources: October 31, 2026.

Deadlines are strict. If you are near one, call the state agency or free help today.

Weekly benefit in Oregon

What it pays: Two-thirds of your gross (before-tax) wages
Maximum: $1,943.41 a week (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)
Minimum: $50 a week (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027)
Minimum rule: The minimum is $50 a week or 90% of your weekly wage, whichever is less. So if your weekly wage is under about $75, you receive 90% of it, but never more than $50 from this minimum rule.
Applies to: Injuries from July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2026, for time-loss due from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Injuries on or after January 1, 2027, use a different formula.
How your wages are figured: For one job, your weekly wage is your daily wage times the number of days a week you regularly worked; the insurer may also average your wages with the employer at injury over the 52 weeks before the injury. If you had more than one job when you were hurt, tell the insurer within 30 days after it receives your claim and send proof of those wages within 60 days of its request; you may get supplemental disability for lost wages from the other jobs.
How long it can last: Time-loss is paid while your attending physician (or authorized nurse practitioner) authorizes time off work, until you are medically stationary or released to regular work. Emergency room doctors can authorize time-loss for only 14 days, chiropractic and naturopathic physicians for 30 days from the first visit, and nurse practitioners and physician associates for up to 180 days.

Time-loss for temporary total disability pays two-thirds (66 2/3%) of your gross weekly wage. The most you can get is 133% of the state average weekly wage: $1,943.41 a week for time-loss due from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. The minimum is $50 a week or 90% of your wage, whichever is less. The maximum changes every July 1. For injuries on or after January 1, 2027, a new law changes the formula to 75% of the part of your wage up to 75% of the state average weekly wage plus 65% of the part above it.

Law: ORS 656.210(1)-(3), 656.211, 656.005(1); Or. Laws 2026, ch. 78 (SB 1519)

Source: wcd.oregon.gov

Changes in 2024–2026

From July 1, 2024, insurers may pay time-loss after the first payment at least every 14 days or on the employer's payroll schedule, and vocational training assistance no longer requires authorization to work in the U.S. The state average weekly wage rose to $1,461.21 on July 1, 2026, making the time-loss maximum $1,943.41. SB 1519 (Oregon Laws 2026, chapter 78) changes temporary and permanent total disability for injuries on or after January 1, 2027: 75% of the part of the wage up to 75% of the state average weekly wage, plus 65% of the part above it, up to 133% of the state average weekly wage; WCD will revise Bulletin 111 before the end of 2026.

Law: OAR 436-060-0150; OAR 436-120

Benefit estimate calculator

We do not offer a calculator for Oregon: its rule has parts that a simple estimate cannot show. Read the rule above and ask the state agency.

Sources

The official sources for Oregon are listed on the Oregon page.

National rules that may also matter

Taxes, Social Security, leave and the ADA

Taxes on workers' compensation Workers' compensation benefits for a work injury or illness are fully exempt from federal income tax when they are paid under a workers' compensation law. Pay you get for doing light-duty work is taxable as wages. If your workers' compensation reduces your Social Security benefits, that part may be taxable as Social Security benefits. Federal employees: FECA compensation is not taxable, but continuation of pay (up to 45 days) and sick leave pay while a claim is decided are taxed as wages.

Law: IRS Publication 525 (2025), Workers' Compensation; 26 U.S.C. 104(a)(1)

Social Security disability and workers' compensation If you get Social Security disability benefits and workers' compensation at the same time, Social Security may reduce its benefit. The reduction applies when your Social Security benefits (including benefits paid to your family on your record) plus your workers' compensation are more than 80% of your 'average current earnings', or more than your family's Social Security benefit before the reduction, if that is higher. A lump-sum workers' compensation settlement can also be counted. The reduction stops when you reach full retirement age. It does not apply when the state law paying your workers' compensation reduces that benefit instead for people on Social Security, if that state rule was in place on February 18, 1981.

Law: 42 U.S.C. 424a(a), (b), (d); SSA POMS DI 52101.001, DI 52105.001

Job-protected leave (FMLA) The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period for a serious health condition, and keeps your group health coverage. It covers private employers with 50 or more employees in at least 20 workweeks of this year or last year, all public agencies, and public and private elementary and secondary schools. You are eligible if you worked there at least 12 months, worked at least 1,250 hours in the 12 months before the leave, and work at a site with at least 50 employees within 75 miles. Time off for a work injury can count as FMLA leave if your employer designates it. If your doctor clears you only for light duty, you may turn down a light-duty job and stay on unpaid FMLA leave until it runs out, but you may lose workers' compensation payments.

Law: 29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.; 29 CFR 825.207(e); DOL Wage and Hour Division, Family and Medical Leave Act

Disability rights when you go back to work (ADA) Not every work injury is a 'disability' under the Americans with Disabilities Act. If yours is, an employer with 15 or more employees may have to make a reasonable accommodation, unless it would cause undue hardship, for example by moving minor (marginal) duties you cannot do to other workers or changing your schedule. The employer does not have to remove the essential functions of the job.

Law: 42 U.S.C. 12111(5)(A); EEOC Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA (Notice 915.002)

In these states, the state reduces some or all types of workers' compensation for people who also get Social Security disability, so Social Security does not reduce its benefit for those payments.

States that reduce workers' comp when you also get Social Security disability: Alaska, California, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin.