Hurt at work in New York and wondering what your checks will look like? Use the estimator below to approximate three kinds of workers’ compensation payments: your weekly benefit while you are out or working with restrictions, a schedule loss of use award for an arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, finger, toe or hearing, and reduced earnings benefits if you went back to work for less money.

New York Workers’ Comp Benefits Estimator

Approximate figures for injuries on or after July 1, 2013.

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Include overtime. Yearly gross ÷ 52 is a good start.
These are estimates only, not a promise of benefits or legal advice. Your actual rate depends on how your average weekly wage is calculated, the medical evidence, and decisions by the Workers’ Compensation Board. Weekly benefits are generally not taxed. The first 7 days out of work are unpaid unless you are out more than 14 days.
Questions? Call 718.701.2776

How the numbers work

  • Weekly benefit. Two-thirds of your average weekly wage, multiplied by the degree of disability in your doctor’s reports, up to the state maximum for your date of injury.
  • Schedule award. The schedule loss of use percentage, multiplied by the number of weeks the law assigns to that body part, multiplied by your full weekly rate. See schedule loss of use.
  • Back to work for less. Two-thirds of the difference between what you earned before the injury and what you earn now. See reduced earnings benefits.

The maximum and minimum weekly rates are set each July 1 and depend on your date of injury, not the date you are paid. For injuries from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, the maximum is $1,281.50 a week and the minimum is $384.45, or your actual wages if lower.

Why your real numbers may differ

  • Your average weekly wage is usually calculated from your earnings in the year before the injury, and earnings from a second job can count. Carriers often get it wrong.
  • The judge sets your rate from the medical evidence, which may differ from your doctor’s number. See how judges weigh competing medical reports.
  • Back, neck and head injuries are not schedule awards. They are classified, and benefits depend on your loss of wage-earning capacity.
  • Before any award, a carrier paying voluntarily can change your payments on its own. See the carrier cut my checks after an IME.

Talk to a New York workers’ compensation attorney

The Law Offices of Frank J. Dito, Jr. handles workers’ compensation claims from the office on Staten Island, for injured workers throughout the five boroughs and across New York State. If the estimate does not match your checks, call us. Consultations are free. If we don’t recover money for you, we don’t get paid.

Call 718.701.2776 or 800.310.5520.