Workers’ Compensation Benefits Increase Effective January 1, 2025

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Workers’ compensation benefit rates are subject to an increase as of January 1 of each year when there is an increase to the State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW). SAWW is reported by the U.S. Department of Labor for California for the 12 months ending March 31 in the year preceding the injury. Labor Code section 4453(a)(10) requires that the maximum and minimum weekly earnings in which Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits are based on, be increased by the amount equal to the percentage increase in the SAWW.