U.S. worker compensation benefits by state 2017

The statistic depicts the worker compensation benefits paid by private insurers in the United States in 2017, by state. The value of worker compensation benefits paid by private insurance carriers in Texas amounted to approximately 729 million U.S. dollars in 2017.

Worker compensation benefits paid by private insurers in the United States in 2017, by state (in million dollars)

Characteristic	Benefits in million U.S. dollars
Alabama	294.38
Alaska	170.05
Arizona	583.06
Arkansas	149.86
California	7,485.06
Colorado	251.49
Connecticut	654.59
Delaware	170.21
District of Columbia	89.69
Florida	2,356.48
Georgia	1,007.94
Hawaii	156.01
Idaho	93.84
Illinois	1,730.74
Indiana	512.74
Iowa	506.81
Kansas	321.23
Kentucky	326.34
Louisiana	456.83
Maine	170.52
Maryland	493.02
Massachusetts	887.43
Michigan	590.59
Minnesota	787.76
Mississippi	239.76
Missouri	661.22
Montana	79.22
Nebraska	246.41
Nevada	240.43
New Hampshire	145.34
New Jersey	1,835.66
New Mexico	186.71
New York	2,756.05
North Carolina	838.82
North Dakota	0.28
Ohio	10.37
Oklahoma	288.99
Oregon	212.32
Pennsylvania	2,021.03
Rhode Island	61.06
South Carolina	650.42
South Dakota	95.89
Tennessee	575.39
Texas	728.98
Utah	226.32
Vermont	125.51
Virginia	742.83
Washington	16.91
West Virginia	152.44
Wisconsin	1,027.94
Wyoming	0.74

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Release date

October 2019

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017

Special properties

data may not include second injury fund for all states and may understate total payments.

Supplementary notes

* South Carolina's State Accident Fund is not a competitive state fund.
** In 2008, West Virginia completed the transition from an exclusive state fund to a competitive fund. All benefits for workers injured after the transition are paid by private carriers.
States with exclusive funds (North Dakota, Ohio, Washington, and Wyoming) may have small amounts of benefits paid by private carriers. This is because some employers doing business in states with exclusive funds may be required by Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA) provisions to obtain coverage from private carriers, or may obtain employer's liability coverage that the state fund is not authorized to provide. In addition, private carriers may provide excess compensation coverage in some of these states.
Figures have been rounded.

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