Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Calculator 2026
Estimate a weekly total-disability or standard permanent-partial-disability rate using Arkansas rounding rules and the injury-year limits.
Estimate Arkansas total disability or PPD
Arkansas total disability starts with two-thirds of AWW
Temporary total disability and permanent total disability use 66⅔% of the legally established average weekly wage, rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The $20 weekly minimum and the maximum for the calendar year of injury then apply. For an injury from January 1 through December 31, 2026, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission publishes a $953 total-disability maximum.
The calculator follows the statutory rounding direction: 49 cents or less rounds down and 50 cents or more rounds up. It does not merely display two decimal places.
Standard PPD uses a two-route calculation
Arkansas does not apply one flat PPD percentage in every case. When the worker’s total-disability rate is at least $205.35, the standard PPD rate is 75% of that total-disability rate, up to the annual PPD maximum. Below that threshold, PPD uses 66⅔% of AWW with the $20 minimum and a $154 ceiling. The 2026 annual PPD maximum is $715.
Amputation or permanent total loss of use of a scheduled member is an important exception: the statute uses the total-disability rate. The standard PPD option in this calculator does not model that exception or decide the number of payable weeks.
Recent maximums supported by the calculator
| Injury year | Total disability maximum | PPD maximum |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $953 | $715 |
| 2025 | $903 | $677 |
| 2024 | $876 | $657 |
| 2023 | $835 | $626 |
The injury year controls. A claim from an earlier year does not automatically move to the 2026 ceiling.
What the result does not determine
A weekly rate is only one part of an Arkansas claim. The estimate cannot determine whether the worker was covered, whether an injury is compensable, the legally correct AWW, healing period, work capacity, impairment percentage, scheduled weeks, wage-loss disability, offsets, penalties, attorney fees or the final Commission award.
Are the first seven disability days paid?
Not initially. If disability lasts 14 calendar days, benefits become payable beginning the day after injury; otherwise the first seven disability days remain unpaid.
How often are checks normally issued?
AWCC guidance states that compensation is normally paid every other week after the first payment becomes due.
Is PPD simply the impairment percentage multiplied by AWW?
No. The weekly PPD rate and the legally assigned number of weeks are separate parts of the calculation.
Official sources
- AWCC Advisory 2000-1: 2026 weekly rates.
- AWCC Workers’ Compensation Questions & Answers.
- Arkansas Code — sections 11-9-501, 11-9-519, 11-9-521 and 11-9-522.
Reviewed: September 1, 2026.