Vermont Workers’ Compensation Calculator 2026

Vermont TTD is not always a simple two-thirds calculation

21 V.S.A. § 642 begins with two-thirds of the worker’s accepted average weekly wage. The annual minimum and maximum then apply. For low wages, the statutory definition of minimum compensation prevents the floor from producing an excessive result: the rate becomes 90% of AWW when 90% is below the published minimum.

Each eligible dependent child under 21 can add the amount shown for the benefit period. The total TTD payment, including dependency benefits, cannot exceed 90% of pre-adjustment AWW. The estimator therefore shows the base compensation and the portion of the requested allowance that fits below that ceiling.

TPD requires comparing two separate methods

For current Vermont claims, 21 V.S.A. § 646 requires the greater of two results: the applicable TTD compensation rate minus wages earned during the partial-disability week, or two-thirds of the difference between preinjury AWW and those current wages. The eligible child allowance is added after that comparison.

This distinction matters most for lower-wage workers because the first route carries Vermont’s minimum and low-wage protections into the comparison. Actual claim calculations can also involve a July cost-of-living adjustment after the statutory trigger; this first-payment estimator uses the published rate period selected and does not reconstruct an individual claim’s COLA history.

Weekly compensation rates change every July 1

The Department’s table also publishes an annual compensation-rate multiplier. Existing awards are not reproduced by merely substituting a new maximum: temporary benefits first adjust on the first July 1 after receipt of 26 weeks of benefits.

TTD and TPD have different waiting rules

TTD is not owed until disability lasts more than three calendar days, which need not be consecutive. If total disability then continues for seven or more consecutive calendar days after the third day, payment becomes retroactive to the first disability day. TPD begins on the eighth day of total or partial disability, and those eight days need not be consecutive.

A written medical note is essential. Benefit entitlement, accepted wages, child status, concurrent employment, later COLAs, work-search obligations, and discontinuance remain claim decisions—not calculator inputs.