New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Benefits Chart 2026
Temporary and total disability limits, permanent partial minimums, waiting days, medical control, filing limits, and death-benefit references.
2026 workers’ compensation rates
| Benefit | 2026 weekly rate |
|---|---|
| Temporary total disability | $1,199 maximum / $320 minimum |
| Permanent total disability | $1,199 maximum / $320 minimum |
| Permanent partial disability | $1,199 maximum / $35 minimum |
| Dependency benefits | $1,199 maximum |
TTD and permanent total benefits ordinarily use 70% of AWW within their limits. Permanent partial awards use statutory schedules and percentages; the table alone cannot calculate an award.
Recent TTD rate history
| Accident year | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $320 | $1,199 |
| 2025 | $309 | $1,159 |
| 2024 | $302 | $1,131 |
| 2023 | $293 | $1,099 |
| 2022 | $284 | $1,065 |
Use the New Jersey Calculator for 2024–2026 accidents.
Temporary disability timing
| Topic | General rule |
|---|---|
| Lost-time threshold | Seven days unable to work, including weekends and holidays. |
| Consecutive? | The seven days need not be consecutive. |
| After threshold | Benefits are retroactive to the first day. |
| Usual stopping events | Release to work in some capacity or maximum medical improvement. |
| COLA | No ordinary cost-of-living adjustment for temporary total or partial total disability. |
Medical benefits
The employer or carrier pays necessary and reasonable authorized treatment, prescriptions, and hospital services related to the compensable injury and generally selects the provider. Emergency care and refusal or neglect to furnish necessary treatment require separate analysis. No seven-day lost-time threshold applies to medical benefits.
Permanent disability reference
Scheduled permanent partial
Arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, toes, eyes, ears, teeth, and other listed losses use statutory schedules.
Non-scheduled permanent partial
Back, heart, lungs, and other unlisted body areas or systems use the non-scheduled framework.
Permanent total
Initial entitlement runs 450 weeks and may continue on proof of continuing inability to earn wages.
Second Injury Fund
May assume later permanent-total payments when the last compensable injury combines with qualifying pre-existing disability.
Death and dependency benefits
Weekly death benefits equal 70% of the deceased worker’s weekly wage, subject to the annual maximum, and are divided among dependents as determined by a Judge of Compensation. NJDOL identifies a surviving spouse and natural children in the household as conclusively presumed dependents; other alleged dependents generally must prove dependency.
Children generally remain dependents through age 18, or through age 23 while full-time students, with further eligibility possible for a qualifying disability. The employer or carrier is responsible for up to $3,500 in funeral expenses for a compensable work-related death.
Official sources
Chart last reviewed: August 26, 2026.