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If you or a loved one sustains a workplace injury or illness, it is crucial to obtain workers’ compensation insurance payments to help with medical care and any temporary or permanent disability. Workers’ compensation in Nevada pays two-thirds of your average monthly wage (66.66%) while you recover from your injury.
Keep reading to learn the maximum payouts for Nevada workers’ compensation claims in 2023.
The maximum workers’ compensation payout for Nevada workplace injury victims increased effective July 1, 2022. For this current fiscal year, the average weekly wage, as determined by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation (DETR) in Nevada, is $1,125.45. This is an increase over the amount used during the previous fiscal year.
But what does this average weekly wage increase actually mean? This means that if you are injured at work and need to claim workers’ compensation benefits, you will be able to obtain more during this fiscal year than the prior fiscal year. If we examine Nevada Revised Statutes 616A.065, we can see that the maximum average monthly wage is based on 150% of the average weekly wage multiplied by 4.33. For example, the current fiscal year calculation would look like this:
The maximum disability compensation for Nevada for a workplace injury or illness is 66 2/3% of the average monthly wage for the current fiscal year. Based on the calculation above, the maximum monthly wage is $7,309.80. The maximum disability compensation is 66 2/3% of either that number or the actual earned wage, if a person earned less than that. Therefore, we can look at the following compensation to see that the maximum disability compensation in Nevada that began on January 1, 2022, is:
The change to the average weekly wage and maximum disability benefits affects both temporary disability benefits and permanent disability benefits. All workers’ compensation claims are calculated using the updated average weekly wage for the fiscal year.
However, it is crucial to understand that individuals are not able to receive more than one type of benefit during the same time period for the same workers’ compensation claim. For example, individuals cannot get permanent partial disability benefits (PPD) at the same time that they receive temporary total disability benefits (TTD).
If individuals receive TTD benefits, this means that their injury or illness temporarily prevents them from performing their job duties. TTD benefits are designed to cover lost wages at the rate of 66 2/3% of their average monthly wage while a person recovers.
PPD benefits are based on a workplace injury victim’s permanent impairments as determined by a qualified medical provider. Usually, the workers’ compensation insurance carrier will offer a PPD lump sum settlement based on the percentage of their disability rating, the average monthly wage, the age of the injured individual, and whether or not an individual has already received TTD payments.
We strongly encourage any person who has been injured in the workplace to reach out to a skilled work injury attorney in Nevada as soon as possible.