(In effect as of January 1, 2004*)

   TABLE 10.  JURISDICTIONS HAVING "FLEXIBLE MAXIMUM" BENEFIT LEVELS

UNDER WORKERS' COMPENSATION STATUTES*

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       Date

        of                      State

     Adjustment

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       7/1            Alabama -- 100%

       1/1            Alaska -- 120%

       1/1            Arkansas -- 85%

       7/1            Colorado -- 91%

       10/1           Connecticut -- 100%

        1/            Delaware -- 66 2/3%

       1/1            District of Columbia -- 100%

       1/1            Florida -- 100%

       1/1            Hawaii -- 100%

       1/1            Idaho -- 90%

       1/15 & 7/15    Illinois -- 133 1/3%

       7/1            Iowa -- 200%

       7/1            Kansas -- 75%

       1/1            Kentucky -- 100%

       9/1            Louisiana -- 75%

       7/1            Maine -- 90%

       1/1            Maryland -- 100%

       10/1           Massachusetts -- 100% (plus dependents' allowances)

       1/1            Michigan -- 90%

       1/1            Mississippi -- 66 2/3%

       7/1            Missouri -- 105%

       7/1            Montana -- 100%

       1/1            Nebraska -- 100%

       7/1            Nevada -- 100%

       7/1            New Hampshire -- 150%

       1/1            New Jersey -- 75%

       1/1            New Mexico -- 100%

       1/1            North Carolina -- 110%

       7/1            North Dakota -- 110% (plus dependents' allowances)

       1/1            Ohio -- 100%

        2/            Oklahoma -- 100%

       7/1            Oregon -- 133% (eff. for injuries on or after 1/1/02)

       1/1            Pennsylvania -- 100%

       9/1            Rhode Island -- 110% (plus dependents' allowances)

       1/1            South Carolina -- 100%

       7/1            South Dakota -- 100%

       7/1            Tennessee – 100%

       9/1            Texas -- 100%

       7/1            Utah -- 100% (up to 100 percent of AWW)

       7/1            Vermont -- 150% (plus dependents' allowances)

       7/1            Virginia -- 100%

       1/1            Virgin Islands -- 66 2/3%

       7/1            Washington -- 120% (of State’s average monthly wage)

       7/1            West Virginia -- 100%

       1/1            Wisconsin -- 110%

        3/            Wyoming -- 100%

 

                             

*See Introduction page.

TABLE 10.  JURISDICTIONS HAVING "FLEXIBLE MAXIMUM" BENEFIT LEVELS

           UNDER WORKERS' COMPENSATION STATUTES* (cont.)

 

 

 

  *   The percentages reflected in this table refer to benefits for temporary total disability based on the State's Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) or State's Monthly Wage, if not otherwise indicated.

 

    1/ Delaware:  Date for changes in benefits is set at the discretion

                   of the Secretary of Labor.

 

    2/ Oklahoma:  Changes every three years.

 

    3/ Wyoming:  Changes every calendar quarter.

 

 

 

  The following jurisdictions DO NOT have Flexible Maximum benefit

  levels: Arizona, California, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, and      Puerto Rico.

 

 

  Source:  Information from:  “Table 6.  Temporary total Disability”.