Workers Compensation Benefits, Coverage And Costs, 2020

 

  2020 Percent change, 2016-2020
Covered workers (000) 135,572 -2.1%
Covered wages ($ billions)  $8,694 17.0
Workers compensation benefits paid ($ billions)  58.9 -6.0
     Medical benefits  27.7 -12.0
     Cash benefits  31.2 0.1
Employer costs for workers compensation ($ billions)  93.0 -7.2
Source: Workers Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs, November 2022, National Academy of Social Insurance.