Workers Compensation Benefits, Coverage And Costs, 2018

 

  2018 Percent change, 2014-2018
Covered workers (000) 142,618 7.2%
Covered wages ($ billions)  $8,177 19.6
Workers compensation benefits paid ($ billions)  62.9 -1.2
     Medical benefits  31.3 -3.4
     Cash benefits  31.6 1.1
Employer costs for workers compensation ($ billions)  98.6 5.0
Source: Workers Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs, October 2020, National Academy of Social Insurance.