Indiana § 22-3-3-22 - Awards; computation

§ 22-3-3-22. Awards; computation

Sec. 22. (a) In computing compensation for temporary total disability, temporary partial disability, and total permanent disability, the average weekly wages are considered to be:

(1) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2014:

(A) not more than nine hundred seventy-five dollars ($975); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75);

(2) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2014, and before July 1, 2015:

(A) not more than one thousand forty dollars ($1,040); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75);

(3) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2016:

(A) not more than one thousand one hundred five dollars ($1,105); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75);

(4) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, 2023:

(A) not more than one thousand one hundred seventy dollars ($1,170); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75);

(5) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2024:

(A) not more than one thousand two hundred five dollars ($1,205); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75);

(6) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025:

(A) not more than one thousand two hundred forty-one dollars ($1,241); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75);

(7) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2026:

(A) not more than one thousand two hundred seventy-eight dollars ($1,278); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75); and

(8) with respect to injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2026:

(A) not more than one thousand three hundred sixteen dollars ($1,316); and

(B) not less than seventy-five dollars ($75).

However, the weekly compensation payable shall not exceed the average weekly wages of the employee at the time of the injury.

(b) The maximum compensation, exclusive of medical benefits, that may be paid for an injury under any provision of this law or any combination of provisions may not exceed the following amounts in any case:

(1) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2014, three hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($325,000).

(2) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2014, and before July 1, 2015, three hundred forty-seven thousand dollars ($347,000).

(3) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2015, and before July 1, 2016, three hundred sixty-eight thousand dollars ($368,000).

(4) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2016, and before July 1, 2023, three hundred ninety thousand dollars ($390,000).

(5) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2023, and before July 1, 2024, four hundred two thousand dollars ($402,000).

(6) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, four hundred fourteen thousand dollars ($414,000).

(7) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2025, and before July 1, 2026, four hundred twenty-six thousand dollars ($426,000).

(8) With respect to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 2026, four hundred thirty-nine thousand dollars ($439,000).

Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.40; Acts 1943, c.136, s.3; Acts 1945, c.188, s.1; Acts 1949, c.243, s.4; Acts 1951, c.294, s.6; Acts 1953, c.172, s.1; Acts 1955, c.181, s.1; Acts 1957, c.298, s.4; Acts 1959, c.315, s.2; Acts 1963, c.387, s.12; Acts 1965, c.217, s.2; Acts 1967, c.312, s.2; Acts 1969, c.94, s.4; Acts 1971, P.L.353, SEC.5; Acts 1974, P.L.108, SEC.13. As amended by Acts 1976, P.L.112, SEC.3; Acts 1977, P.L.261, SEC.3; Acts 1979, P.L.227, SEC.4; Acts 1980, P.L.22, SEC.15; P.L.225-1983, SEC.2; P.L.223-1985, SEC.2; P.L.95-1988, SEC.8; P.L.170-1991, SEC.9; P.L.258-1997(ss), SEC.7; P.L.31-2000, SEC.4; P.L.134-2006, SEC.6; P.L.275-2013, SEC.7; P.L.160-2022, SEC.4.