Historic Benefit Levels

Maximum Weekly CompensationMaximum Total Compensation
Date of InjuryWeekly BenefitStatewide Average Weekly WageSAWW Calendar YearPermanent Total DisabilityTemporary Total or Permanent Partial DisabilityFunctional
Only
Benefit
Excluding
TTD1
DeathFuneral ExpenseUnauthorized Medical Expenses

 

 

July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024$804.00$1,072.662022$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$10,000$500No limit
July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023$765.00$1,019.852021$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$10,000$500No limit
July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022$737.00$982.262020$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$10,000$500No limit
July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021$687.00$916.302019$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$10,000$500No limit
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020$666.00$888.292018$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$10,000$500No limit
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019$645.00$859.762017$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$10,000$500No limit
July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018$631.00$841.192016$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017$627.00$836.522015$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2015 – June 30, 2016$610.00$813.982014$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015$594.00$791.622013$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014$587.00$782.512012$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013$570.00$760.092011$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012$555.00$740.402010$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
May 15, 2011 - June 30, 2011$545.00$726.112009$155,000$130,000$75,000$300,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2010 - May 14, 2011$545.00$726.112009$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010$546.00$727.692008$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009$529.00$705.352007$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008$510.00$679.812006$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007$483.00$643.842005$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006$467.00$622.092004$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005$449.00$598.792003$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004$440.00$586.512002$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2002 - June 30, 2003$432.00$575.452001$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2002$417.00$556.432000$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001$401.00$534.401999$125,000$100,000$50,000$250,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 1999 - June 30, 2000$383.00$510.671998$125,000$100,000$50,000$200,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 1998 - June 30, 1999$366.00$488.131997$125,000$100,000$50,000$200,000$5,000$500No limit
July 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998$351.00$468.411996$125,000$100,000$50,000$200,000$4,300$500No limit
July 1, 1996 - June 30, 1997$338.00$450.531995$125,000$100,000$50,000$200,000$3,300$500No limit
July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996$319.00$434.991994$125,000$100,000$50,000$200,000$3,300$500No limit
July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995$326.00$425.151993$125,000$100,000$50,000$200,000$3,300$500No limit
July 1, 1993 - June 30, 1994$313.00$417.321992$125,000$100,000$50,000$200,000$3,300$500No limit
July 1, 1992 - June 30, 1993$299.00$398.851991$125,000$100,000Same as TTD or PPD; TTD was not excluded$200,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1991 - June 30, 1992$289.00$385.151990$125,000$100,000Same as TTD or PPD; TTD was not excluded$200,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1990 - June 30, 1991$278.00$370.751989$125,000$100,000Same as TTD or PPD; TTD was not excluded$200,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1989 - June 30, 1990$271.00$361.481988$125,000$100,000Same as TTD or PPD; TTD was not excluded$200,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1988 - June 30, 1989$263.00--$125,000$100,000Same as TTD or PPD; TTD was not excluded$200,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1987 - June 30, 1988$256.00--$125,000$100,000Same as TTD or PPD; TTD was not excluded4$200,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1986 - June 30, 1987$247.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1985 - June 30, 1986$239.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1984 - June 30, 1985$227.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000$3,200$350No limit
July 1, 1983 - June 30, 1984$218.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000

$2,000

$350No limit
July 1, 1982 - June 30, 1983$204.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000$2,000$350No limit
July 1, 1981 - June 30, 1982$187.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000$2,000$350No limit
July 1, 1980 - June 30, 1981$170.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000$2,000$150No limit
July 1, 1979 - June 30, 1980$148.00--$100,000$75,000-$100,000$2,000$150No limit
July 1, 1978 - June 30, 1979$129.06--$50,000$50,000-$50,000; can be higher with children$2,000$150No limit
July 1, 1977 - June 30, 1978$120.95--$50,000$50,000-$50,000 can be higher with children$2,000$150No limit
July 1, 1976 - June 30, 1977$112.67--$50,000$50,000-$50,000 can be higher with children$1,000$100No limit
July 1, 1975 - June 30, 1976$103.10--$50,000$50,000-$50,000 can be higher with children$1,000$100No limit
July 1, 1974- June 30, 1975$95.20-----$50,000 can be higher with children$1,000-No limit
1972$56.00-----

$50,000 can be higher with children

$750-$10,500
1970$49.00-----$16,500$750-$10,500
1968$49.00-----$16,500$750-$8,500
1967$49.00-----$16,500$750-$7,500
1963$42.00-----$15,000$600-$6,000
1961$38.00-----$13,500$600-$4,000
1959$38.00-----$13,500$600-$2,500
1957$34.00-----$12,500$450-$2,500
1955$32.00-----$12,500$450-$2,500
1953$28.00-----$9,000$450-$1,500
1951$25.00-----$6,000$300-$1,500
1947$20.00-----$5,000$150-$570
1929$18.00-----$4,000$150-$500
1927$18.00-----$4,000$150-$200
1923$15.00-----$3,800$150-$150
1917$15.00-----$3,800$150 if no dependents-$150
1911$15.00-----$3,600Only if no dependents-Fatal cases if no dependents no provisions otherwise
  1. Maximum functional impairment only benefit excluding TTD can be found in K.S.A. 44-510f(a)(4).
  2. Citations for Permanent Partial General Disability (PPD) include:
    • Functional impairment K.S.A. 44-510e(a)(2)(C), effective May 15, 2011
    • Work disability K.S.A. 44-510e(a)(2)(E), effective May 15, 2011
      Functional impairment and work disability cannot be awarded together.
      Effective May 15, 2011, PPD is limited to functional impairment unless:
    • The percentage of functional impairment is greater than 7½ percent of the body as a whole
    • OR the overall functional impairment is equal to or greater than 10 percent of the body as a whole where there is preexisting functional impairment
    • AND there is a post-injury wage loss [defined in K.S.A. 44-510e(a)(2)(E)] equal to or greater than 10 percent directly attributable to the work injury only.
  3. From July 1, 1993 to May 14, 2011, a wage loss equal to or less than ten percent meant functional impairment only.
  4. From July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1993, there was no work disability if the post-injury wage was comparable to the pre-injury wage; functional impairment introduced as an alternative.
  5. In 1979, there arose a new statutory definition of Permanent Partial Disability (PPD), the origin of what eventually became the General PPD or “work disability” in Kansas: “the extent of permanent partial general disability shall be the extent, expressed as a percentage, to which the ability of the workman to engage in work of the same type and character that he was performing at the time of his injury, has been reduced.” [K.S.A. 1979 Supp. 44-510e(a)]
Medical Mileage Effective

Rate

July 1, 2022 to present$0.585
January 1, 2021 -July 1, 2022$0.56
July 1, 2020 -December 31, 2020$0.575
July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020$0.575
July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019$0.545
January 1, 2017 -June 30, 2018$0.535
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016$0.54
July 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015$0.57
July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2015$0.56
July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013$0.55
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012$0.51
January 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011$0.50
July 1, 2009 - Dec. 31, 2009$0.55
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009$0.505
July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008$0.47
July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007$0.43
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2006$0.40
July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2005$0.37
July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004$0.36
July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2003$0.33
July 15, 2000 - June 30, 2001$0.325
April 1, 1999 - July 14, 2000$0.31
July 1, 1998 - March 31, 1999$0.32
July 1, 1997 - June 30, 1998$0.31
July 1, 1996 - June 30, 1997$0.30
July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996$0.29