The Department of Labor announced the National Average Weekly Wage, Maximum and Minimum Compensation Rates, and Annual Adjustments under Section 10(f) of the LHWCA, Effective October 1, 2020.

The Department of Labor has announced the national average weekly wage that will be applicable for the 12-month period beginning October 1, 2020.  The National Average Weekly Wage beginning on October 1, 2020, and extending to September 30, 2021, is $816.35. Consequently, the maximum compensation rate for total disability and death for that period is $1,632.70, and the minimum compensation rate (not always the minimum rate) payable for disability incurred after October 1, 2020, is $408.18 per week. Cost-of-living adjustments effective on October 1, 2019, are 4.65%.