Illinois pays PPD at 60% of your average weekly wage (capped) times the scheduled weeks for the body part — or, for whole-person injuries, times your percentage of 500 weeks.
Illinois PPD per 820 ILCS 305/8: scheduled weeks × your rating, at 60% of wages capped at $1,084.66/week (7/2025–6/2026 practitioner tables — verify against the IWCC rate sheet).
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| PPD weekly maximum (7/2025–6/2026) | $1,084.66 (per practitioner rate tables — confirm against the IWCC table) |
| Schedule (weeks) | Arm 253 · Leg 215 · Hand 205 · Foot 167 · Eye 162 · Whole person 500 |
| Rate | 60% of AWW for PPD; TTD at 66⅔% (max $2,008.60) |
| Attorney fee cap | 20% (820 ILCS 305/16a) |
A comp settlement trades future benefits for a lump sum. Three checks first: does the settlement close your future medical rights (a fair-looking number can be terrible if it does)? Is your impairment rating solid — insurer doctors rate low, and you can usually challenge with an independent exam? And was anyone besides your employer involved — because a third-party claim pays pain and suffering that comp never does.
Illinois pays PPD at 60% of your average weekly wage (capped) times the scheduled weeks for the body part — or, for whole-person injuries, times your percentage of 500 weeks. Settlements then negotiate around that formula number — down for present-value and disputed ratings, up when the insurer wants to close future medical exposure.
PPD weekly maximum (7/2025–6/2026): $1,084.66 (per practitioner rate tables — confirm against the IWCC table) · Schedule (weeks): Arm 253 · Leg 215 · Hand 205 · Foot 167 · Eye 162 · Whole person 500 · Rate: 60% of AWW for PPD; TTD at 66⅔% (max $2,008.60) · Attorney fee cap: 20% (820 ILCS 305/16a)
Not your employer, in most cases — comp is the exclusive remedy. But if anyone else contributed to the injury (a negligent driver, a defective machine's manufacturer, a subcontractor), a third-party claim can pay full damages including pain and suffering, alongside the comp claim. That's the most commonly missed money in work-injury cases.
20% (820 ILCS 305/16a)
The multiplier method with Illinois's fault rule and deadlines applied.
Open →The generic scheduled-award formula with the federal reference schedule.
Open →Comp vs. third-party claims — where the missed money usually is.
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