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, confirmed against the IWCC table. The Commission publishes the 2026–27 figure on or about 1/15/2027, so this is the newest one that exists |
| 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 $2,045.63, 7/15/2026–1/14/2027) |
| PPD after amputation or loss of an eye | $2,045.63/week, IWCC groups these with death and permanent total, not with ordinary PPD |
| 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, given that 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, confirmed against the IWCC table. The Commission publishes the 2026–27 figure on or about 1/15/2027, so this is the newest one that exists · 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 $2,045.63, 7/15/2026–1/14/2027) · PPD after amputation or loss of an eye: $2,045.63/week, IWCC groups these with death and permanent total, not with ordinary PPD · Attorney fee cap: 20% (820 ILCS 305/16a)
Not your employer, in most cases, because 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, and where the missed money usually is.
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