CLM: WCRI CompScope Benchmarks examine drivers behind the growth.

Total workers’ compensation claims costs have increased an average of 6% between 2022 and 2025 in the median study state, according to the 2026 edition of the Workers Compensation Research Institute’s (WCRI’s) CompScope Benchmarks. The reports compare the performance of state workers’ compensation systems in 18 different U.S. states. The focus covers overall medical payments, income benefits, use of benefits, duration of temporary disability, benefit delivery expenses (BDE), timeliness of payments, and other metrics, as well as how these metrics have changed between 2020 and 2025.

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