These comprehensive reports help workers’ compensation policymakers and other system stakeholders identify current cost drivers and emerging trends in total costs per claim and key components.

They compare the performance of state workers’ compensation systems in 18 states, focusing on overall medical payments, income benefits, use of benefits, duration of temporary disability, benefit delivery expenses, timeliness of payments, and other metrics.

Additionally, the studies examine how these system performance metrics have changed, primarily from 2020 to 2025, for claims at various maturities. We analyze claims with experience through 2025 for injuries up to and including 2024, and in some cases, we use a longer time frame to supply historical context.

The 18 states in the study are Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin. There are individual reports for every state except Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, and Virginia.

CompScope™ Benchmarks, 2026 Edition. Terence Cawley, Roman Dolinschi, William Monnin-Browder, Evelina Radeva, Karen Rothkin, Bogdan Savych, and Rebecca Yang. April 2026. WC-26-06 to WC-26-17.

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This bundle includes the following reports:

  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for California, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Delaware, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Florida, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Illinois, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Indiana, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Massachusetts, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Michigan, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Minnesota, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for New Jersey, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for North Carolina, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Pennsylvania, 2026 Edition
  • CompScope™ Benchmarks for Wisconsin, 2026 Edition