Workers' Compensation Payments statistics


ITEM	1970	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

Workers covered ¹(mil.)	59	79	78	77	78	82	84	86	88	91	104	106	104	104	106	109	113	115	118	121

Premium amounts paid ²	4.9	22.3	23.0	22.8	23.0	25.1	29.2	34.0	38.1	43.3	48.0	53.1	55.2	57.4	60.8	60.5	57.1	55.1	52.0	52.1
Private carriers ²	3.6	15.7	16.2	15.4	15.4	16.6	19.5	22.8	25.4	28.5	31.9	35.1	35.7	34.5	35.6	34.0	31.6	30.3	29.1	29.7
State funds	0.7	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.5	4.5	5.5	6.7	7.2	8.0	8.7	9.6	10.9	11.2	10.5	10.1	9.4	9.7
Federal programs ³	0.2	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7
Self-insurers	0.5	2.4	2.8	3.2	3.5	3.9	4.5	4.9	5.4	6.2	6.9	7.9	8.7	10.8	11.8	12.8	12.5	12.0	11.0	10.0

Annual benefits paid ²	3.0	13.6	15.1	16.4	17.6	19.7	22.2	24.6	27.3	30.7	34.3	38.2	42.2	45.7	45.3	44.6	43.4	42.1	40.6	41.7
By private carriers ²	1.8	7.0	7.9	8.6	9.3	10.6	12.3	13.8	15.5	17.5	19.9	22.2	24.5	25.3	24.1	22.3	21.1	20.5	20.6	22.2
From state funds ⁴	0.8	4.3	4.6	4.8	5.1	5.4	5.7	6.2	6.8	7.4	8.0	8.8	9.7	10.7	10.6	10.8	11.0	10.7	10.1	10.4
Employers' self-insurance ⁵	0.4	2.3	2.6	3.0	3.2	3.7	4.1	4.5	5.1	5.7	6.4	7.2	7.9	9.7	10.6	11.5	11.2	10.9	9.9	9.1

Type of benefit:
Medical/hospitalization	1.1	3.9	4.4	5.1	5.7	6.4	7.5	8.6	9.9	11.5	13.4	15.2	16.8	17.6	17.5	17.2	16.7	16.6	(NA)	(NA)
Compensation payments	2.0	9.7	10.6	11.3	11.9	13.3	14.7	16.0	17.4	19.2	20.9	23.1	25.3	28.1	27.8	27.5	26.7	25.5	(NA)	(NA)
Disability	1.8	8.4	9.2	9.9	10.4	11.7	13.1	14.3	15.8	17.6	19.2	21.2	23.3	26.0	25.4	25.5	24.8	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)
Survivor	0.2	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.1	2.4	2.0	2.0	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)

Percent of covered payroll: ¹
Workers' compensation costs ⁶ ⁷	1.11	1.96	1.85	1.75	1.67	1.66	1.82	1.99	2.07	2.16	2.04	2.13	2.16	2.13	2.17	2.05	1.83	1.67	1.46	1.35
Benefits ⁷	0.66	1.07	1.08	1.16	1.17	1.21	1.30	1.37	1.43	1.49	1.43	1.49	1.64	1.66	1.58	1.52	1.39	1.28	1.14	1.08

NA Not available.
1 Data for period 1980 to 1988 not comparable with later years.
2 Premium and benefit amounts include estimated payments under insurance policy deductible provisions. Deductible benefits are allocated to private carriers and state funds.
3 Includes Federal employer compensation program and that portion of Federal black lung benefits program financed from employer contributions.
4 Net cash and medical benefits paid by competitive and exclusive state funds and by Federal workers' compensation programs, including black lung benefit program.
5 Cash and medical benefits paid by self-insurers, plus value of medical benefits paid by employers carrying workers' compensation policies that exclude standard medical coverage.
6 Premiums written by private carriers and state funds, and benefits paid by self-insurers increased by 5-10 percent prior to 1992 and by 11 percent for 1992-98 for administrative costs. Also includes benefits paid and administrative costs of federal system for government employees.
7 Excludes programs financed from general revenue-black lung benefits and supplemental pensions in some states.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin. Beginning 1994, National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington, DC, Workers' Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs, 1994-95, and 1996, New Estimates.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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