What is the PD money chart?

A lookup table converting a California permanent-disability percentage into money: each PD% has a statutory number of weeks (Lab. Code §4658), and each week pays the PD weekly rate — two-thirds of average weekly earnings, clamped to the year-of-injury minimum and maximum (§4453). Weeks × rate = the PD indemnity total.

How much is each PD percent worth for a 2016 injury?

At the 2016 maximum PD rate, examples from this chart: 10% = $8,772.50, 32% = $42,050.00, 50% = $78,662.50. Enter an average weekly wage below the chart heading to personalize every row.

What happens at 70% and above?

Ratings of 70–99.75% add a life pension after the PD weeks run out (Lab. Code §4659(a)) — a smaller weekly payment for life on top of the totals shown. 100% (permanent total disability) pays weekly for life instead of a finite total.

Why is my weekly rate lower than the chart?

The chart defaults to the year’s statutory maximum, which assumes earnings of at least 1.5× the max rate. If two-thirds of your average weekly wage is below the maximum, your rate is the lower figure — type your AWW into the chart to see your exact numbers.

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The California PD money chart

Every permanent-disability percentage, converted to weeks and dollars for your year of injury — weeks from Lab. Code §4658, weekly rate from §4453. It’s the chart practitioners call the WCAB money chart, computed by the same engine that runs the calculator, not copied from a PDF. Got a rating string instead of a percentage? Decode it.

Injury-specific breakdowns: what a back, neck, shoulder, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, elbow, hand, or foot injury is worth.

Year of injury

Average weekly wage — optional

2016 · weekly rate at the statutory maximum $290.00 · quarter ratings (e.g. 20.25%) fall between the whole-percent rows — the calculator computes them exactly

PD %	Weeks · §4658	Weekly rate	Total PD indemnity
1%	3.00	$290.00	$870.00
2%	6.00	$290.00	$1,740.00
3%	9.00	$290.00	$2,610.00
4%	12.00	$290.00	$3,480.00
5%	15.00	$290.00	$4,350.00
6%	18.00	$290.00	$5,220.00
7%	21.00	$290.00	$6,090.00
8%	24.00	$290.00	$6,960.00
9%	27.00	$290.00	$7,830.00
10%	30.25	$290.00	$8,772.50
11%	34.25	$290.00	$9,932.50
12%	38.25	$290.00	$11,092.50
13%	42.25	$290.00	$12,252.50
14%	46.25	$290.00	$13,412.50
15%	50.50	$290.00	$14,645.00
16%	55.50	$290.00	$16,095.00
17%	60.50	$290.00	$17,545.00
18%	65.50	$290.00	$18,995.00
19%	70.50	$290.00	$20,445.00
20%	75.50	$290.00	$21,895.00
21%	80.50	$290.00	$23,345.00
22%	85.50	$290.00	$24,795.00
23%	90.50	$290.00	$26,245.00
24%	95.50	$290.00	$27,695.00
25%	100.75	$290.00	$29,217.50
26%	106.75	$290.00	$30,957.50
27%	112.75	$290.00	$32,697.50
28%	118.75	$290.00	$34,437.50
29%	124.75	$290.00	$36,177.50
30%	131.00	$290.00	$37,990.00
31%	138.00	$290.00	$40,020.00
32%	145.00	$290.00	$42,050.00
33%	152.00	$290.00	$44,080.00
34%	159.00	$290.00	$46,110.00
35%	166.00	$290.00	$48,140.00
36%	173.00	$290.00	$50,170.00
37%	180.00	$290.00	$52,200.00
38%	187.00	$290.00	$54,230.00
39%	194.00	$290.00	$56,260.00
40%	201.00	$290.00	$58,290.00
41%	208.00	$290.00	$60,320.00
42%	215.00	$290.00	$62,350.00
43%	222.00	$290.00	$64,380.00
44%	229.00	$290.00	$66,410.00
45%	236.00	$290.00	$68,440.00
46%	243.00	$290.00	$70,470.00
47%	250.00	$290.00	$72,500.00
48%	257.00	$290.00	$74,530.00
49%	264.00	$290.00	$76,560.00
50%	271.25	$290.00	$78,662.50
51%	279.25	$290.00	$80,982.50
52%	287.25	$290.00	$83,302.50
53%	295.25	$290.00	$85,622.50
54%	303.25	$290.00	$87,942.50
55%	311.25	$290.00	$90,262.50
56%	319.25	$290.00	$92,582.50
57%	327.25	$290.00	$94,902.50
58%	335.25	$290.00	$97,222.50
59%	343.25	$290.00	$99,542.50
60%	351.25	$290.00	$101,862.50
61%	359.25	$290.00	$104,182.50
62%	367.25	$290.00	$106,502.50
63%	375.25	$290.00	$108,822.50
64%	383.25	$290.00	$111,142.50
65%	391.25	$290.00	$113,462.50
66%	399.25	$290.00	$115,782.50
67%	407.25	$290.00	$118,102.50
68%	415.25	$290.00	$120,422.50
69%	423.25	$290.00	$122,742.50
70%	433.25	$290.00	$125,642.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
71%	449.25	$290.00	$130,282.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
72%	465.25	$290.00	$134,922.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
73%	481.25	$290.00	$139,562.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
74%	497.25	$290.00	$144,202.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
75%	513.25	$290.00	$148,842.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
76%	529.25	$290.00	$153,482.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
77%	545.25	$290.00	$158,122.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
78%	561.25	$290.00	$162,762.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
79%	577.25	$290.00	$167,402.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
80%	593.25	$290.00	$172,042.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
81%	609.25	$290.00	$176,682.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
82%	625.25	$290.00	$181,322.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
83%	641.25	$290.00	$185,962.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
84%	657.25	$290.00	$190,602.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
85%	673.25	$290.00	$195,242.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
86%	689.25	$290.00	$199,882.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
87%	705.25	$290.00	$204,522.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
88%	721.25	$290.00	$209,162.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
89%	737.25	$290.00	$213,802.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
90%	753.25	$290.00	$218,442.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
91%	769.25	$290.00	$223,082.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
92%	785.25	$290.00	$227,722.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
93%	801.25	$290.00	$232,362.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
94%	817.25	$290.00	$237,002.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
95%	833.25	$290.00	$241,642.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
96%	849.25	$290.00	$246,282.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
97%	865.25	$290.00	$250,922.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
98%	881.25	$290.00	$255,562.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
99%	897.25	$290.00	$260,202.50	+ life pension §4659(a)
100%	—		PTD	weekly for life · §4659(b)

Totals are the finite PD indemnity only — ratings of 70% and above additionally receive a life pension after the PD weeks end, and 100% (permanent total) pays weekly for life instead. Click any row to pin it and copy a link straight to that percentage. Estimates for informational use; verify against the DEU. Not legal advice. Tabla de dinero en español →

Reading the chart · example

A 32% rating for a 2016 injury pays 145.00 weeks × $290.00 = $42,050.00 at the maximum rate. How the percentage itself gets built — impairment, occupation, age, apportionment — is the rating pipeline; for one case's anchor — with the life-pension line and fee estimate — use the settlement calculator.

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