Golden State Accounts for 20% of National Comp Payments

California accounted for 12% of all jobs covered by workers’ compensation in the year before the pandemic, 14.4% of all covered wages and 19.7% of all indemnity and medical benefits, according to data from the National Academy of Social Insurance. “Nationwide, NASI reports state and federal workers’ compensation programs, encompassing both insured and self-insured employers, covered 144.4 million jobs and an estimated $8.56 trillion in covered payroll in 2019,” the California Workers’ Compensation Institute said in a bulletin published Thursday. “Benefits p...