Oregon Workers' Compensation Costs

Oregon workers’ compensation costs, already among the lowest in the nation, will drop in 2019 for the sixth-straight year. Driving the average decrease in the pure premium are lower medical care costs and less severe claims.

Charts

Review charts illustrating the
breakdown of Oregon's workers' compensation ranking

Charts

Oregon vs. Nation

Color-coded maps of the U.S. ranking of each state’s workers’ compensation premium rates (Oregon is 7th lowest)

Oregon vs. Nation

Rulemaking

Assessment on workers’ compensation premium set by the Department of Consumer and Business Services

Rulemaking

Report and Resources

Report on premium rate indices from
51 jurisdictions and workers’
compensation resources

Resources

Pure premium

Average 9.7 percent decrease from 2018
Portion of the premium employers pay insurers to cover anticipated claims cost for job-related injuries and deaths

Premium assessment

Increase from 7.4 percent to 7.8 percent in 2019
Self-insured employers and public-sector self-insured employer groups pay 8.0 percent
Private-sector self-insured employer groups pay 8.8 percent
Covers the costs of administering workers’ compensation and worker safety programs

Workers’ Benefit Fund assessment

Decrease from 2.8 cents per hour worked in 2018 to 2.4 cents per hour worked in 2019.
This assessment:

Funds return-to-work programs
Provides increased benefits over time for workers who are permanently and totally disabled
Gives benefits to families of workers who die from workplace injuries or diseases