MN Comp Buddy · Built by Dan Swenson, Robert Wilson & Associates
Minnesota work comp calculators
Check the math. Know where you stand.
Free Minnesota work comp calculators and plain-English guides. Check the adjuster's math and track your own claim. No login, no paywall, and nothing you enter into the calculators is sent to us.
Not sure where your claim stands?
Claim Checkup: do I need a lawyer?
A handful of plain questions about your claim, and an honest green, yellow, or red answer. Green means your claim looks on track and there is nothing for a lawyer to do. Like everything here, it runs in your browser and nothing you enter into the checkup is sent to us.
Start the checkup (2 minutes)Why this site exists
The information should not be a secret.
Most people with a work injury are new to this system. The benefits are confusing, and it is hard to tell whether the adjuster is paying you right. Usually your options are to trust them, spend hours checking it yourself, or call a lawyer before you know what the numbers even are.
This site would rather give you the answer. These calculators show their work and cite the statute and rate table behind every number, so you can check each step yourself. Sometimes catching one wrong wage figure or missed payment is enough to get a claim back on track.
MN Comp Buddy is Dan Swenson's tool site. Dan is a Minnesota workers' compensation attorney at Robert Wilson & Associates. If you have a question, call or text (651) 283-8747. The calculators stay free either way. They are general information, not legal advice. Use them so you walk into any conversation already knowing the numbers.
Free tools
Check your benefits
Every calculator is free and runs in your browser. They are built from Minn. Stat. ch. 176 and the DLI rate tables, and each result shows its steps and source. No sign-up, nothing saved on our end.
Average Weekly Wage
The number most of your benefits are built on. Check it from weekly wages, salary, or pay stubs.
Use calculator →TTD (Temporary Total)
Your weekly check while you are off work. See if the rate matches the statute.
Use calculator →TPD (Temporary Partial)
What you are owed when you are back at reduced hours or lighter pay.
Use calculator →PPD (Permanency)
Schedule lookup, guided rating, and dollars for a Rule 5223 percent.
Use calculator →PPD rules by body part
Lumbar, shoulder, wrist, knee, and other Minnesota Rule 5223 categories.
Use calculator →PTD (Permanent Total)
Rate, offsets, and a value range for permanent total disability.
Use calculator →PTD Threshold
Check the permanency threshold and timing for permanent total.
Use calculator →SSDI Offset
Estimate how Social Security can offset a PTD benefit.
Use calculator →Escalation
Annual benefit adjustments under the statute.
Use calculator →Claim Exposure
Wage loss, PPD, and a rough reserve estimate in one place.
Use calculator →Interest
What late or missed payments may be worth.
Use calculator →Deadlines
Notice, filing, appeal, and other timing rules.
Use calculator →PPD Combine
Combine multiple PPD ratings the Minnesota way.
Use calculator →Attorney Fees
Fee percentages and statutory caps, so there are no surprises.
Use calculator →Death / Dependency
Death benefits and a dependency estimate.
Use calculator →Treatment Parameters
12-week clinic windows, MRI timing, injection counts, and the listed exceptions.
Use calculator →Medical Mileage
Log trips to appointments and total what you are owed.
Use calculator →Guides
How workers’ comp works in Minnesota
Rates, first payment, doctor choice, QRC changes, IMEs, and what happens when a check stops.
What treatment does workers’ comp cover?
Chiropractic, PT, MRI, injections, surgery notice, and PTSD under Minn. R. ch. 5221.
How does workers’ comp work in Minnesota?
Wage-loss, medical, PPD, and the rate table behind the weekly check.
Minnesota work comp rates
SAWW, weekly maximum, and weekly minimum by date of injury.
Minnesota QRC list
Search the published Qualified Rehabilitation Consultant directory.
Can I be fired for filing a workers comp claim in Minnesota?
At-will employment versus illegal retaliation under Minn. Stat. 176.82.
What is an IME?
The insurer’s exam, whether you can refuse, and what the report can do.
What is a NOID?
The form that stops TTD checks, and the short window to object.
Can I change my QRC?
The 60-day rule, the R-8 path, and a letter you can send.
What is MMI?
The plateau date. TTD generally ends 90 days after written notice.
Can I refuse light duty?
A release is not a job. Refusing a suitable offer can stop TTD for good.
My workers’ comp claim was denied
Why denials happen, Claim Petition vs NOID, and how to challenge at OAH.
What is TTD?
Two-thirds of AWW, the weekly maximum, and the 130-week cap for modern injuries.
Should I accept a settlement?
What a stipulation closes, medical leave-open risk, and how to price exposure.
How long do I have to report a work injury?
14-, 30-, and 180-day notice tiers under Minn. Stat. § 176.141.
What is a Claim Petition?
The pleading that turns a denied claim into a case at OAH.
Gillette injuries in Minnesota
Cumulative trauma with no single accident; notice and causation rules.
Your data, your computer
Keep a case file as you go.
As you use the tools, your entries save to a single case file on your own device. Download it, set it aside, and load it back later. We never see it. No account, no server holding your information.
If your claim is steady and you just want to watch it, that is the whole workflow: run the numbers, save the file, monitor it yourself. If the day comes that you want help, hand that one file to whichever attorney you choose and they are up to speed on day one.
Who's behind this
Daniel C. Swenson
Dan is a Minnesota workers' compensation attorney at Robert Wilson & Associatesin Minneapolis. He built this site because most injured workers just need the real numbers, and the state's formulas are public law that anyone should be able to check. He reviews every calculator and guide here against the statute.
What this site is
Comp isn't an add-on here. It's the lane this site was built for.
Everything on MN Comp Buddy is specific to Minnesota workers' compensation: Minn. Stat. ch. 176, the DLI rate tables, the permanency schedule in Minnesota Rules ch. 5223, and the deadlines that actually control a claim. Each calculator is reviewed by Daniel C. Swenson, Minnesota workers' compensation attorney, Robert Wilson & Associates, and shows the statute it is applying.
The goal is to empower injured workers. Not every claim needs a lawyer. If the adjuster is doing everything correctly, there is nothing for an attorney to do.
It is frustrating when a claim is going fine and then one dispute with the adjuster leaves you choosing between losing benefits you may be entitled to and hiring a lawyer you would rather not need. The tools here are meant to help you push back when the adjuster is wrong, and to make it obvious when a problem is big enough to hand to a professional.
Problems that get worse if you wait
Plenty of claims run fine on their own. But some problems are hard to fix once you let them slide, because the dispute steps have firm deadlines. If any of these sound familiar, use the tools and guides here to understand exactly what is happening and what your options are, before it snowballs.
- Your wage-loss checks are wrong, late, or stopped without a clear reason. Start here →
- Treatment or surgery your doctor recommended is being delayed or denied. Start here →
- The QRC or rehab plan feels like it is working for the insurer, not for you. Start here →
- You got a notice of intent to discontinue (NOID) and do not know what to do. Start here →
- A settlement offer landed and you have no idea if it is fair. Start here →
Work comp is rule heavy: forms, offsets, deadlines, and defenses that shift over time. Miss one and it costs you. The guides here explain each rule and cite the statute, so you can see for yourself whether the insurer's answer holds up.
What we cover
Pick your lane
Benefits
Check my benefits
Verify AWW, TTD, TPD, PPD, PTD, deadlines, interest, and claim exposure with Minnesota-specific calculators.
Permanency
PPD / permanency
Schedule ratings, combination math, body-part pages, and issue hubs tied to the Minnesota schedule.
Rehab / QRC
Rehab & QRC help
Find QRC help, understand rehab deadlines, compare options, and act on change-QRC, retraining, or R-8 closure issues.
QRC / rehab directory
257+ qualified rehabilitation consultants across Minnesota, with city, firm, language, and UCWCP filters.
Start with the numbers.
Run your wage and benefit figures through the calculators, save your case file, and know exactly where your claim stands. If the numbers do not add up, you can call or text Dan Swenson, the attorney who built this site.
Important: This site is informational and not affiliated with the State of Minnesota. The directory is a convenience, not an endorsement. Always confirm current details with the provider, and confirm any benefit number with the MN DLI.