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Workers’ Compensation Wage History and AWW Worksheet
Calculate the simple mean of entered weekly earnings before applying a state wage-base method, cap, minimum, or benefit rate
Available output: the entered-fact wage, payment, or event record named above. State benefit methods, deadlines, penalties, and legal effect remain held.
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What this workpaper does
This calculator totals the entered weekly earnings and returns their simple mean as a wage-history check. It does not apply a state lookback method, excluded-week rule, concurrent-employment rule, statutory cap or minimum, or compensation rate.
Use it when: Counsel evaluates a new claim, benefit rate, or settlement.
- Page reviewed
- August 24, 2026
- Source links checked
- August 21, 2026
- Implemented rule scope
- Simple mean of entered wage rows; no state AWW method, cap, minimum, or compensation-rate rule is loaded
Method
This workpaper uses deterministic arithmetic, chronology, reconciliation, or coverage logic from the entered fields. It does not persist client facts or send field values to general analytics.
The result is an attorney workpaper, not a legal conclusion. Verify current primary authority and every fact against the file.
Before relying on it
- 01Confirm the date of injury and governing state.
- 02Enter the complete wage history from reliable records.
- 03Identify overtime, tips, allowances, short employment, and concurrent work.
- 04Apply the current state method, cap, minimum, and benefit type before relying on an AWW or rate.
What the workpaper returns
- Count of valid weekly earnings rows
- Entered weekly earnings total
- Simple mean of entered weekly earnings
- Missing or invalid wage rows
- State AWW method and compensation rate held for reviewed authority
Representative facts
Worked example
- Scenario
- Four weekly earnings rows are entered for $800, $1,000, $900, and $1,100.
- Result
- The workpaper reports four valid rows, a $3,800 entered total, and a $950 simple mean.
- Boundary
- The selected state’s legal AWW method, benefit rate, cap, minimum, overtime treatment, similar-employee method, and concurrent-employment rule remain held for reviewed authority.
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