Workers' comp deadline calculator
Pick your state, the type of injury, and the trigger date. We'll compute your notice and filing deadlines with the source statute cited. Informational only — not legal advice.
Compute deadlines
Pick your state, your injury type, and the trigger date. We'll show notice + filing deadlines.
How this calculator works
Workers' comp deadlines are statute-driven and state-specific. Most states require two things on different clocks:
- Notice to your employer — usually a short window, measured in days from the injury (typically 30, but ranges from 5 in Alabama to 120 in Pennsylvania).
- Filing a claim with the state — usually a longer window, measured in years from the injury (typically 1–3, but as short as 6 months in West Virginia and as long as 6 years in Wisconsin).
For occupational disease and cumulative trauma, the clock often starts on a different date — the day you knew (or should have known) the condition was work-related. We model that with the “discovery date” and “last-exposure date” inputs above.
We do not yet model the “last payment of benefits” trigger that several states allow as an alternative — those add time to the clock and require a separate input. See methodology →