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HRS §392-22

Weekly benefit amount

This section explains how your weekly workers' compensation benefit is calculated. It depends on your average weekly wage, with a percentage formula and a maximum limit. Some high earnings are not counted.

employees

The statute, as written — Weekly benefit amount

Benefits shall be computed as weekly amounts in the manner provided in this section: (1) If the average weekly wage of the employee is less than $26, the weekly benefit amount shall be equal to the average weekly wage but not more than $14; (2) If the average weekly wage of the employee is $26 or more the weekly benefit amount shall be fifty-eight per cent of the average weekly wage rounded off, if not a multiple of $1, to the next higher multiple of $1; (3) If the average weekly earnings of the employee exceed an amount equal to one fifty-second of the product obtained by multiplying the amount of the average annual wage in Hawaii, as determined pursuant to section 383-22(b), by the factor of 1.21, such excess shall not be included in the computation of the weekly benefit amount; and (4) In no case shall the weekly benefit amount exceed the maximum weekly benefit specified in section 386-31.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§383-22 How your weekly unemployment check amount is calculated

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