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Workers' compensation costs: 2013
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These pages explain changes in Oregon workers’ compensation costs from 2012 to 2013 and show trends in costs.


Employer notices:

  • Notice to all Oregon employers about 2013 costs
  • Notice to employers who pay the Workers’ Benefit Fund assessment annually


    • Key points:

  • Pure premium, reflecting changes in medical claims costs, increases an average of 1.7 percent in 2013 compared to 2012.
  • Employers see this change when their policy renews.
  • The assessment to cover the costs of administering workers’ compensation programs remains at 6.2 percent of workers’ compensation premium in 2013. Self-insured employers and self-insured employer groups pay 6.4 percent.
  • Effective Jan. 1, 2013
  • The Workers’ Benefit Fund (WBF) assessment is increasing from 2.8 cents per hour in 2012 to 3.3 cents in 2013.
  • Effective April 1, 2013




    • Ombudsman for Small Business
    503-378-4209

    E-mail: david.waki@state.or.us

    Economic impact:

    Employees:
    1.6 million

    Employers: 100,000

    Summary of employer
    workers' comp. costs:

    $1.52 per
    $100 of payroll

    Pure premium increase 2013:

    1.7 percent

    How does
    Oregon rank?

    13th lowest rate in
    the nation (2012)