Permanent Partial Disability Schedule and Calculations

The PPD Schedule is authorized in section 102.52 of the Wisconsin state statutes.

Loss of Body Part	Weeks of Compensation
Finger	Distal	2nd Joint	Proximal	Metacarpal & metacarpal bone
Thumb	50 weeks		120 weeks	160 weeks
Index	12 weeks	30 weeks	50 weeks	60 weeks
Middle	8 weeks	20 weeks	35 weeks	45 weeks
Ring	6 weeks	15 weeks	20 weeks	26 weeks
Little	6 weeks	16 weeks	22 weeks	28 weeks

Loss of Body Part	Weeks of Compensation
Arm at the shoulder	500 weeks
Arm at the elbow	450 weeks
Hand/at wrist	400 weeks
Palm where thumb remains	325 weeks
All fingers on one hand at their proximal joints	225 weeks

Loss of Body Part	Weeks of Compensation
Leg at the hip joint	500 weeks
Leg at the knee	425 weeks
Foot at the ankle	250 weeks

Loss of Body Part	Weeks of Compensation
Toe	Distal	2nd Joint	Proximal	Metacarpal & metacarpal bone
Great	12 weeks		25 weeks	83 1/3 weeks
Second	4 weeks	6 weeks	8 weeks	25 weeks
Third	4 weeks	4 weeks	6 weeks	20 weeks
Fourth	4 weeks	4 weeks	6 weeks	20 weeks
Little	4 weeks	4 weeks	6 weeks	20 weeks

Loss of Body Part	Weeks of Compensation
One Eye, by enucleation or evisceration	275 weeks
One Eye for industrial use	250 weeks
Total Deafness by accident or sudden trauma	330 weeks
Total deafness, one ear from accident or sudden trauma	55 weeks

Examples of Simple PPD Calculations

For these examples, we assumed the injury took place in January 2020 and the employee was entitled to the maximum rate of $362.00. The PPD rate is either the maximum rate for year of injury or employee’s TTD rate, whichever is lower. (Maximum Weekly PPD Rates for other dates of injury)

PPD rating by doctor:

10% to the right knee:

10% X 425 weeks (per schedule) = 42.5 weeks
Multiply 42.5 weeks by PPD rate
Therefore:
42.5 weeks X $362.00 =$15,385.00*

25% loss of use to distal joint of left little finger:

25% X 6 weeks (per schedule) =1.5 weeks
Multiply 1.5 weeks by PPD rate
1.5 weeks X $362.00 = $543.00

PPD rating by doctor: 2% loss of use to left wrist:

2% X 400 weeks (per schedule) = 8 weeks
Multiply 8 weeks by PPD rate
8 weeks X $362.00 = $2,896.00

PPD rating by the doctor: 5% to the body as a whole

5% multiplied by 1000 weeks (for nonscheduled injury) = 50 weeks
Multiply 50 weeks by PPD rate
50 multiplied by $362.00=$18,100.00*

PPD is to be paid at a rate of $1,568.67 a month until sum of it has been paid.

Permanent Partial Disability Schedule and Calculations

Examples of Simple PPD Calculations

PPD rating by doctor:

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