REVISED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 31, 2024
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Gary Molloy
Office: (340) 773-1994 ext. 2105
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Virgin Islands Department of Labor (VIDOL) Announces 2025 Workers’ Compensation Maximum Wage Rate

USVI – Commissioner Gary Molloy of the Virgin Islands Department of Labor (VIDOL) announces an update to the Workers’ Compensation Maximum Wage Rate for 2025. Based on employment wage statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Average Weekly Wage in the Virgin Islands has been set at $996.60 per week.

As a result, the maximum benefit amount for Disability Income Benefits has been adjusted. Effective for injuries occurring on or after January 1, 2025, the new rates are:

• $664.00 per week (previously $662.00 per week)
• $132.88 per day (previously $132.40 per day)

This adjustment aligns with Title 24, Chapter 12, Section 254(c), which specifies that temporary total disability benefits shall be 66 2/3 percent of the employee’s weekly wage rate at the time of injury, capped at 66 2/3 percent of the Average Weekly Wage in the Virgin Islands. The minimum weekly benefit remains at $60.00, or the employee’s weekly wages if less than $60.00.

For more information, please feel free to contact Rainia Thomas, Director or Kesi Petersen, Assistant Director at St. Croix: (340) 773-1994 ext. 2173 or St. Thomas: (340) 776-3700 ext. 2016 or via email at rania.thomas@dol.vi.gov or kesi.petersen@dol.vi.gov or in general contact VIDOL at St. Croix: (340) 773-1994 or St. Thomas: (340) 776-3700. You can also visit www.vidol.gov/workers-compensation/ or follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/USVIDOL for updates.

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