If I am Receiving Workers’ Compensation Benefits, how will Receiving Social Security Benefits Affect my L & I Benefits?

Between Social Security and the Department of Labor & Industries benefits, you are entitled to receive 80 percent of your highest year’s earnings. The highest year’s earnings must be within the five years of your disability date or the average of your highest five consecutive years of earnings. Either Social Security or the Department of Labor & Industries will reduce or “offset” your benefits.