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Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.211 (2026)

“Average weekly wage” defined

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      656.211 “Average weekly wage” defined. As used in ORS 656.210 (1), “average weekly wage” means the average weekly wage of workers in covered employment in Oregon, as determined by the Employment Department, for the last quarter of the calendar year preceding the fiscal year in which compensation is paid and as computed by the Employment Department as of May 15 of each year. [1973 c.614 §4; 1990 c.2 §6]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2025 · leading case: Saif Corp. v. Herron, 836 P.2d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 1992).
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Saif Corp. v. Herron, 836 P.2d 131 (Or. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 6× “027, ORS 656.211 and ORS 656.790, address administrative topics and have nothing to do with an individual claim.”
SAIF Corp. v. Traner, 365 P.3d 1078 (Or. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “The maximum attorney fee awarded under this paragraph shall be adjusted annually on July 1 by the same percentage increase as made to the average weekly wage defined in ORS 656.211, if any.” ORS 656.262(11)(a) (emphases added).”
Nelson v. SAIF Corp., 731 P.2d 429 (Or. 1987). “* * *” 3 ORS 656.211 provides: “As used in ORS 656.”
Fischer v. State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., 711 P.2d 162 (Or. Ct. App. 1985). “SAIF paid TTD on the foot claim, in the amount of 100% of the “average weekly wage,” ORS 656.211, from July 29 to August 11,1982.”
Stone Forest Indus., Inc. v. Bowler, 934 P.2d 1138 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “210(1); ORS 656.211. The Workers’ Compensation Law defines “wages” as “the money rate at which the service rendered is recompensed under the contract of hiring in force at the time of the accident[.”
SAIF Corp. v. Frias, 8 P.3d 1005 (Or. Ct. App. 2000). “See ORS 656.211. Hence, the temporary disability compensation paid to claimant would have been less than the $480 that employer had calculated his average weekly wage to be.”
Hartvigsen v. SAIF Corp. (In re Hartvigsen), 421 P.3d 375 (Or. Ct. App. 2018). “The maximum attorney fee awarded under this paragraph shall be adjusted annually on July 1 by the same percentage increase as made to the average weekly wage defined in ORS 656.211, if any." Claimant also sought attorney fees under ORS 656.”
Reynolds v. Hydro Tech Inc., 49 P.3d 827 (Or. Ct. App. 2002). “209 (describing reduction for social security benefits in permanent total disability benefits payable to an injured worker); ORS 656.211 (determination of “average weekly wage” based on wages paid in last quarter of fiscal year preceding year in which compensation is paid); ORS…”
State v. Mattila, 562 P.3d 622 (Or. Ct. App. 2025). “” The term “average weekly wage” is defined in ORS 656.211 to mean: “the average weekly wage of workers in covered employment in Oregon, as determined by the Employment Department, for the last quarter of the calendar year preceding the fis- cal year in which compensation is…”
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