How is an employee’s average weekly wage calculated?
In most situations, the employee’s wages for the 13 weeks immediately preceding the injury are averaged to calculate the average weekly wage. However, there are exceptions to just computing the 13 weeks prior to the date of injury. For example, if an employee does not work during one or more of the weeks for the 13 weeks prior to the date of injury, we are required by statute to exclude those weeks from the AWW computation.
