New South Wales

Victoria

Queensland

Western Australia

South Australia

Tasmania

Northern Territory

Australian Capital Territory

C’wealth

New Zealand

Employees covered for workers’ compensation (2017–18)

3,744,030

3,108,363 

2,300,330 

1,263,997 

788,355 

226,556 

136,286 

168,133 

Private Sector Workforce

416,556 

1,957,547 

Number of serious claims with one week or more incapacity (2017–18)

34,097

21,010 

28,864 

11,725 

6,944

3,276 

1,151

1,698 

1,836

31,647

Number of serious claims per 1,000 employees (2017–18)

9.1 

6.8 

12.5 

9.3 

8.8

14.5 

8.4

10.1

4.4

16.2

Compensated deaths per 100,000 employees (2017–18)

2.5

1.3

3.2

1.3

1.3

1.8

4.4

0.6

3.1

4.7

Scheme funding

Managed

Central

Central

Private insurers

Central

Private insurers

Private insurers

Private insurers

Central

Central

Standardised Average Premium rate (% of payroll)

1.35 (2019-20)

1.35 (2018-19)

1.31 (2019-20)

1.32 (2018-19)

1.15 (2019-20)

1.14 (2018-19)

1.29 (2019-20)

1.26 (2018-19)

1.64 (2019-20)

1.68 (2018-19

1.67 (2019-20)

1.67 (2018-19)

1.52 (2019-20)

1.60 (2018-19)

1.75 (2019-20)

1.74 (2018-19)

Private Sector 

0.67 (2019-20)

0.75 (2018-19)

0.54 (2019-20)

0.57 (2018-19)

Standardised Funding Ratio (%)

(2016-17)

114

107

179

124

117

130

108

N/A

128

130

Excess/ Unfunded

(30 June 2021)

$382 million unfunded as at 31 December 2020

$3.583 billion excess

$2.189 billion funded 

N/A

$348 million unfunded

N/A

N/A

N/A

$482 million excess

$2,527 billion excess

Work Account only.

Access to Common Law

Yes

Yes — limited

Yes

Yes

Yes – limited

Yes

No

Yes

Yes — limited

No