When you drive to a doctor, therapist, pharmacy or medical exam for a work injury, the workers' comp insurer generally has to pay for the trip, and many states set the per-mile rate in a statute, a rule or an official notice. This workers' comp mileage reimbursement calculator uses the official 2026 rate for 37 states and applies any minimum trip length in the state rule.
Rate per mile for medical travel in 2026, as of September 27, 2026. Where a state follows the IRS business rate, the rate changed on July 1, 2026 because the IRS raised it mid-year.
| State | 2026 rate per mile | Basis | Trip rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State employee rate | No minimum found |
| Alaska | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State employee rate | Paid once 100 miles add up |
| California | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State rate (follows IRS) | No minimum |
| Colorado | 63 cents | Division rate | No minimum |
| Connecticut | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | Federal (GSA) rate | Beyond a one-fare limit |
| Delaware | 50 cents | State rate fixed by statute | No minimum found |
| Georgia | 45 cents | Fixed by Board rule | No minimum |
| Idaho | 70 cents to Aug 31; 75 cents from Sep 1 | State employee rate | First 15 miles of each round trip not paid |
| Indiana | 49 cents to Aug 6; 64 cents from Aug 7 | State employee rate (ceiling) | Treatment outside the county of employment |
| Iowa | 70 cents to Jun 30; 72.5 cents from Jul 1 | IRS rate on July 1 | Paid once 50 miles add up |
| Kansas | 70 cents | State employee rate | Round trips over 5 miles |
| Louisiana | 76 cents | State employee rate | No minimum found |
| Maine | 46 cents | Fixed by Board rule | No minimum |
| Maryland | 72.5 cents | Commission posting | No rule found |
| Massachusetts | 58.5 cents | DIA circular letter | No minimum found |
| Michigan | 72.5 cents | Agency table (follows IRS) | No minimum found |
| Minnesota | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State rate (a ceiling) | No minimum found |
| Mississippi | 72.5 cents | Commission chart | No rule found |
| Montana | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State employee rate | First 100 miles a month not paid |
| Nebraska | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | Court table (follows IRS) | No minimum found |
| Nevada | 72.5 cents | State employee rate | No rule found |
| New Hampshire | 72.5 cents | State employee rate | No minimum found |
| New Mexico | 70 cents | State rate (prior-year IRS rate) | 15 miles or more one way |
| New York | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | Board notice | No minimum found |
| North Carolina | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | IRS business rate | 20 miles or more round trip |
| North Dakota | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State employee (GSA) rate | 50 miles one way, or 200 miles a month |
| Oklahoma | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State travel rate (IRS) | Only miles over 20 per round trip |
| Oregon | 72.5 cents | Federal (GSA) rate, Bulletin 112 | No minimum |
| South Carolina | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State rate (follows IRS) | More than 5 miles from home |
| Tennessee | 72.5 cents | State employee rate (IRS) | More than 15 miles one way |
| Texas | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State employee rate | More than 30 miles one way |
| Vermont | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | Federal (GSA) rate | No minimum |
| Virginia | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | IRS business rate | No minimum found |
| Washington | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State employee rate | Over 15 miles one way; first 15 each way not paid |
| West Virginia | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State rate (follows GSA) | No minimum found |
| Wisconsin | 51 cents | State employee rate | No minimum found |
| Wyoming | 72.5 cents to Jun 30; 76 cents from Jul 1 | State employee rate (ceiling) | 10 miles or more one way |
Tied to the IRS business rate: Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming pay the IRS business standard mileage rate, directly or through a state or federal travel rate that follows it. The IRS set 72.5 cents per mile for January 1 to June 30, 2026, then raised it to 76 cents for travel from July 1, 2026 because of higher fuel prices. Alabama, Alaska, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming moved to 76 cents on July 1. For Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon and Tennessee the July change could not be confirmed from the state's own notice, so the calculator stops at June 30, 2026 there.
Fixed by law or rule: Colorado 63 cents, Delaware 50 cents, Georgia 45 cents and Maine 46 cents per mile, figures that do not follow the IRS rate.
Set once a year: Iowa uses the IRS rate in effect on July 1 for the whole July-to-June year: 70 cents to June 30, 2026 and 72.5 cents from July 1, 2026, as its Division publishes (the IRS raised its own rate to 76 cents on July 1, 2026).
Set by agency notice: Maryland (72.5 cents); Massachusetts (58.5 cents); Nebraska (72.5 cents, then 76 cents from July 1); New York (72.5 cents, then 76 cents from July 1). The agency publishes the rate itself; check its latest notice before you claim.
State travel rate: Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Wisconsin use the rate the state pays its own employees.
These states did not have a per-mile rate for injured workers in a statute, rule or official notice that could be confirmed on September 27, 2026. Most still require the insurer to pay reasonable travel to authorized care; ask the insurer or the state agency what it pays.
North Carolina, 4 therapy visits 15 miles from home. Each round trip is 30 miles, so 4 trips are 120 miles. In March 2026 that is 120 x 72.5 cents = $87.00; the same trips in August 2026 pay 120 x 76 cents = $91.20. A clinic 9 miles away (18 miles round trip) pays nothing, because North Carolina pays only trips of 20 miles or more round trip.
Texas, 2 trips to a specialist 45 miles away in May 2026. The trip is more than 30 miles one way, so the whole round trip counts: 180 miles x 72.5 cents = $130.50, if the treatment was not reasonably available within 30 miles of home.
Georgia, 3 round trips of 22 miles each way. 132 miles x 45 cents = $59.40, paid within 15 days of the itemized request.
It depends on the state. 25 of the 37 states on this page pay 72.5 cents per mile for travel in the first half of 2026, and 19 states pay 76 cents from July 1, 2026 after the IRS raised its rate. Others use one figure for all of 2026: Colorado 63 cents, Delaware 50 cents, Georgia 45 cents, Maine 46 cents, Massachusetts 58.5 cents, New Mexico 70 cents, Wisconsin 51 cents.
In 12 of the states on this page. Some pay only trips over a set distance (North Carolina 20 miles round trip, Texas more than 30 miles one way), and others subtract the first miles of each trip or month (Idaho, Oklahoma, Washington, Montana). The table's trip-rule column lists each state's rule.
Trips to authorized medical treatment for the work injury count in every state on this page. Several also pay for pharmacy trips, parking, tolls or public transportation, and many cover travel to exams the insurer requires.
Keep a log of each trip (date, provider, miles) and your receipts, and send it to the insurer. Some states use a form: North Carolina's Form 25T, New York's Form C-257 and California's DWC Medical Mileage Expense Form. Georgia requires payment within 15 days of an itemized request.
The states not in the table set no per-mile rate that could be confirmed in a statute, rule or official notice. The insurer still usually owes reasonable travel to authorized care; ask it, or the state workers' compensation agency, what rate it pays.