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Multi-year trend information for Rate Group GL

What trends is your rate group experiencing? This chart provides a history of your rate group's performance.

To understand the terminology used in this chart, view the explanation of trend terms.


Key indicators  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Change 2006-2010 Change 2009-2010
Injury rate 6.5 6.9 6.5 5.9 6.3 -3.1% 6.8%
Total duration 62.2 66.1 67.7 73.8 83.0 33.4% 12.5%
Average weekly wage $727 $759 $810 $801 $790 8.7% -1.4%
Number of claims 461 543 506 390 402 -12.8% 3.1%


Cost history  (in thousands) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Change 2006-2010 Change 2009-2010
Short term disability $2,541 $4,258 $3,284 $2,642 $2,837 11.6% 7.4%
Long term disability $2,388 $6,700 $4,294 $3,130 $2,690 12.6% -14.1%
Survivor benefits $1,364 $1,026 $1,061 $851 $139 -89.8% -83.7%
Health care $2,880 $9,599 $3,184 $3,873 $3,286 14.1% -15.2%
Vocational rehabilitation $533 $1,251 $1,121 $670 $575 7.9% -14.2%
Total costs $9,706 $22,834 $12,944 $11,166 $9,527 -1.8% -14.7%


Rate data  (in millions) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Change 2006-2010 Change 2009-2010
Assessable payroll $263 $310 $326 $262 $278 5.4% 6.1%
Accumulated payroll $326 $366 $365 $283 $287 -12.0% 1.6%


Benefit cost rate  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Change 2006-2010 Change 2009-2010
(Per $100 of payroll) 2.97 6.24 3.55 3.95 3.32 11.8% -15.9%

Average benefit cost rate for calculating the 2012 base rate: $4.07
Number of years used to calculate average benefit cost rate: 5