Table 38
Average Cost Per Workers Compensation Case, Permanent partial Disability, 1996-97
Rank	State	Amt.		Rank	State	Amt.
1	Virginia	$115,936		26	Nebraska	$44,578
2	Alabama	111,194		27	New Mexico	43,712
3	Louisiana	110,737		28	Utah	42,492
4	Maine	94,767		29	California	41,929
5	Michigan	91,659		30	Connecticut	41,185
6	Florida	89,059		31	Maryland	41,101
7	New Hampshire	77,820		32	Wisconsin	41,065
8	NEW YORK	$72,686		33	Iowa	38,834
9	Arizona	70,059		34	Illinois	37,856
10	Mississippi	69,132		35	Oklahoma	37,413
11	Georgia	66,770		36	Texas	37,341
12	Alaska	63,824		37	Arkansas	35,062
13	Kentucky	60,079		38	South Carolina	33,495
14	Rhode Island	57,908		39	Indiana	29,815
15	Minnesota	55,620		40	Missouri	27,157
16	Colorado	53,230		41	New Jersey	26,615
17	Vermont	52,815		42	Kansas	25,336
18	Hawaii	51,349			Delaware	NA
19	Tennessee	51,231			Nevada	NA
20	North Carolina	50,100			North Dakota	NA
21	Massachusetts	49,341			Ohio	NA
22	South Dakota	48,109			Pennsylvania	NA
23	Idaho	46,332			Washington	NA
24	Montana	46,196			West Virginia	NA
25	Oregon	45,852			Wyoming	NA
Source: National Council on Compensation Insurance
The average cost for all types of workers' compensation cases in New York was $11,583, by far the highest in the country.