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Overall worker labor market outcomes were slightly better in 2013 than in 2010–2012.

• Injured workers' relative earnings were at 93 percent by the end of the second year after injury for the 2013 injury cohort.
• This finding was a slight increase from 92 percent for workers injured during the Great Recession of 2008–2009 and the recovery period of 2010–2012, but it was still lower than the pre-recession average relative earnings of 96 percent.

Labor market improvements were concentrated among workers with medical-only and temporary disability claims.

• Those with claims with permanent partial disability and other indemnity payments had worse outcomes than did those with medical-only claims across all injury cohorts.
• Earnings for workers with permanent disability deteriorated sharply during the Great Recession.

Relative earnings varied by industry and nature of injury.

• Workers in construction, manufacturing, retail, and wholesale had relative earnings after injury that were 7 to 8 percentage points lower than the average for all workers with indemnity benefits.
• Workers with cumulative injuries experienced relative earnings approximately 14 percentage points lower than the overall average for workers with indemnity benefits.

Workers with cumulative injuries in Southern California experienced particularly poor outcomes.

• Workers with cumulative injuries outside Southern California had relative earnings approximately 10 percentage points lower than the overall indemnity average, while those with cumulative injuries in Southern California were 15–20 percentage points lower than the overall indemnity average.