Your weekly compensation rate is based on your average weekly wage which is the average of your gross earnings from all jobs where you worked before your injury, including self employed income. Your average weekly wage is then converted into a spendable base wage, based on tables published by the State of Rhode Island, which roughly represents your take home pay. Your weekly compensation rate is 75% of your spendable base wage up to a maximum that is set by the state for the year of your injury.