Hawaii Paid Leave Calculator: Hawaii TDI Benefits (2026)

How much does Hawaii TDI pay in Hawaii?

Hawaii Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) pays 58 percent of your average weekly wage, rounded up to the next dollar, counting wages only up to the $1,500.21 weekly wage base, so the maximum is $871 a week in 2026. A worker on $1,500 a week receives about $870, 58 percent of pay. Benefits run for up to 26 weeks for your own disability. Waiting period: 7 days under the statutory plan; benefits start on the eighth day of disability. Employer plans approved as equivalent or better may waive it. To qualify you need 14 weeks of Hawaii employment with 20 or more paid hours each in the last 52 weeks and at least $400 in wages. The program is funded by employer-funded plans, with up to half the premium deductible from employees, capped at 0.5 percent of wages or $7.50 a week. The weekly wage base and the cap reset every January 1. Figures effective January 1, 2026, checked September 14, 2026.

How is the Hawaii weekly benefit calculated?

Hawaii Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) pays 58 percent of your average weekly wage, rounded up to the next dollar, counting wages only up to the $1,500.21 weekly wage base, so the maximum is $871 a week in 2026. The state works out your average weekly wage from the wages your employers reported for the base period, not from your current pay stub, so a recent raise or a change of hours may not be reflected yet.

Three examples with the current figures. A Hawaii worker earning $800 a week receives about $464, which is 58 percent of pay. At $1,500 a week the benefit is $870, or 58 percent. At $3,000 a week it is $871, because the $871 weekly maximum applies, or 29 percent. There is no weekly minimum.

How many weeks does Hawaii TDI pay?

Up to 26 weeks per benefit year for your own non-work-related illness, injury, or pregnancy. Hawaii has no paid family or bonding leave program. The calculator caps the weeks you enter at the limit for the leave type you choose and shows the total, so you can see at a glance what 26 weeks would be worth at your wage.

Waiting period: 7 days under the statutory plan; benefits start on the eighth day of disability. Employer plans approved as equivalent or better may waive it. Where a program has an unpaid first week, most employers let you cover it with sick leave or PTO, and several states require them to allow it if you ask.

Who qualifies for Hawaii TDI?

At least 14 weeks of Hawaii employment in the 52 weeks before the disability, each with 20 or more hours of paid work, and at least $400 in wages over that period.

Who pays for it: Employers fund the plan and may deduct up to half the premium from employees, but no more than 0.5 percent of weekly wages or $7.50 a week in 2026. The benefit itself comes from the state fund or an approved private plan, not from your employer's payroll, which is why it continues if you change jobs during the base period and why it is separate from any company parental or sick leave you also have.

Is your job protected while you receive Hawaii TDI?

TDI pays money only. Job protection during your own disability comes from the federal FMLA; the Hawaii Family Leave Act covers family care and bonding, not your own illness.

The state job-protection law that applies in Hawaii: Hawaii Family Leave Law: 4 weeks per year for birth, adoption, or family care (not own health), employers with 100 or more (HRS Chapter 398). The federal FMLA adds 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for employees with 12 months of service and 1,250 hours at an employer with 50 or more employees, and where both apply the paid benefit and the FMLA run at the same time rather than back to back.

When do the Hawaii figures change?

The weekly wage base (1.21 times the state average weekly wage) and the cap reset every January 1. The figures on this page took effect on January 1, 2026 and were checked on September 14, 2026 against the amounts published by Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Disability Compensation Division. Statute: Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 392.