New York Paid Leave Calculator: NY Paid Family Leave Benefits (2026)

How much does NY Paid Family Leave pay in New York?

New York Paid Family Leave (PFL) pays 67 percent of your average weekly wage, capped at 67 percent of the New York State average weekly wage ($1,833.63), which is $1,228.53 a week in 2026. A worker on $1,500 a week receives about $1,005, 67 percent of pay. Benefits run for up to 12 weeks of family leave. Waiting period: none for PFL. DBL has a 7-day unpaid waiting period. To qualify you need 26 consecutive weeks with your employer at 20 or more hours a week, or 175 days worked part time. The program is funded by a 0.432 percent employee payroll deduction, capped at $411.91 a year. The cap and the contribution rate reset every January 1. Figures effective January 1, 2026, checked September 14, 2026.

How is the New York weekly benefit calculated?

New York Paid Family Leave (PFL) pays 67 percent of your average weekly wage, capped at 67 percent of the New York State average weekly wage ($1,833.63), which is $1,228.53 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 New York worker earning $800 a week receives about $536, which is 67 percent of pay. At $1,500 a week the benefit is $1,005, or 67 percent. At $3,000 a week it is $1,228.53, because the $1,228.53 weekly maximum applies, or 41 percent. Anyone earning about $1,840 a week or more in New York receives the maximum, so the share of pay replaced keeps falling as wages rise above that. There is no weekly minimum.

How many weeks does NY Paid Family Leave pay?

PFL pays up to 12 weeks in a 52-week period for bonding, caregiving, or a military exigency. Your own disability is paid separately under the Disability Benefits Law (DBL): 50 percent of your wage up to $170 a week for up to 26 weeks, and PFL plus DBL together may not exceed 26 weeks in a year. 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 12 weeks would be worth at your wage.

Waiting period: None for PFL. DBL has a 7-day unpaid waiting period. 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 NY Paid Family Leave?

26 consecutive weeks with your employer if you regularly work 20 or more hours a week, or 175 days worked if you work fewer than 20 hours a week. Nearly all private employers are covered.

Who pays for it: Employees pay 0.432 percent of gross wages in 2026, capped at $411.91 a year. Employers may fund it themselves but are not required to. 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 NY Paid Family Leave?

PFL itself protects the job: you must be reinstated to the same or a comparable position, and your health insurance continues on the same terms.

New York has no general state family and medical leave statute separate from the paid program, so beyond the protection described above the job-protection floor is the federal FMLA. 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 New York figures change?

The cap and the employee contribution rate reset every January 1 with the state average weekly wage. The figures on this page took effect on January 1, 2026 and were checked on September 14, 2026 against the amounts published by New York State Paid Family Leave (Workers' Compensation Board). Statute: N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law Article 9 (Disability Benefits Law and Paid Family Leave).