Massachusetts
For Massachusetts, program name is Paid Family and Medical Leave; benefits start date is 2021; total contribution rate is 0.88%; employer share is split with employee; employee share is split with employer, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02; source re-checked 2026-10-06.
- State
- Massachusetts verified
- Program name
- Paid Family and Medical Leave
- Benefits start date
- 2021
- Total contribution rate
- 0.88% verified
- Employer share
- split with employee our reading
- Employee share
- split with employer our reading
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $1,230.39 verified
- Wage replacement formula
- 80 percent of the employee's wage up to 50 percent of SAWW plus 50 percent of the employee's wage over 50 percent of SAWW
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Medical leave duration
- 20 weeks verified
- Employer size threshold
- 25 employees for employer contribution our reading
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, military family leave our reading
- Program website
- https://www.mass.gov/orgs/department-of-family-and-medical-leave our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
See Massachusetts tax rates and wage bases. Small businesses with fewer than 25 employees are not required to contribute to premiums. The taxable wage base cap is the Social Security cap. Note that the maximum length of leave is capped at 26 weeks per year (12 weeks of family leave, 20 weeks of medical leave, and 26 weeks to care for a wounded service member). See Massachusetts Family and Medical Leave. Massachusetts’ contribution rate dropped from .68 percent in 2022 to .63 percent in 2023, but jumped to .88 percent in 2024 and has remained there in 2025 and 2026.
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
These values are stated in different places, and not all on the same page, so each is shown with the passage that states it and the source that passage came from.
Total contribution rate
Employers with 25 or more covered individuals must send to DFML a contribution of 0.88% of eligible wages
— from mass.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Maximum weekly benefit
For 2026, the state average weekly wage is $1,922.48 and the maximum weekly benefit rate is $1,230.39.
— from mass.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Family leave duration
Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a family member or to bond with a child
— from mass.gov, retrieved 2026-09-02
Sources
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/
- mass.govhttps://www.mass.gov/info-details/types-of-paid-family-and-medical-leave
- mass.govhttps://www.mass.gov/info-details/paid-family-and-medical-leave-employer-contribution-rates-and-calculator
- mass.govhttps://www.mass.gov/info-details/how-pfml-weekly-benefit-amounts-are-calculated-andor-changed#benefit-year-