New York
For New York, program name is Paid Family Leave; benefits start date is 2018; total contribution rate is 0.432 percent; employer share is employee-funded for PFL; employee share is 0.432 percent, recorded from its source on 2026-08-17; source re-checked 2026-10-06.
- State
- New York verified
- Program name
- Paid Family Leave
- Benefits start date
- 2018
- Total contribution rate
- 0.432 percent
- Employer share
- employee-funded for PFL our reading
- Employee share
- 0.432 percent our reading
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $1,228.53 verified
- Wage replacement formula
- 67 percent of employee's weekly wage up to 67 percent of SAWW
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks
- Medical leave duration
- 26 weeks (TDI, separate program)
- Employer size threshold
- 1 employee our reading
- Covered reasons
- bonding, family caregiving, military exigency our reading
- Program website
- https://paidfamilyleave.ny.gov/ our reading
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What the source says
In New York, as of 2021 after four years of scaling up, the wage replacement rate reached its full amount of 67 percent of employee’s weekly wage up to 67 percent of SAWW. The maximum benefit in 2026 is $1,228.53. See New York Paid Family Wage Benefit Calculator. Temporary disability insurance has different wage replacement in New York, and the maximum benefit is just $170 a week; this is the only state in which TDI and PFL programs have different payment rates. Advocates are working to update TDI in New York.
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-08-17
Source
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/