# Oregon — State paid family and medical leave program contribution rates, benefits, and eligibility

For Oregon, program name is Paid Leave Oregon; benefits start date is September 3, 2023; total contribution rate is 1 percent; employer share is 0.4 percent; employee share is 0.6 percent, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.

- **State:** Oregon _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Program name:** Paid Leave Oregon
- **Benefits start date:** September 3, 2023
- **Total contribution rate:** 1 percent _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Employer share:** 0.4 percent
- **Employee share:** 0.6 percent
- **Maximum weekly benefit:** $1,636.56
- **Wage replacement formula:** 100 percent of the employee's wage up to 65 percent of SAWW plus 50 percent of the employee's wage over 65 percent of SAWW
- **Family leave duration:** 12 weeks _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Medical leave duration:** 12 weeks _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Employer size threshold:** 1 employee
- **Covered reasons:** bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, safe leave for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Program website:** https://paidleave.oregon.gov/Pages/default.aspx

## What the source says

> Note that the maximum annual length of leave is 12 weeks plus an additional two weeks for a health condition resulting from pregnancy. Connecticut’s law includes both military exigency leave and “safe” leave for survivors of family violence. Connecticut caps military exigency leave at 26 weeks per two-year period. In Oregon in 2026, workers and businesses will <https://www.oregon.gov/employ/NewsAndMedia/Documents/2025-11-18_Tax_Rate_2026_Press_Release.pdf> continue to contribute a combined 1 percent of payroll, just as in 2024 and 2025.

## Source

- https://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/

Last verified: 2026-08-15. Review by: 2026-12-13.
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