Washington
For Washington, program name is Paid Family and Medical Leave; benefits start date is January 2020; total contribution rate is 1.12 percent; employer share is approximately one-third of total premium; employee share is approximately two-thirds of total premium, recorded from its source on 2026-08-15.
- State
- Washington verified
- Program name
- Paid Family and Medical Leave verified
- Benefits start date
- January 2020
- Total contribution rate
- 1.12 percent verified
- Employer share
- approximately one-third of total premium
- Employee share
- approximately two-thirds of total premium
- Maximum weekly benefit
- $1,647
- Wage replacement formula
- 90 percent of the employee's wage up to 50 percent of SAWW plus 50 percent of employee's wage over 50 percent of SAWW
- Family leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Medical leave duration
- 12 weeks verified
- Employer size threshold
- 1 employee
- Covered reasons
- bonding, own serious health condition, family caregiving, military exigency, pregnancy loss our reading
- Program website
- https://paidleave.wa.gov/ verified
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 <https://paidleave.wa.gov/find-out-how-paid-leave-works/> Washington Paid Leave . In 2023, Washington began to allow seven days for a pregnancy loss or loss of a child. Washington’s contribution rate in 2026 is 1.12 percent. See DC <https://dcpaidfamilyleave.dc.gov/employers/> tax rates . DC extended the duration of paid family and medical leave to a total of 12 weeks
— newamerica.org, retrieved 2026-08-15
Sources disagree
More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.
Total contribution rate
newamerica.org says total contribution rate is 1.12 percent, as of 2026-08-15.
see <https://paidleave.wa.gov/find-out-how-paid-leave-works/> Washington Paid Leave . In 2023, Washington began to allow seven days for a pregnancy loss or loss of a child. Washington’s contribution rate in 2026 is 1.12 percent. See DC <https://dcpaidfamilyleave.dc.gov/employers/> tax rates . DC extended the duration of paid family and medical leave to a total of 12 weeks
https://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/
paidleave.wa.gov says total contribution rate is 1.13%, as of 2026-08-15.
Washington State's Paid Family and Medical Leave Paid Leave updates to know in 2026. <https://paidleave.wa.gov/updates> Learn more.
https://paidleave.wa.gov/updates/
Employer share
newamerica.org says employer share is approximately one-third of total premium, as of 2026-08-15.
see <https://paidleave.wa.gov/find-out-how-paid-leave-works/> Washington Paid Leave . In 2023, Washington began to allow seven days for a pregnancy loss or loss of a child. Washington’s contribution rate in 2026 is 1.12 percent. See DC <https://dcpaidfamilyleave.dc.gov/employers/> tax rates . DC extended the duration of paid family and medical leave to a total of 12 weeks
https://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/
paidleave.wa.gov says employer share is 28.57% of the total premium, as of 2026-08-15.
Washington State's Paid Family and Medical Leave Paid Leave updates to know in 2026. <https://paidleave.wa.gov/updates> Learn more.
https://paidleave.wa.gov/updates/
Employee share
newamerica.org says employee share is approximately two-thirds of total premium, as of 2026-08-15.
see <https://paidleave.wa.gov/find-out-how-paid-leave-works/> Washington Paid Leave . In 2023, Washington began to allow seven days for a pregnancy loss or loss of a child. Washington’s contribution rate in 2026 is 1.12 percent. See DC <https://dcpaidfamilyleave.dc.gov/employers/> tax rates . DC extended the duration of paid family and medical leave to a total of 12 weeks
https://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/
paidleave.wa.gov says employee share is 71.43% of the total premium, as of 2026-08-15.
Washington State's Paid Family and Medical Leave Paid Leave updates to know in 2026. <https://paidleave.wa.gov/updates> Learn more.
Sources
- newamerica.orghttps://www.newamerica.org/insights/explainer-paid-leave-benefits-and-funding-in-the-united-states/
- paidleave.wa.govhttps://paidleave.wa.gov/updates/