{"id":17743,"date":"2025-11-19T10:44:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T15:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=17743"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:48:30","slug":"new-york-paid-family-leave-benefit-increase-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/new-york-paid-family-leave-benefit-increase-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Paid Family Leave Contribution and Benefit Rates to Increase in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17745\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-tima-miroshnichenko-8376331.jpg\" alt=\"new york paid family leave benefit increase 2026\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-tima-miroshnichenko-8376331.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-tima-miroshnichenko-8376331-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pexels-tima-miroshnichenko-8376331-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<p><audio controls><source src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/New-York-Paid-Family-Leave-Contribution-and-Benefit-Rates-to-Increase-in-2026.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\">Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><\/p>\n<p>New York State has published paid family leave (PFL) updates for 2026 on its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcb.ny.gov\/content\/main\/PressRe\/paid-family-leave-2026.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>. Both the employee contribution rate and the maximum weekly benefit for the program will increase from 2025 levels. New York PFL is fully funded by employees through payroll deductions. Employers are not required to contribute.<\/p>\n<h2>Increase in Maximum Weekly Benefit Cap<\/h2>\n<p>Employee compensation for PFL is 67% of the employee\u2019s average weekly wage, up to a cap of 67% of the current New York state average weekly wage (SAWW). The 2026 state average weekly wage has been calculated at $1,833.63, resulting in a maximum weekly benefit of <strong>$1,228.53<\/strong>, up from $1,177.32 in 2025. The\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">maximum possible benefit to an employee in 2026 is\u00a0<strong>$14,742.36<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>Increase in Employee Contribution Rate<\/h2>\n<p>Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, employees will contribute <strong>0.432% of their gross wages<\/strong> per pay period to the PFL program, up from 0.388% in 2025. The maximum annual contribution for 2026 is <strong>$411.91<\/strong> (0.432% of the SAWW).<\/p>\n<h2>Paid Family and Medical Leave<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/legislation\/laws\/WKC\/203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York\u2019s PFL law<\/a> provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of PFL. PFL coverage is typically added as a rider on an employer\u2019s existing disability insurance policy. Leave may be used for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Caring for a family member with a serious health condition;<\/li>\n<li>Birth, adoption, or fostering of a child; or<\/li>\n<li>A spouse\u2019s, domestic partner\u2019s, child\u2019s, or parent\u2019s active military duty or impending active military duty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cFamily member\u201d is defined expansively and includes siblings, among others.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 2025 Zywave, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Obtain New York PFL Insurance through GTM<\/h2>\n<p>When you obtain your paid family leave through GTM, you\u2019ll integrate your PFL insurance with <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/hcm-payroll-processing\/\">your payroll<\/a>\u00a0and receive:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Streamlined administration<\/li>\n<li>Simplified processes<\/li>\n<li>Centralized reporting<\/li>\n<li>Accurate calculations<\/li>\n<li>Cost-efficiency<\/li>\n<li>Employee privacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It also enhances employee confidence, communication, and overall experience, promoting a supportive work environment.<\/p>\n<p>Get a free quote today from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gtminsurance.com\/get-a-quote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTM Insurance Agency<\/a>\u200b for help obtaining PFL and other employer-provided insurance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn what the New York paid family leave employee contribution rate and the maximum weekly benefit will increase to in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[79,20,6,112],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-17743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gtm-biz-blog-isolved","tag-compliance","tag-employee-benefits","tag-new-york-employers","tag-paid-family-leave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17743"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18347,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17743\/revisions\/18347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17743"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=17743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}