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Paid family leave by state (2026)

Which states pay you while you recover from birth and bond with your baby, for how many weeks, and up to how much a week in 2026.

Checked October 2026 · 246 sources

Short answer

12 states and DC pay family and medical leave benefits in 2026. 2 states have passed programs that start later. 10 states have voluntary programs or let insurers sell coverage to employers. Everywhere else, leave pay depends on your employer, and federal FMLA may give you unpaid, job-protected time off.
Does the state pay family leave?Yes 13Pending 2Voluntary 10No 26

States with a paid leave program

Weeks to bond with your baby and the most the program pays per week in 2026, a ceiling rather than a typical benefit. Tap a state for pregnancy weeks, pay and how to apply.

CaliforniaYesCalifornia State Disability Insurance (SDI): Disability Insurance (DI) and Paid Family Leave (PFL)8 wkto bond$1,765most per week, 2026Details ColoradoYesColorado Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI)12 wkto bond$1,448most per week, 2026Details ConnecticutYesConnecticut Paid Leave (CT Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program)12 wkto bond$1,016most per week, 2026Details DelawareYesDelaware Paid Leave (Delaware Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program)12 wkto bond$900most per week, 2026Details District of ColumbiaYesDistrict of Columbia Paid Family Leave (Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act)12 wkto bond$1,100most per week, 2026Details MaineYesMaine Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)12 wkto bond$1,249most per week, 2026Details MassachusettsYesMassachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML)12 wkto bond$1,230most per week, 2026Details MinnesotaYesMinnesota Paid Leave (Paid Family and Medical Leave)12 wkto bond$1,423most per week, 2026Details New JerseyYesNew Jersey Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Family Leave Insurance (FLI)12 wkto bond$1,119most per week, 2026Details New YorkYesNew York Paid Family Leave (PFL) and Disability Benefits Law (DBL) short-term disability12 wkto bond$1,229most per week, 2026Details OregonYesPaid Leave Oregon (Oregon Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance)12 wkto bond$1,692most per week, 2026Details Rhode IslandYesRhode Island Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) and Temporary Caregiver Insurance (TCI)8 wkto bond$1,150most per week, 2026Details WashingtonYesWashington Paid Family and Medical Leave12 wkto bond$1,647most per week, 2026Details MarylandPendingMaryland Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FAMLI)12 wkto bondBenefits start January 1, 2028Details VirginiaPendingVirginia Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (PFML), administered by the Virginia Employment Commission12 wkto bondBenefits start December 1, 2028Details

Hawaii has no paid family leave program, but its Temporary Disability Insurance pays you while you recover from pregnancy and birth, up to $871 a week. Hawaii maternity leave

Paid family leave in every state

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50 states and DCChecked October 2026
AlabamaVoluntary–
AlaskaNo–
ArizonaNo–
ArkansasVoluntary–
CaliforniaYes8 wk
ColoradoYes12 wk
ConnecticutYes12 wk
DelawareYes12 wk
District of ColumbiaYes12 wk
FloridaVoluntary–
GeorgiaNo–
HawaiiNoNone
IdahoNo–
IllinoisNo–
IndianaNo–
IowaNo–
KansasNo–
KentuckyVoluntary–
LouisianaVoluntary–
MaineYes12 wk
MarylandPending12 wk
MassachusettsYes12 wk
MichiganNo–
MinnesotaYes12 wk
MississippiNo–
MissouriNo–
MontanaNo–
NebraskaNo–
NevadaNo–
New HampshireVoluntary6 wk
New JerseyYes12 wk
New MexicoNo–
New YorkYes12 wk
North CarolinaNo–
North DakotaNo–
OhioNo–
OklahomaNo–
OregonYes12 wk
PennsylvaniaNo–
Rhode IslandYes8 wk
South CarolinaVoluntary–
South DakotaNo–
TennesseeVoluntary–
TexasVoluntary–
UtahNo–
VermontVoluntary6 wk
VirginiaPending12 wk
WashingtonYes12 wk
West VirginiaNo–
WisconsinNo–
WyomingNo–

Pending means a program is law but not paying yet. Voluntary means you're covered only if your employer buys a policy or, in New Hampshire and Vermont, joins an opt-in state plan. "Own recovery, max" is the legal limit for your own health condition, usually much longer than a typical birth recovery. The weekly maximum is a ceiling, not a typical benefit. Job protection often comes from a different law than the pay (for example in California, Connecticut, DC, New York and Rhode Island); each state page explains. Amounts usually change January 1 and July 1, so confirm with your state before you plan. 26 states have no program.

Sources: Mercer Law & Policy Group; Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (National Archives); U.S. Department of Labor; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Data as of October 2026.

The federal baseline

The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period for a birth and to care for the newborn, or for their own serious health condition, including pregnancy complications and recovery from childbirth. Health coverage continues during leave, and you return to the same or an equivalent job.

Sources: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (National Archives); U.S. Department of Labor

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide reasonable accommodations for limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions unless it causes undue hardship. EEOC lists leave for health care appointments and leave to recover from childbirth as examples. It doesn't require the leave to be paid.

Source: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

No federal law requires private employers to give paid family, maternity or parental leave. FMLA leave is unpaid, though workers can use paid leave they've earned, and the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't require pay for time not worked.

Sources: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (National Archives); U.S. Department of Labor

Federal civilian employees covered by title 5 FMLA can get up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for each birth or adoption/foster placement on or after Oct. 1, 2020, used within 12 months after the birth or placement. It requires 12 months of qualifying federal service and is separate from sick and annual leave.

Source: U.S. Office of Personnel Management

Among paying states, the most you can get per week in 2026 ranges from $900 (DE) to $1,765 (CA) for family leave; New York's disability benefit for pregnancy recovery is capped at $170 a week.

Computed from 16 state records (sources below).

The federal employer tax credit for paid family and medical leave (IRC section 45S) was made permanent by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted July 4, 2025. It rewards employers that offer paid leave voluntarily; it doesn't give workers a right to leave.

Source: Mercer Law & Policy Group

Questions about paid family leave

Which states have paid family leave?

As of October 2026, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Washington pay family and medical leave benefits. Maryland (from January 2028) and Virginia (from December 2028) have passed programs that start paying later. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont have voluntary programs or let insurers sell family leave coverage to employers. Hawaii pays disability benefits for pregnancy and childbirth but not paid bonding leave.

What if my state has no paid leave?

No federal law requires private employers to give paid family, maternity or parental leave. FMLA leave is unpaid, though workers can use paid leave they've earned, and the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't require pay for time not worked. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) gives eligible workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave in a 12-month period for a birth and to care for the newborn, or for their own serious health condition, including pregnancy complications and recovery from childbirth. Health coverage continues during leave, and you return to the same or an equivalent job.

Can I use paid family leave for pregnancy and bonding?

In 13 of the 13 paying programs, yes, in two parts: paid time to recover from pregnancy and birth, and paid time to bond with your baby. The table shows bonding weeks and the legal maximum for your own recovery; each state page has the typical weeks for a birth.

Plan for leave and the costs after

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How we built this

We built this in October 2026. For every state with a paid family and medical leave law, we read the state program's own website (benefit amounts, how many weeks, who qualifies, job protection and how to apply) and the law itself, and compared them with the National Partnership for Women & Families' April 2026 chart and a February 2026 benefits-industry summary. Where they disagree, we use the state's own information and explain the difference in the state's notes.

For voluntary programs we read each state's law. For states with no program, we used national trackers updated through July 2026, checked 2025 and 2026 bills in many legislatures directly, and read each state's laws on unpaid pregnancy and parental leave. 'Paying' means benefits are paid now; 'enacted' means the law passed but benefits start later; 'voluntary' means an opt-in state plan or a law that lets insurers sell family leave coverage to employers.

Bonding weeks are paid weeks to bond with a new child. Pregnancy recovery weeks are the legal maximum for your own pregnancy- or childbirth-related health condition; the usual amount is often shorter, so we also give the agency's typical guidance. The weekly maximum is a ceiling, and most people get less. Several states changed their maximum in mid-2026 (Rhode Island, Oregon, Colorado and Maine in summer, DC on October 1), and most reset on January 1, 2027, so check with your state program before you plan around a number.

13

states, counting DC, paying benefits

Checked October 2026

2

passed, not paying yet

Checked October 2026

10

voluntary only

Checked October 2026

246

sources: state programs, statutes and national trackers

Listed below

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