New York State 2025 Paid Family Leave Updates

The New York State Paid Family Leave program has been updated for 2025.  You can read the 2025 updates below.

New York Paid Family Leave

What's new for 2025

At 67% of pay (up to a cap)

Employees taking Paid Family Leave receive 67% of their average weekly wage, up to a cap of 67% of the current New York State Average Weekly Wage (NYSAWW).  For 2025, the NYSAWW is $1,757.19, which means the maximum weekly benefit is $1,177.32.  This is $26.16 more than the maximum weekly benefit for 2024.

Employees can get an estimate of their benefits using the PFL 2025 Benefits Calculator.

*The weekly PFL benefit is capped at $1,177.32 (67% of the NYSAWW).

New York State Paid Family Leave is insurance that may be funded by employees through payroll deductions.  For 2025, employees will contribute 0.388% of their gross wages per pay period, with a maximum annual contribution of $354.53.  Employees earning less than the current NYSAWW of $1,757.19 will contribute less than the annual cap of $354.53, consistent with their actual wages.

Here are some contribution and benefit examples at different income levels:

1. Employees earning $519 a week (about $27,000 a year) will contribute about $2.01 from their gross wages each week ($519 x 0.388%).  When taking the benefit, these employees will receive $347.73 per week, up to a maximum total benefit of $4,172.76.
2. Employees earning $1,000 a week ($52,000 a year) will contribute about $3.88 from their gross wages each week ($1,000 x 0.388%).  When taking the benefit, these employees will receive $670 per week, up to a maximum total benefit of $8,040.
3. Employees earning the NYSAWW of $1,757.19 (about $91,300 a year) or more will contribute 0.388% from their gross wages each pay period until they reach the maximum of $354.53.  When taking the benefit, these employees will receive $1,177.32, up to a maximum total benefit of $14,127.84.

Employees can get an estimate of their deductions using the PFL 2025 Payroll Deduction Calculator.

Same strong protections

Employees can take leave to care for their family members knowing New York has their backs.  With some of the nation’s strongest worker protections, New York State Paid Family Leave guarantees that:

• Employees have job protection, ensuring they can return to the same job (or a comparable one) when they return from Paid Family Leave.
• Employees can keep their health insurance while on leave on the same terms they had while working.
• Employers are prohibited from discriminating or retaliating against employees for requesting or taking Paid Family Leave.

And as New York continues to look out for some of our most vulnerable workers, citizenship is never a factor in eligibility for New York Paid Family Leave.

Up to 12 weeks of leave

New York State Paid Family Leave provides eligible employees with up to 12 weeks of job protected, paid time off to bond with a new child, care for a family member with a serious health condition, or to assist loved ones when a family member is deployed abroad on active military service.  This time can be taken all at once, or in increments of full days.