MA PFML Calculator

0.88% of eligible wages, up to the Social Security wage base of $184,500.00. An employer with 25 or more covered individuals may withhold up to 0.46% from the employee and pays at least 0.42%; a smaller employer sends only the 0.46% it withholds.

The total stays at 0.88%, but Chapter 101 of the Acts of 2026 moves the employer share to family leave: employers with 25 or more covered individuals pay 60% of the family leave contribution (0.42% of wages) and nothing toward medical leave. The wage cap rises to $192,300.00.

$276.00 a year at the law's maximum withholding, $108.00 for family leave and $168.00 for medical leave. An employer with 25 or more covered individuals adds $252.00.

80% of the employee's average weekly wage up to half the state average weekly wage, plus 50% of the rest, capped at $1,230.39 a week for benefit years starting in 2026 and $1,284.61 in 2027.

The average number of employees on payroll per pay period over the previous calendar year, including 1099-MISC contractors when they make up more than half of the workforce. Workers paid on 1099-NEC are not covered.

Yes. The law sets the most an employer may withhold; it can pay some or all of the employee's share for everyone or for some groups, such as part-time staff or a bargaining unit.

No. A 7-day waiting period comes first, and it counts against the leave. The employee may use paid time off during it. It is waived when family leave to bond follows medical leave for pregnancy or childbirth.

Up to 20 weeks of medical leave and 12 weeks of family leave in a benefit year, 26 weeks of family leave to care for a service member, and no more than 26 weeks in all.