2025 Paid Family and Medical Leave Updates
What you need to know about new changes for the various state Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) programs.
More and more states are passing PFML laws. Although they may follow the same basic principles, each state looks a little different in terms of the program name, benefit provisions, and eligibility requirements. The 2025 PFML annual rate and benefit provision updates that you need to know for each state are highlighted below:
Colorado
CO PFML | 2025 | 2024 |
State rate | Unchanged, remains the same as 2024 | 0.90% of employee’s wages, up to Social Security income limit |
Maximum employee contribution rate | Unchanged, remains the same as 2024 | 0.45% of employee’s wages, up to annual maximum |
Maximum employee annual contribution | $792.45 | $758.70 |
Social Security income limit | $176,100 | $168,600 |
Maximum weekly benefit | $1,324.21 | $1,100 |
Connecticut
CT PFML | 2025 | 2024 |
State rate | Unchanged, remains the same as 2024 | 0.50% of employee’s wages, up to Social Security income limit |
Maximum employee contribution rate | Unchanged, remains the same as 2024 | 0.50% of employee’s wages, up to annual maximum |
Maximum employee annual contribution | $880.50 | $843 |
Social Security income limit | $176,100 | $168,600 |
CT state minimum wage | $16.35 | $15.69 |
Maximum weekly benefit (60 times state minimum wage) | $981 | $941.60 |
Massachusetts
MA PFML | 2025 | 2024 |
State combined rate | Unchanged, remains the same as 2024 | 0.88% of employee’s weekly wages, up to Social Security income limit |
Rate Breakdown: | Unchanged, remains the same as 2024 | Medical 0.70% / Family 0.18% Medical employer 0.42% / Medical employee 0.28% Family employer 0.0% / Family employee 0.18% |
Maximum employee annual contribution | $810.06 (Combined PML/PFL rate 0.46%) Medical: $493.08 (rate 0.28%) Family: $316.98 (rate 0.18%) | $775.56 (Combined PML/PFL rate 0.46%) Medical: $472.08 (rate 0.28%) Family: $303.48 (rate 0.18%) |
Social Security income limit | $176,100 | $168,600 |
Maximum weekly benefit | $1,170.64 | $1,149.90 |
New Jersey
NJ TDB | 2025 | 2024 |
Employee contribution rate | 0.23% | 0.00% |
Maximum employee annual contribution | $380.42 | $0.00 |
Taxable wage maximum – employer | $43,300 | $42,300 |
Taxable wage maximum – employee | $165,400 | $161,400 |
Maximum weekly benefit | $1,081 | $1,055 |
New York
NY Paid Family Leave (PFL) | 2025 | 2024 |
Employee contribution rate | 0.388% of employee’s wages, up to the annualized State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW). | 0.373% of employee’s wages, up to the annualized State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW). |
Annualized SAWWW | $91,373.88 | $89,343.80 |
Maximum employee annual contribution | $354.53 | $333.25 |
Maximum weekly benefit | $1,177.32 | $1,151.16 |
Oregon
OR PFML | 2025 | 2024 |
State rate | Not Yet Known – | 1.00% of employee’s wages, up to Social Security income limit |
Maximum employee contribution rate | 60% of state rate | 0.60% of employee’s wages, up to annual maximum |
Maximum employee annual contribution | Not Yet Known | $1,011.60 |
Taxable wage maximum (2024 – Social Security income limit) | $176,100 | $168,600 |
Minimum weekly benefit* | $65.36 | $63.48 |
Maximum weekly benefit* | $1,568.60 | $1,523.63 |
*These minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts were effective in July 2024. Each July, the minimum and maximum weekly benefit amounts will change.