Paid Family Leave Planner · Paid leave by state
Paid leave in New York
Weeks, pay, and how to stack it - the New York programs below, with the official sources and the dates the rules were checked.
State rules checked 2026-11-10 (rules file v1.0.1).
The programs
Disability Benefits Law (DBL)
50% of your average weekly wage, up to $170/week. That cap has not changed since 1989.
Covers birth recovery (typically 6 weeks vaginal / 8 weeks cesarean). First 7 days are unpaid.
Maximum $170/week. Waiting period: the first 7 days are unpaid.
Rules effective January 1, 1989. Source: LegalClarity summary of NY DBL rules, checked 2026-11-10.
Paid Family Leave (PFL)
67% of your average weekly wage, up to $1,228.53/week.
12 weeks of bonding.
Maximum $1,228.53/week. No waiting period.
Rules effective January 1, 2026. Source: NY Paid Family Leave - official state calculator, checked 2026-11-10.
How it stacks
Disability Benefits Law (DBL) covers recovery first. When recovery ends, Paid Family Leave (PFL) covers bonding. The two state benefits do not pay for the same week - a leave runs in sequence: disability, then family leave.
File DBL through your employer's disability insurer for the recovery weeks first. When recovery ends, file PFL for bonding.
Federal FMLA job protection, if you qualify, runs at the same time as the paid weeks. It does not add paid weeks after them. Employer paid leave, a short-term disability policy, and PTO can fill the unpaid gaps - the calculator stacks all of it on one timeline.
Job protection
New York's pay programs pay money; job protection comes from federal FMLA and state leave law if you qualify. The two tracks are separate.
Federal FMLA gives up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave if you qualify: employer with 50+ employees within 75 miles, 12+ months on the job, and 1,250+ hours worked in the last year. It pays nothing. It runs at the same time as paid leave, not after it.
Questions
- How much does paid leave pay in New York?
- Disability Benefits Law (DBL): 50% of your average weekly wage, up to $170/week. That cap has not changed since 1989. Paid Family Leave (PFL): 67% of your average weekly wage, up to $1,228.53/week.
- How many weeks of paid leave do you get in New York?
- Disability Benefits Law (DBL): Covers birth recovery (typically 6 weeks vaginal / 8 weeks cesarean). First 7 days are unpaid. Paid Family Leave (PFL): 12 weeks of bonding.
- Is there a waiting period?
- Disability Benefits Law (DBL) has a 7-day waiting period - the first 7 days are unpaid.
- Does New York paid leave protect your job?
- New York's pay programs pay money; job protection comes from federal FMLA and state leave law if you qualify. The two tracks are separate.
- How do you file, and in what order?
- File DBL through your employer's disability insurer for the recovery weeks first. When recovery ends, file PFL for bonding.