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Maryland · FAMLI (benefits from January 2028)

Maryland FAMLI Paid Leave Calculator

Maryland’s FAMLI program will pay 90% of your wage up to 65% of the state average weekly wage and 50% above it, between $50 and $1,000 a week — but benefits do not start until January 1, 2028. Payroll contributions start January 1, 2027.

Maryland FAMLI estimate

Reason for leave
All jobs covered by the program, before tax and deductions.
Pay changed recently? Enter it quarter by quarter

Programs look at the wages paid in specific calendar quarters. Leave a box empty to use your pay above for that quarter.

Up to 12 weeks in an application year; no waiting period.
Sets which year's maximum and rules apply.

Weekly benefit

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  • Needs your figure

Maryland FAMLI benefits are not payable until January 1, 2028. Contributions start January 1, 2027. Maryland FAMLI had not published the figure for a leave starting on or after Jan 1, 2028 when we last checked. Enter the official value in the yellow box and the calculator will use it — we never guess a future maximum.

Your leave, week by week

  • Benefit
  • Usual pay
  • Unpaid waiting week
  • Waiting week paid back
  • Weekly maximum

The week-by-week timeline appears once the estimate can be calculated.

How Maryland FAMLI works out your benefit

A 2025 law (Chapter 363, HB 102) pushed the program back: contributions now begin January 1, 2027, and benefits no later than January 3, 2028. The Maryland Department of Labor has announced January 1, 2028 as the first day benefits are available.

Your weekly wage will be the wages in the highest of your last four completed quarters, divided by 13. You will receive 90% of it up to 65% of Maryland’s state average weekly wage, and 50% of the rest, with a $50 floor and a $1,000 ceiling through 2028. From 2029 the ceiling is indexed to inflation.

The 65% line depends on the state average weekly wage Maryland sets each December, so the 2028 figure does not exist yet. The calculator will not guess it: enter it once it is published, and it computes the rest.

Maryland figures by date

Figures for leaves (claims) whose first day falls in each window. Sources are numbered below.
WindowWeekly maximumOther figuresYour contribution
Jan 1, 2028 – Dec 31, 2028 $1,000 Minimum weekly benefit: $50
Not yet published: Maryland state average weekly wage for 2028		 See note below

Contributions start Jan. 1, 2027 at 0.9% of wages up to the Social Security cap, split equally: up to 0.45% from your pay. The 2028 rate will be set by Nov. 1, 2027.

After the last window, the calculator switches to an explicit “enter the official figure” mode rather than reusing an old maximum.

Worked example

Because the Maryland weekly benefit depends on a state average weekly wage that has not been published yet, we cannot show a verified benefit figure for a leave in 2028. What is already fixed: a worker paid $70,000 a year has a highest-quarter weekly wage of $1,346.15, and will pay 0.45% of wages below the Social Security cap from January 2027 — $315 a year. Enter the official state average weekly wage in the calculator once it is set, and it finishes the calculation.

What catches people out in Maryland

  • Deductions come first. From January 2027 the rate is 0.9% of wages up to the Social Security cap, split equally — up to 0.45% from your pay. Below the cap that is $270 on $60,000 of wages.
  • Small employers pay less: businesses with fewer than 15 employees do not pay the employer half.
  • To qualify you need 680 hours of work in Maryland in the four calendar quarters before your leave.
  • Up to 24 weeks in one case: 12 weeks per application year, plus another 12 when a birth or placement and your own serious health condition fall in the same year.
  • No waiting period is planned.

Official Maryland resources

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Sources for this page

  1. Maryland General Assembly: Labor & Employment §8.3-703 (benefit amount). Supplies: 90% up to 65% of the state AWW plus 50% above; $50 minimum; $1,000 maximum through 2028; AWW = highest quarter ÷ 13. Checked .
  2. Maryland General Assembly: Chapter 363 of 2025 (HB 102). Supplies: Contributions from Jan. 1, 2027; benefits no later than Jan. 3, 2028. Checked .
  3. Maryland Department of Labor: About the FAMLI program. Supplies: Announced timeline: contributions Jan. 1, 2027; benefits Jan. 1, 2028. Checked .
  4. Maryland Department of Labor: Make contributions. Supplies: 0.9% of wages up to the Social Security cap, split equally, for wages paid in 2027. Checked .
  5. Maryland General Assembly: Labor & Employment §8.3-702 (duration). Supplies: 12 weeks per application year, up to 24 in specific cases. Checked .

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