Paid Leave Calc
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Minnesota · Paid Leave (benefits since January 2026)

Minnesota Paid Leave Calculator

Minnesota Paid Leave replaces 90% of your wage up to half the state average weekly wage, 66% up to the full average and 55% above it, up to $1,423 a week for leaves established before October 25, 2026.

Minnesota Paid Leave 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.

Family leave: up to 12 weeks; 20 combined with medical leave.
Sets which year's maximum and rules apply.

Estimated weekly benefit · Bonding with a new child

$983.07/week

Total for 12 weeks: $11,796.84Replaces 80% of your weekly wage

  • Verified figures · to Oct 24, 2026
Your average weekly wage (highest base-period quarter ÷ 13)$1,230.77
90% of wages $0–$711.50$640.35
66% of wages $712–$1,230.77$342.72
Weekly benefit$983.07
Weeks paid × weekly benefit12 × $983.07
Total benefit for this leave$11,796.84
Paid Leave premium (most an employer may deduct) 0.44% up to $184,500$281.60/yr
Your payroll deduction$281.60/yr · $5.42/wk

What this leaves out: the base-period earnings test (5.3% of the state average annual wage, about $3,900), prorating for partial or intermittent weeks, supplemental employer pay, and equivalent private plans.

Rule window: Jan 1, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026. Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes · checked · all sources

Your leave, week by week

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

How Minnesota Paid Leave works out your benefit

Minnesota uses one quarter: the wages in the highest-paid quarter of your base period, divided by 13.

Three bands apply: 90% of the first $711.50 a week, 66% between $711.50 and $1,423, and 55% of anything above. The maximum equals the state average weekly wage, $1,423.

That maximum changes on the last Sunday in October — October 25, 2026. Once your leave is established, a later change does not affect it. The new figure had not been published when we checked on October 5, so for a leave starting on or after October 25 the calculator asks you for it.

Minnesota figures by date

Figures for leaves (claims) whose first day falls in each window. Sources are numbered below.
WindowWeekly maximumOther figuresYour contribution
Jan 1, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026 $1,423 State average weekly wage: $1,423
 Paid Leave premium (most an employer may deduct): 0.44% up to $184,500
Oct 25, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 Not yet published —Not yet published: Minnesota state average weekly wage for leaves starting on your date Paid Leave premium (most an employer may deduct): 0.44% up to $184,500
from Jan 1, 2027 Not yet published —Not yet published: Minnesota state average weekly wage for leaves starting on your date Not yet published

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

Worked example

Take a worker paid $64,000 a year with steady pay, taking 12 weeks off (bonding with a new child) from Oct 5, 2026, when the figures for Jan 1, 2026 – Oct 24, 2026 apply. Minnesota Paid Leave uses the highest base-period quarter ÷ 13: $1,230.77 (highest quarter $16,000).

The formula gives 90% × $711.50 = $640.35 + 66% × $519.27 = $342.72: a weekly benefit of $983.07, or 80% of their usual weekly pay. 12 paid weeks come to $11,796.84.

Over a year, their own payroll contribution is $281.60 — about $5.42 a week.

At $200,000 a year, the same leave pays $1,423 a week — the maximum, 37% of that worker’s weekly pay, for a yearly contribution of $811.80.

What catches people out in Minnesota

  • No unpaid waiting week — but except for bonding, the qualifying event must last at least 7 days. Payment processing begins on day 8 and covers the whole leave.
  • 12 + 12, capped at 20: up to 12 weeks of medical leave and 12 of family leave, but no more than 20 combined in a benefit year.
  • The premium is 0.88% for 2026 and 2027 (0.61% medical, 0.27% family); employers may collect up to 0.44% from you.
  • To qualify you need wage credits of at least 5.3% of the state average annual wage — about $3,900.

Official Minnesota resources

Related programs

The other programs that started paying benefits in 2026.

Sources for this page

  1. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. §268B.04 (benefits). Supplies: 90% / 66% / 55% bands at 50% and 100% of the state AWW; maximum = state AWW; new maximum applies from the last Sunday in October. Checked .
  2. Minnesota Paid Leave: Estimate your payments. Supplies: Current state average weekly wage and maximum $1,423; bands at $711.50 and $1,423; about $3,900 to qualify. Checked .
  3. Minnesota Paid Leave: Premium rate and contributions. Supplies: Premium 0.88% for 2026 and 2027; employers may collect up to 0.44% from employees. Checked .
  4. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes: Minn. Stat. §268B.01 (definitions). Supplies: Average weekly wage = high-quarter wages ÷ 13. Checked .
  5. Minnesota Paid Leave: Common questions. Supplies: No waiting period; paid for the entire approved leave. Checked .

Figures on this page verified . Spotted a difference from your agency’s notice? Report a correction.