Paid Leave Calc
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New Hampshire · Voluntary Granite State PFML

New Hampshire Paid Family Leave Calculator

New Hampshire’s voluntary Granite State Paid Family Leave pays 60% of your average weekly wage, up to $2,128.85 a week in 2026, for up to 6 weeks — if your employer offers it or you buy an individual plan.

New Hampshire PFML 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.

Individual plan: up to 6 weeks a year. Employer plans: 6 or 12 weeks, with a one-time 7-day wait each benefit year.
Sets which year's maximum and rules apply.

Estimated weekly benefit · Bonding with a new child

$692.31/week

Total for 6 weeks: $3,461.55Replaces 60% of your weekly wage

  • Verified figures · 2026
Your average weekly wage (last four completed quarters ÷ 52)$1,153.85
60% of wages $0–$1,153.85$692.31
Weekly benefit$692.31
Week 1 — unpaid waiting week$0
Weeks paid × weekly benefit5 × $692.31
Total benefit for this leave$3,461.55

Employer plans set their own premium; the individual plan premium is capped at $5 a week ($260 a year).

What this leaves out: the 7-month wait before an individual policy pays, plans with 12 weeks, and the rule that you must use accrued paid leave first (keeping one week).

Rule window: Jan 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026. Source: MetLife (New Hampshire’s program insurer) · checked · all sources

Your leave, week by week

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

The weekly maximum ($2,128.85) is well above your benefit, so it does not limit you.

How New Hampshire PFML works out your benefit

The program is set by RSA 21-I:99–103 and insured by MetLife. It pays 60% of your average weekly wage, with wages capped at the Social Security taxable maximum: $184,500 in 2026, which is where the $2,128.85 weekly ceiling comes from (60% of $184,500 ÷ 52).

Your average weekly wage comes from your current employer’s pay over the last four completed calendar quarters.

Employer plans provide 6 or 12 weeks with a one-time 7-day wait each benefit year. Individual plans provide 6 weeks, cost no more than $5 a week, and only pay after a one-time 7-month wait from enrollment.

New Hampshire 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 – Dec 31, 2026 $2,128.85 — See note below

Employer plans set their own premium; the individual plan premium is capped at $5 a week ($260 a year).

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 $60,000 a year with steady pay, taking 6 weeks off (bonding with a new child) from Oct 5, 2026, when the figures for Jan 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026 apply. New Hampshire PFML uses the last four completed quarters ÷ 52: $1,153.85.

The formula gives 60% × $1,153.85 = $692.31: a weekly benefit of $692.31, or 60% of their usual weekly pay. The first week is an unpaid waiting week, so 5 paid weeks come to $3,461.55.

At $200,000 a year, the same leave pays $2,128.85 a week — the maximum, 55% of that worker’s weekly pay.

What catches people out in New Hampshire

  • Declining your employer’s plan has a cost: if your employer offers NH PFML and you decline, you cannot buy an individual plan.
  • Individual-plan holders must use accrued paid leave first, though they may keep one week of it.
  • It coordinates with other benefits: NH PFML applies only when you do not qualify for insured short-term disability or workers’ compensation.
  • Employers get a tax credit on the Business Enterprise Tax of 50% of the premium they pay for six weeks of coverage.

Official New Hampshire resources

Related programs

Vermont runs the other voluntary state plan.

Sources for this page

  1. MetLife (New Hampshire’s program insurer): New Hampshire Paid Family and Medical Leave. Supplies: 60% of AWW from the last four completed quarters; 2026 cap $184,500 → max $2,128.85; 6 weeks; 7-day / 7-month waits; $5 weekly individual premium cap. Checked .
  2. New Hampshire General Court: RSA 21-I:99–102 (paid family and medical leave). Supplies: 60% of average weekly wage; wages capped at the Social Security taxable maximum. Checked .
  3. Internal Revenue Service: Publication 15 (2026), Employer’s Tax Guide. Supplies: 2026 Social Security wage base $184,500 (the contribution cap several programs use). Checked .

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