Paid Leave Oregon in 2026: full wage replacement for lower earners
Paid Leave Oregon covers time off when you are seriously ill, when a child arrives or when a relative needs your care, and for lower earners it replaces the whole weekly wage. Enter your pay to see your amount.
Paid Leave Oregon, bonding with a new child
$769
a week · $9,231 for 12 weeks
| Weekly benefit | $769 |
| Average weekly wage used | $769 |
| Weeks paid (up to 12 weeks for this reason) | 12 weeks |
| Total for this leave | $9,231 |
| Federal income tax on it, about | $1,108 |
| Your take-home pay now, a week | $655 |
| Share of take-home pay replaced | 117 % before tax |
Oregon: 100% of the weekly wage up to 65% of the state average weekly wage ($1,410.13), plus 50% above, between $70.51 and $1,692.16 a week for benefit years from June 28, 2026. The engine divides your base-year pay by 52.
Compiled by Radif Partners · How the estimates are built · state laws and agency pages read October 20, 2026
Paid Leave Oregon is the only program on this site that replaces 100 % of the weekly wage for lower earners. Up to 65 % of the state average weekly wage, $916.58, your full average weekly wage is paid; above that line, 50 % of the extra is added. The maximum is 120 % of the state average, $1,692.16 a week, and the minimum 5 % of it, $70.51, for benefit years that begin on or after June 28, 2026. Those figures follow the state average weekly wage, which rose from $1,363.80 to $1,410.13. A $40,000 earner collects about $769, close to the entire gross week, while a $95,000 earner collects $1,372. Leave lasts up to 12 weeks in a 52-week period, with 2 more for pregnancy and childbirth. The contribution is 1 % of wages up to $184,500, of which employees pay 60 %.
Your whole wage, up to a line
Oregon's model has two parts. If your average weekly wage is $916.58 or less, 65 % of the state average, the benefit equals that wage. If it is higher, you receive $916.58 plus 50 % of the amount above it, until the cap of $1,692.16, reached at a weekly wage of about $2,468. The structure comes from the program's tiered benefit model (Oregon DCBS memo); the statute itself could not be read online, so the official calculator remains the reference for an exact amount.
For a worker earning $40,000 a year, about $769 a week, the result is $769, and 12 weeks of bonding come to $9,231. No other state pays a full wage at this level; California's best rate is 90 % and Connecticut's 95 %.
Paid Leave Oregon at your pay
Paid Leave Oregon, bonding with a new child
$769
| Weekly benefit | $769 |
| Average weekly wage used | $769 |
| Weeks paid (up to 12 weeks for this reason) | 12 weeks |
| Total for this leave | $9,231 |
Benefit years, not calendar dates
The new minimum and maximum apply to claims whose benefit year begins on or after June 28, 2026 (Oregon Employment Department, Employer News). A claim whose benefit year started before keeps the earlier limits: $68.19 and $1,636.56. Check the start of your benefit year on the decision letter before comparing.
Weeks of leave
A worker can receive 12 weeks of paid leave in a 52-week period, for any mix of covered reasons. An extra 2 weeks are available to someone who is pregnant, has given birth in the past year or has health needs related to childbirth, for 14 in all (Paid Leave Oregon, common questions). There is no separate, larger medical allowance as in Massachusetts.
How the contribution is split
The total contribution for 2026 is 1 % of wages, up to the Social Security wage index of $184,500. Employees pay 60 % of it, 0.6 % of wages, and employers with 25 or more employees pay the other 40 % (Paid Leave Oregon, employers). The deduction for a $40,000 earner is about $240 a year.
Federal tax
The IRS counts family leave benefits as income, per Revenue Ruling 2025-4. For medical leave, the share tied to employer contributions is taxable and the share tied to employee contributions is not; the tax page explains how that split works.
Paid Leave Oregon: the 2026 figures
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Benefit rule | 100% of the weekly wage up to 65% of the state average weekly wage ($1,410.13), plus 50% above, between $70.51 and $1,692.16 a week for benefit years from June 28, 2026 |
| Weekly benefit, 2026 | $70.51 to $1,692.16 |
| Weeks: Own health or pregnancy | 12 |
| Weeks: Bonding with a new child | 12 |
| Weeks: Caring for a relative | 12 |
| Weeks: With a pregnancy complication | 14 |
| Employee premium, 2026 | 0.6% of wages up to $184,500 |