Payments

We will determine your weekly benefit amount based on wages reported by your employer(s). You will receive up to 90 percent of your weekly pay—up to the maximum weekly benefit amount, which is updated yearly.

Paid time off (PTO) reduces your weekly benefit amount. If you receive wages or paid time off at the same time as Paid Family and Medical Leave, it will reduce your benefit payment, unless your employer designates the paid time off as a “supplemental benefit.”

• Paid time off is vacation leave, personal leave, holiday, medical leave, sick leave, compensatory leave or any other paid leave offered by an employer under their established policy.

Maximum weekly benefit amounts. The maximum weekly benefits for 2020 – 2024 are:

• 2024= $1,456/week
• 2023 = $1,427/week 
• 2022 = $1,327/week
• 2021 = $1,206/week
• 2020 = $1,000/week

Your maximum weekly benefit amount won’t change if you apply for or begin your leave in 2023 and your claim continues into a new calendar year. Learn more about claim years.

You may receive up to 90 percent of your average weekly wage, depending on your income. A calculator to estimate your benefit payment is available at paidleave.wa.gov/estimate-your-weekly-pay.

If you received benefits from more than one program, like from Paid Leave and from Unemployment Insurance, you may have gotten more than one 1099-G. You can tell which form is for which program by looking at the Payer Information section of the form which will list either Paid Family and Medical Leave or Unemployment Insurance. For questions about your Unemployment Insurance 1099-G, visit esd.wa.gov/unemployment/1099-G-information.

We are required to submit details to the IRS in their standard template for 1099-G information which includes your name, SSN, address, and the dollar amount of the family leave benefits we paid to you.

The 1099-Gs issued by Paid Leave show:

• Our agency contact information (below) and Tax Identification Number (85-4113810) in the “Payer” box.
  • State of Washington Employment Security Department
    Paid Family and Medical Leave
    PO BOX 9046
    Olympia, WA 98507-9046
• Customer name, SSN and address in the “Payee” box.
• Paid Leave Customer ID in the “Account Number” field.
• The amount of family leave benefits you received in 2023 in “Box 1.”

We mail the form to the address we have on file for you in January. Please note that the U.S. Postal Service will forward your 1099-G if they have a change of address on file for you.

Please make sure your contact information is up to date. You can update your contact information and preferences by logging in to your benefit account and selecting Update Contact Preferences in the “Take Action” section of your homepage.

No. We only issued 1099-G forms to customers who received family leave benefits. Family leave includes leave to bond with a new child born or placed in your home and leave to care for a family member with a serious health condition.

If you received both family and medical leave, your 1099-G will only include the family leave portion.