Polish maternity benefit: 81.5% for the year or 100% then 70%, side by side
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 17 Oct 2026.On 7,000 zł gross a month, maternity and parental leave for one child pay 59,728.76 zł at 81.5% for the whole 52 weeks, or 59,758.16 zł at 100% for 20 weeks then 70% for 32 weeks. The base is the 12-month average pay minus 13.71% social contributions, 6,040.30 zł.
2026 · Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 17 Oct 2026); they may have changed since.
Type the average monthly gross pay of the 12 months before the birth.
Tap how many children were born at once.
Pick 81.5% for the whole year or 100% then 70%, and the weeks of parental leave you will take.
Read the total, the monthly amounts and the difference between the two ways of being paid.
This calculator shows what ZUS pays an employee during maternity leave (urlop macierzyński) and parental leave (urlop rodzicielski) in Poland, with the two ways of being paid side by side.
The base. Take the average gross pay of the 12 calendar months before the birth and subtract the employee's social contributions of 13.71%. For full-time work the base is never below the 2026 minimum wage of 4,806 zł minus 13.71%, so 4,147.10 zł. One day of benefit is a thirtieth of the monthly amount.
The periods. Maternity leave is 20 weeks for one child and 31, 33, 35 or 37 weeks for two to five children born at once. Parental leave is 41 weeks, or 43 for more than one child, shared by both parents, but 9 weeks belong to each parent and cannot be passed on, so the mother alone can take 32 or 34 weeks.
81.5% or 100% then 70%. If the mother applies within 21 days of the birth, she gets 81.5% of the base for the whole maternity and parental leave. Otherwise maternity leave pays 100% and parental leave 70%. Over a full year the totals are almost the same, and 100% then 70% comes out a few złoty ahead, but 81.5% pays more in the first months. If no day of parental leave is used in the child's first year, ZUS tops the 81.5% maternity pay up to 100% on request.
The minimum. A monthly benefit lower than the świadczenie rodzicielskie, 1,000 zł, is raised to 1,000 zł.
What comes off. No ZUS contributions are charged on the benefit, but the PIT advance is withheld, so the amount paid is lower than the figure here. ZUS pays a full calendar month as the monthly amount, so a real schedule can differ by a few złoty.
What it does not do. The father's own 9 weeks (paid at 70% on his base), the extra leave for a premature baby, the longer leave with a "Za życiem" certificate, adoption, and working part time during parental leave are not modelled. The Poland Sick Pay Calculator covers sick leave during pregnancy, paid at 100%.
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Over a full year the totals are nearly equal: on 7,000 zł gross the split pays 59,758.16 zł and 81.5% pays 59,728.76 zł. The 81.5% option pays more each month at the start, and 100% then 70% pays more if you stop parental leave early.
ZUS takes the average monthly pay of the 12 calendar months before the birth and subtracts the employee's 13.71% social contributions. For full-time work the base cannot be lower than the minimum wage minus 13.71%, which is 4,147.10 zł in 2026.
Twenty weeks for one child, 31 weeks for twins, 33 for triplets, 35 for four and 37 for five or more children born at once. Up to 6 weeks can be taken before the expected birth. Parental leave of 41 or 43 weeks follows.
No later than 21 days after the birth, in writing to the employer or ZUS. Without that application maternity leave is paid at 100% and parental leave at 70%. The 81.5% then covers both leaves, except the 9 weeks reserved for the father.
One thousand złoty a month. When 100%, 81.5% or 70% of your base comes to less than the świadczenie rodzicielskie of 1,000 zł, ZUS raises the monthly benefit to 1,000 zł, and in proportion for part of a month.
If you chose 81.5% but use no day of parental leave in the child's first year, you can ask ZUS for a one-off top-up of the maternity benefit to 100% of the base. The result then matches the 100% option for the 20 weeks.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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