cost of paid maternity leave
The total annual maternity leave for all births (paid maternity leave per year per birth times number of births per year): $112,608,800,000. If we assume, similar to Social Security, administrative costs are minimal (less than 1%), we can say $113 billion per year is the rough cost of this program.sing the latest data available from the US governmentâ¦. Womenâs median earnings: $669/week = $34,788 per year. Source: Bureau of Labor and Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/cps/ cpswom2010.pdf. If new mothers are paid 75% of median income, that is $26,091 paid maternity leave per year per birth.