Maternity Pay Calculator

Written byOleh Soloninupdated 5 October 2026

Income, first reference year

Income, second reference year

Excluded days over two years

Sick leave, an earlier maternity leave and parental leave.

Leave length

Advanced options

Contribution ceiling, first year

Contribution ceiling, second year

Minimum wage

Calendar days in the two years

2024 and 2025 make 731 days, since 2024 was a leap year. If other years have been substituted, enter their total.

Result

Average daily2,503.42 ₽
Floor by minimum wage890.73 ₽
Ceiling by contribution base6,827.40 ₽
Daily rate applied2,503.42 ₽
Leave days140
Benefit350,478.80 ₽
TaxationMaternity benefit is not subject to income tax

One payment for the whole certificate period

Maternity benefit for 140, 156 or 194 days with the contribution ceiling above and the minimum-wage floor below. This benefit is not taxed.

Maternity benefit is calculated much like sick pay but differs in two ways. It is 100 percent of average earnings whatever the length of service — except that with under six months of insured service it cannot exceed the minimum wage for a full month (Article 11(3) of Federal Law No. 255-FZ). And it divides not by 730 but by the calendar days of the two years, less days of illness, earlier maternity leave and parental leave, so where such periods exist the daily figure comes out higher than for sick pay.

It is paid in one go for the period of the certificate rather than month by month; the extra sixteen days after a complicated birth come on a separate certificate and are paid on top afterwards. No income tax is withheld, so the amount calculated is the amount received.

How to use

Enter earnings for the two calendar years before the year the leave starts — the part that carried social contributions.
Enter the excluded days across those two years: sick leave, an earlier maternity leave and parental leave.
Choose the length: 140 days for a straightforward birth, 156 for a complicated one, 194 for a multiple pregnancy.
Read the average daily earnings and the total benefit, and compare it with the floor and ceiling the calculator shows.

How the benefit is worked out

Earnings for the two years are added and divided by the number of calendar days in them (Article 14(3.1) of Federal Law No. 255-FZ): 731 for 2024 and 2025, because 2024 was a leap year. Sick pay divides by 730, less any days of suspended employment; maternity pay uses the real day count. The daily figure is then multiplied by the number of days of leave. On incomes of 850,000 and 980,000 ₽ it is 2,503.42 ₽ and the benefit for 140 days is 350,479 ₽.

That daily figure has both a ceiling and a floor. The ceiling comes from the contribution bases for the same two years: earnings above them do not count. The floor is derived from the statutory minimum wage and protects anyone with little or no earnings across the period.

Incomes of 850,000 and 980,000 ₽ over two years with no excluded days. Worked out with this calculator.
Length of leave	When it applies	Benefit at 2,503.42 ₽ a day
140 days	Straightforward birth, 70 days before and 70 after	350,479 ₽
156 days	Complicated birth	390,534 ₽
194 days	Multiple pregnancy	485,663 ₽

Why excluded days raise the benefit

Days of sickness, an earlier maternity leave or parental leave come out of the denominator, while the earnings for them were never in the numerator. The daily figure therefore rises: on the same incomes with 60 excluded days it moves from 2,503.42 to 2,727.27 ₽, and the 140-day benefit from 350,479 to 381,818 ₽.

The benefit is free of income tax and paid as a single sum for the period of the certificate rather than monthly. That separates it from the parental allowance that follows, which is paid every month and calculated under different rules.

What this calculator shows

Average daily earnings alongside the statutory floor and ceiling
The total benefit for the leave length you choose
Which of the three limits actually applied in your case

What to keep in mind

The ceiling is the sum of two years' contribution bases divided by 730 (Article 14(3.3)) — no salary, however high, produces more than that. Average earnings themselves are divided by the calendar days of the two years: 731 for 2024–2025, so with no excluded days they top out at 4,984,000 ÷ 731 = 6,818.06 ₽ a day.
The floor is 24 months of minimum wage divided by 730, applied whenever real earnings fall below it.

Where the numbers come from

Checked against Russian Federal Law No. 255-FZ · verified July 2026.

FAQs

When is it 156 or 194 days instead of 140?

156 days for a complicated birth, with the extra sixteen days issued afterwards on a separate certificate. 194 days for a multiple pregnancy, where leave also starts earlier, at week 28.

Can the reference years be swapped?

Yes, if they contained maternity or parental leave. Earlier years can be substituted on request — but only when doing so increases the benefit.

What if I worked less than two years?

Missing months count as zero, and if the result falls under the floor the minimum wage applies. With less than six months of service the calculation always uses the minimum wage.

Is any tax withheld?

No. Maternity benefit is explicitly exempt. The separate childcare allowance up to eighteen months is also untaxed but uses a different formula — 40 percent of average earnings.

What does the benefit come to on around 75,000 ₽ a month?

On incomes of 850,000 and 980,000 ₽ for 2024 and 2025 the daily figure is 2,503.42 ₽ — the income is divided by 731 days — and the 140-day benefit is 350,479 ₽ paid in one instalment. A 156-day leave gives 390,534 ₽ and a 194-day leave 485,663 ₽.

Why do excluded days increase the payment?

They shrink the denominator. Days of sickness and earlier leave are removed from the day count, while no earnings existed for them anyway. With 60 excluded days the daily figure rises to 2,727.27 ₽ and the 140-day benefit to 381,818 ₽.

Is maternity pay calculated this way in other countries?

No. The lengths, the two-year averaging and the tax treatment are set by Russian law. Maternity pay elsewhere runs on different formulas, is often paid monthly, and is frequently taxable.

Worked example

Standard birth on a salary near 80,000

Input: 850,000 and 980,000 ₽ over two years, 20 excluded days, 140 days

Output: Daily average 2,573.84 ₽, benefit 360,338 ₽

Note: Those twenty excluded days lifted the daily figure by about 70 ₽ and added nearly ten thousand to the total. It is worth digging out sick-leave dates for the reference years.

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