Compare national policies across indicators:

Average wages

Average wages help calculate compareable figures for income replacement.

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	Country	Gross yearly (local currency)	Tax rate	Net yearly (local currency)	Exchange rate	Mean gender wage gap	Woman net weekly (EUR)	Man net weekly (EUR)
1.	Germany	€50,257.00^ⓘ	37.44%^ⓘ	€31,440.78^ⓘ	1^ⓘ	17.3%^ⓘ	€547.38	€661.88
2.	Netherlands	€58,248.00^ⓘ	27.19%^ⓘ	€42,410.37^ⓘ	1^ⓘ	10.1%^ⓘ	€772.21	€858.96
3.	UK	£44,806.00^ⓘ	21.42%^ⓘ	£35,208.55^ⓘ	1.16^ⓘ	16.1%^ⓘ	€716.66	€854.18
4.	USA	$82,933.00^ⓘ	24.39%^ⓘ	$62,705.64^ⓘ	0.85^ⓘ	19.4%^ⓘ	€914.89	€1,135.10

While median wages would be more representative, they are not used due to limited data availability.

Years are assumed to be 52 weeks.

See Terminology for definitions of gender wage gap and tax rate.

Protected leave entitlement for new parents

Total consecutive weeks of workplace-protected leave for new parents, combining maternity, paternity, and parental leave entitlements.

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	Country	Maternity leave	Parental leave for birth parent	Shareable birth leave	Paternity leave	Parental leave for non-birth parent	Total
1.	Germany	14 weeks^ⓘ	156.5 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	156.5 weeks^ⓘ	319 weeks
2.	Netherlands	16 weeks^ⓘ	26 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	6 weeks^ⓘ	26 weeks^ⓘ	74 weeks
3.	UK	6 weeks^ⓘ	4 weeks^ⓘ	46 weeks^ⓘ	2 weeks^ⓘ	4 weeks^ⓘ	62 weeks
4.	USA	12 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	12 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	24 weeks

Paid leave entitlement for new parents is explored below.

Paid leave entitlement for new parents

Total paid weeks of leave for new parents, funded by government, employers, or insurance as mandated by law, including maternity, paternity, and parental leave (which may extend beyond the child’s birth year).

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	Country	Paid maternity leave	Paid parental leave for birth parent	Paid shareable birth leave	Paid paternity leave	Paid parental leave for non-birth parent	Total
1.	Germany	14 weeks^ⓘ	44 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	8.7 weeks^ⓘ	66.7 weeks
2.	Netherlands	16 weeks^ⓘ	9 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	6 weeks^ⓘ	9 weeks^ⓘ	40 weeks
3.	UK	6 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	33 weeks^ⓘ	2 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	41 weeks
4.	USA	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks

Shareable entitlements are always attributed to the birth parent.

Income replacement for birth parent taking only paid leave

Total government-guaranteed post-tax support for birth parents who take their full paid leave entitlement, whether funded directly by the government or mandated for employers or insurance to provide.

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	Country	Maternity leave	Shareable leave	Parental leave	Maternity pay	Parental leave pay	Total net pay
1.	Germany	14 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	44 weeks^ⓘ	€7,663.28^ⓘ	€15,895.84^ⓘ	€23,559.13^ⓘ
2.	Netherlands	16 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	9 weeks^ⓘ	€12,355.30^ⓘ	€4,864.90^ⓘ	€17,220.20^ⓘ
3.	UK	6 weeks^ⓘ	33 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	€10,492.26^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	€10,492.26^ⓘ
4.	USA	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ

All amounts shown in Euros and calculated based on Average wages.

Shareable entitlements are always attributed to the birth parent.

Income replacement for non-birth parent taking only paid leave

Total government-guaranteed post-tax support for non-birth parents who take their full paid leave entitlement, whether funded directly by the government or mandated for employers or insurance to provide.

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	Country	Paternity leave	Parental leave	Paternity pay	Parental leave pay	Total net pay
1.	Germany	0 weeks^ⓘ	8.7 weeks^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	€3,600.00^ⓘ	€3,600.00^ⓘ
2.	Netherlands	6 weeks^ⓘ	9 weeks^ⓘ	€3,607.64^ⓘ	€5,411.46^ⓘ	€9,019.10^ⓘ
3.	UK	2 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	€347.41^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	€347.41^ⓘ
4.	USA	0 weeks^ⓘ	0 weeks^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ

All amounts shown in Euros and calculated based on Average wages.

Shareable entitlements are always attributed to the birth parent.

Income replacement for parents during the birth year

To account for variations in protected leave, the data below shows the net financial support parents receive during the child’s birth year, assuming all available leave is taken.

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	Country	Weeks available for birth parent	Income replacement for birth parent during time off	Weeks available for non-birth parent	Income replacement for non-birth parent during time off
1.	Germany	52 weeks^ⓘ	€23,559.13^ⓘ	52 weeks^ⓘ	€3,600.00^ⓘ
2.	Netherlands*	42 weeks^ⓘ	€17,220.20^ⓘ	32 weeks^ⓘ	€9,019.10^ⓘ
3.	UK	52 weeks^ⓘ	€12,090.12^ⓘ	6 weeks^ⓘ	€347.41^ⓘ
4.	USA*	12 weeks^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ	12 weeks^ⓘ	€0.00^ⓘ

Countries in which birth parent has to go back to work are during the birth year are marked with *.

All amounts shown in Euros and calculated based on Average wages.

Shareable entitlements are always attributed to the birth parent.