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This estimator is for informational planning. Confirm live payroll decisions against current GOV.UK guidance and your payroll process.

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Estimate Statutory Maternity Pay

Choose the role, enter the dates that drive the qualifying-week logic, and keep the non-durable assumptions visible. This is an informational estimate, not payroll or legal advice.

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Use the expected date of birth so the qualifying week can be derived correctly.
Enter the first date maternity leave is expected to begin.
This should be the date continuous employment began with this employer.
Use the monthly pay figure that best represents the relevant period. BumpPay converts it into a weekly estimate.
Enter the amount you want normalised into weekly pay.

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Reviewed 22 April 2026. Source: GOV.UK employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay.

Use 0.92 for a 92% recovery assumption.
Use 1.03 for a 103% recovery assumption.

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Start with the dates that control the qualifying week.

BumpPay will turn the due date, leave start, employment timing, and relevant-period earnings into an eligibility read, a 39 week schedule, and an employer recovery view.

  • Check the due date and leave start first
  • Keep the reviewed assumptions visible while you estimate
  • Use the support pages if you need the rule before the number
Review qualifying week guideSee the methodology