Leave Entitlement CalculatorPTO and vacation calculators for the United States
Paid time off in the US comes from your employer's policy, not from federal law. Enter the policy — accrual rate, pay periods, hours already used — and the calculator does the arithmetic and shows its working.
United States. There is no federal statutory paid vacation. Paid time off comes from your employer's policy, so these tools work from the policy you enter. Rules checked 16 September 2026.
Go to the calculator
- Employer-policy PTO calculatorPTO accrual per pay period, hours accrued to a date, remaining balance and a gross value for the hours left.
- PTO accrual calculator by stateThe statutory paid leave your state requires you to accrue, with the official rate, annual limit and source for all 50 states and DC.
What US law does and does not require
The Fair Labor Standards Act does not require payment for time not worked, including vacation. Paid vacation, PTO banks and accrual caps are a matter of agreement between an employer and an employee, so the only reliable inputs are the ones in your own policy or handbook.
Some states regulate what happens to accrued vacation — for example whether it can expire or must be paid out when you leave — and some cities and states have separate paid sick leave laws. Those rules vary and are not implemented here, so this site does not offer state-by-state legal calculators. For your own state, start with the Department of Labor list of state labor offices.
Common PTO questions
- How much PTO do I accrue per pay period?
- Divide the annual allowance by the number of pay periods, or multiply hours worked by an hourly accrual rate — the calculator supports both, because policies use both.
- Does unused PTO carry over?
- That is a policy question, and in some states a legal one. The calculator shows your balance; it cannot tell you whether your employer may let it expire.
- Is the value shown what I would be paid?
- It is a gross figure at the rate you enter. Taxes and deductions are not applied, and whether unused PTO is paid out at all depends on your policy and your state.
Rules checked 16 September 2026. General information, not legal advice.
Official sources
Rules checked 16 September 2026. General information, not legal advice.