Project your paid time off balance through any date — holidays & weekends excluded automatically.
Stop guessing your vacation balance. Enter your accrual rate or yearly allowance, add your planned trips, and see your exact PTO balance for any future date — with holidays and weekends automatically excluded.
Tap to toggle. Green = observed (free day, not PTO). Grey = not observed (costs PTO if taken).
Add a single day or a range — great for week-long closures like Christmas week.
Divide your total yearly PTO days by the number of paychecks you receive per year, then multiply by 8 (hours per day). For example, 15 days ÷ 26 bi-weekly paychecks × 8 = 4.62 hours per paycheck. You can use the "days per year" input mode in the calculator above to have this calculated automatically.
In most companies, yes — PTO continues to accrue based on your pay schedule even when you're using vacation time, since you're still receiving a paycheck. Some companies pause accrual during unpaid leave. Check your employee handbook to confirm your company's policy.
A PTO cap is the maximum number of hours you're allowed to accumulate. Once you hit the cap, you stop accruing until you use some time off. This is different from a rollover limit, which caps how many hours you can carry from one year to the next. Enter your cap in the "Max PTO Cap" field to see when you'd hit it.
The average US private sector worker receives about 10 vacation days after one year of employment, rising to around 14 days after 5 years and 17 days after 10 years. Government workers typically receive more. Many companies also offer additional sick days or personal days on top of vacation PTO.
It depends on your employer. If your company observes a federal holiday (like Thanksgiving or Christmas), you get that day off without it counting against your PTO balance. If your company does not observe a holiday and you take it off anyway, it typically comes out of your PTO. Use the Holiday Settings above to toggle which holidays your company observes.