Paycheck BookU.S. take-home estimates

When the next check lands

Payday Calendar

Enter the date of a payday you already received and the pay period your workplace uses. The page lists the next payday dates for eight periods and how many checks remain in that calendar year. It does not move a date because it falls on a Saturday, a Sunday, or a holiday.

Last payday

The list updates when you change the date or the frequency. The date field starts on a recent Friday so you can see a sample right away.

Use the date printed on a stub, not the date you spent the money.
This choice is used only when the frequency is semimonthly.

Next payday

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    How the calendar figures the dates

    Weekly dates add 7 days. Biweekly dates add 14 days. Monthly dates keep the same calendar day when that day exists in the next month, or they use the last day of a shorter month. Semimonthly dates follow the pair you select: the 15th and the last day, or the 1st and the 15th.

    The count of remaining paydays in the calendar year starts after the last payday you entered and stops when the next date would fall in January of the following year. A full year at these frequencies has 52, 26, 24, or 12 checks.

    Common questions

    Why is biweekly not the same as semimonthly?

    Biweekly pay is every two weeks, which is 26 checks in a year. Semimonthly pay is twice a month on fixed dates, which is 24 checks. Two months a year, a biweekly worker receives three checks.

    What if payday moved because of a holiday?

    Enter the date that was actually paid, then read the next dates as a draft. If your workplace always pays on Friday, start from a Friday and stay on weekly or biweekly.

    Does this page calculate take-home pay?

    No. Use the paycheck calculator for an educational take-home estimate.