US state payday-law reference

Which payday frequencies each US state permits

Payday Ledger shows the payday frequencies each US state permits, from the US Department of Labor, and a pay-date calculator. It does not list employers' pay schedules.

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States and the four pay frequencies

Each column shows whether the state marks that frequency as permitted in the US Department of Labor table. A state absent from the table has no state regulation or none specified.

State	Weekly	Biweekly	Semimonthly	Monthly
Alabama	No	No	No	No
Alaska	No	No	Yes	Yes
Arizona	No	No	Yes	No
Arkansas	No	No	Yes	No
California	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Colorado	No	No	No	Yes
Connecticut	Yes	No	No	No
Delaware	No	No	No	Yes
District of Columbia	No	No	Yes	No
Florida	No	No	No	No
Georgia	No	No	Yes	No
Hawaii	No	No	Yes	Yes
Idaho	No	No	No	Yes
Illinois	No	No	Yes	Yes
Indiana	No	Yes	Yes	No
Iowa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Kansas	No	No	No	Yes
Kentucky	No	No	Yes	No
Louisiana	No	Yes	Yes	No
Maine	No	No	Yes	No
Maryland	No	Yes	Yes	No
Massachusetts	Yes	Yes	No	No
Michigan	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minnesota	No	No	Yes	Yes
Mississippi	No	Yes	Yes	No
Missouri	No	No	Yes	No
Montana	No	No	No	No
Nebraska	No	No	No	No
Nevada	No	No	Yes	Yes
New Hampshire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
New Jersey	No	No	Yes	Yes
New Mexico	No	No	Yes	Yes
New York	Yes	No	Yes	No
North Carolina	No	No	No	No
North Dakota	No	No	No	Yes
Ohio	No	No	Yes	No
Oklahoma	No	No	Yes	No
Oregon	No	No	No	Yes
Pennsylvania	No	No	No	No
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
South Carolina	No	No	No	No
South Dakota	No	No	No	Yes
Tennessee	No	No	Yes	No
Texas	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Utah	No	No	Yes	Yes
Vermont	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Washington	No	No	No	Yes
West Virginia	No	Yes	No	No
Wisconsin	No	No	No	Yes
Wyoming	No	No	Yes	No

States DOL marks for each frequency, counted from the 51 jurisdictions with a page here (50 states and DC): weekly 10, biweekly 14, semimonthly 32, monthly 23. Alabama, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina mark none of the four, and DOL footnote 1 gives the reason for Alabama and Florida. DOL's table also lists Puerto Rico (weekly, biweekly and semimonthly allowed), which has no page here.

Source: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, State Payday Requirements (revised January 1, 2023). Record id: DOL-WHD-state-payday (all states). Data revised January 1, 2023.

Also on this site: the DOL footnotes · bank holidays in the calendar.