How many pay dates are in 2027 when you pay weekly?

Paid every Friday, 2027 has 52 pay dates. The count depends on the weekday you pay, because each check counts in the year it is paid: Monday 52, Tuesday 52, Wednesday 52, Thursday 52, Friday 52.

What happens when payday falls on a bank holiday?

Direct deposits do not settle on weekends or Federal Reserve bank holidays, so the pay date moves. By standard practice it moves to the business day before, which is this calendar's default. Count your bank's file deadline back from the new pay date, not the scheduled one. On this schedule in 2027, no pay date falls on a weekend or bank holiday.

Which year do wages count in?

The year they are paid, not the year the work was done or the pay period ended; that is the year they go on the W-2. A pay date scheduled for Saturday, January 1, 2028 and paid Friday, December 31, 2027 counts in 2027.

How do I handle a year with 53 pay dates?

No Friday weekly schedule has 53 pay dates in 2027. When a year does: Decide before the year starts and tell employees in writing. Dividing annual salary by 53 lowers each check, and an exempt employee's pay must stay at or above the federal salary level for exempt status, $684 a week (some states set it higher). Keeping the usual 1/52 makes the year cost one more check. Percentage deductions follow pay by themselves; flat-dollar deductions set as an annual amount, such as benefit premiums or an FSA election, need a decision for the extra check. Garnishments and support orders are withheld as each order says.

2027 Weekly Payroll Calendar: Pay Dates

Q: What is the difference between monthly and semiweekly deposits?

Your deposit schedule for each year is set by the employment taxes you reported in the lookback period; for Form 941 filers in 2027, that is July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026. $50,000 or less makes you a monthly depositor: deposit by the 15th of the next month. More than $50,000 makes you semiweekly: taxes on pay dates Wednesday to Friday are due the following Wednesday, and Saturday to Tuesday the following Friday, later when a legal holiday leaves fewer than three business days. New employers are monthly depositors in their first calendar year. On either schedule, once the taxes you accumulate in a deposit period reach $100,000, they are due the next business day, and a monthly depositor who reaches it becomes semiweekly for the rest of that year and all of the next.

Build your calendar

The calendar opens with the most common setup. Change it to match your payroll; the pay periods, bank file dates, deposit due dates and holiday moves follow.

Your schedule

A known pay dateAny pay date on your schedule; the calendar works forward and back from it.

Period end to pay date

Weekend or bank holiday

Send the bank fileYour bank's file deadline; two banking days ahead is common.

Deposit scheduleThe deposit due dates the month grids mark.

Pay dates in 2027: 52
Moved for a weekend or holiday: 0
First pay date: Fri, Jan 8
Last pay date: Fri, Dec 31

Send the bank file by your bank's file deadline; two banking days ahead is common, and a bank holiday in between moves it a day earlier.

2027 at a glance

Pay dates, bank holidays and the monthly deposit due dates for your schedule.

Pay date
Deposit due (monthly)
Bank holiday
IRS legal holiday, banks open

January
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1, Bank holiday	2
3	4	5	6	7	8, Pay date	9
10	11	12	13	14	15, Pay date, Deposit due (monthly)	16
17	18, Bank holiday	19	20	21	22, Pay date	23
24	25	26	27	28	29, Pay date	30
31

February
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5, Pay date	6
7	8	9	10	11	12, Pay date	13
14	15, Bank holiday	16, Deposit due (monthly)	17	18	19, Pay date	20
21	22	23	24	25	26, Pay date	27
28

March
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5, Pay date	6
7	8	9	10	11	12, Pay date	13
14	15, Deposit due (monthly)	16	17	18	19, Pay date	20
21	22	23	24	25	26, Pay date	27
28	29	30	31

April
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2, Pay date	3
4	5	6	7	8	9, Pay date	10
11	12	13	14	15, Deposit due (monthly)	16, Pay date, IRS legal holiday, banks open	17
18	19	20	21	22	23, Pay date	24
25	26	27	28	29	30, Pay date

May
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7, Pay date	8
9	10	11	12	13	14, Pay date	15
16	17, Deposit due (monthly)	18	19	20	21, Pay date	22
23	24	25	26	27	28, Pay date	29
30	31, Bank holiday

June
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1	2	3	4, Pay date	5
6	7	8	9	10	11, Pay date	12
13	14	15, Deposit due (monthly)	16	17	18, Pay date, IRS legal holiday, banks open	19
20	21	22	23	24	25, Pay date	26
27	28	29	30

July
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2, Pay date	3
4	5, Bank holiday	6	7	8	9, Pay date	10
11	12	13	14	15, Deposit due (monthly)	16, Pay date	17
18	19	20	21	22	23, Pay date	24
25	26	27	28	29	30, Pay date	31

August
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
1	2	3	4	5	6, Pay date	7
8	9	10	11	12	13, Pay date	14
15	16, Deposit due (monthly)	17	18	19	20, Pay date	21
22	23	24	25	26	27, Pay date	28
29	30	31

September
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3, Pay date	4
5	6, Bank holiday	7	8	9	10, Pay date	11
12	13	14	15, Deposit due (monthly)	16	17, Pay date	18
19	20	21	22	23	24, Pay date	25
26	27	28	29	30

October
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1, Pay date	2
3	4	5	6	7	8, Pay date	9
10	11, Bank holiday	12	13	14	15, Pay date, Deposit due (monthly)	16
17	18	19	20	21	22, Pay date	23
24	25	26	27	28	29, Pay date	30
31

November
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1	2	3	4	5, Pay date	6
7	8	9	10	11, Bank holiday	12, Pay date	13
14	15, Deposit due (monthly)	16	17	18	19, Pay date	20
21	22	23	24	25, Bank holiday	26, Pay date	27
28	29	30

December
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1	2	3, Pay date	4
5	6	7	8	9	10, Pay date	11
12	13	14	15, Deposit due (monthly)	16	17, Pay date	18
19	20	21	22	23	24, Pay date, IRS legal holiday, banks open	25
26	27	28	29	30	31, Pay date, IRS legal holiday, banks open

2027 pay dates and deposit due dates

Every pay date with its pay period, the day to send the bank file and the federal deposit due date under both deposit schedules.

#	Pay period	Pay date	Send the bank file by	Deposit due, monthly	Deposit due, semiweekly
#1	Mon, Dec 28, 2026 to Sun, Jan 3	Fri, Jan 8	Bank fileWed, Jan 6	MonthlyTue, Feb 16	SemiweeklyWed, Jan 13
#2	Mon, Jan 4 to Sun, Jan 10	Fri, Jan 15	Bank fileWed, Jan 13	MonthlyTue, Feb 16	SemiweeklyThu, Jan 21
#3	Mon, Jan 11 to Sun, Jan 17	Fri, Jan 22	Bank fileWed, Jan 20	MonthlyTue, Feb 16	SemiweeklyWed, Jan 27
#4	Mon, Jan 18 to Sun, Jan 24	Fri, Jan 29	Bank fileWed, Jan 27	MonthlyTue, Feb 16	SemiweeklyWed, Feb 3
#5	Mon, Jan 25 to Sun, Jan 31	Fri, Feb 5	Bank fileWed, Feb 3	MonthlyMon, Mar 15	SemiweeklyWed, Feb 10
#6	Mon, Feb 1 to Sun, Feb 7	Fri, Feb 12	Bank fileWed, Feb 10	MonthlyMon, Mar 15	SemiweeklyThu, Feb 18
#7	Mon, Feb 8 to Sun, Feb 14	Fri, Feb 19	Bank fileWed, Feb 17	MonthlyMon, Mar 15	SemiweeklyWed, Feb 24
#8	Mon, Feb 15 to Sun, Feb 21	Fri, Feb 26	Bank fileWed, Feb 24	MonthlyMon, Mar 15	SemiweeklyWed, Mar 3
#9	Mon, Feb 22 to Sun, Feb 28	Fri, Mar 5	Bank fileWed, Mar 3	MonthlyThu, Apr 15	SemiweeklyWed, Mar 10
#10	Mon, Mar 1 to Sun, Mar 7	Fri, Mar 12	Bank fileWed, Mar 10	MonthlyThu, Apr 15	SemiweeklyWed, Mar 17
#11	Mon, Mar 8 to Sun, Mar 14	Fri, Mar 19	Bank fileWed, Mar 17	MonthlyThu, Apr 15	SemiweeklyWed, Mar 24
#12	Mon, Mar 15 to Sun, Mar 21	Fri, Mar 26	Bank fileWed, Mar 24	MonthlyThu, Apr 15	SemiweeklyWed, Mar 31
#13	Mon, Mar 22 to Sun, Mar 28	Fri, Apr 2	Bank fileWed, Mar 31	MonthlyMon, May 17	SemiweeklyWed, Apr 7
#14	Mon, Mar 29 to Sun, Apr 4	Fri, Apr 9	Bank fileWed, Apr 7	MonthlyMon, May 17	SemiweeklyWed, Apr 14
#15	Mon, Apr 5 to Sun, Apr 11	Fri, Apr 16	Bank fileWed, Apr 14	MonthlyMon, May 17	SemiweeklyWed, Apr 21
#16	Mon, Apr 12 to Sun, Apr 18	Fri, Apr 23	Bank fileWed, Apr 21	MonthlyMon, May 17	SemiweeklyWed, Apr 28
#17	Mon, Apr 19 to Sun, Apr 25	Fri, Apr 30	Bank fileWed, Apr 28	MonthlyMon, May 17	SemiweeklyWed, May 5
#18	Mon, Apr 26 to Sun, May 2	Fri, May 7	Bank fileWed, May 5	MonthlyTue, Jun 15	SemiweeklyWed, May 12
#19	Mon, May 3 to Sun, May 9	Fri, May 14	Bank fileWed, May 12	MonthlyTue, Jun 15	SemiweeklyWed, May 19
#20	Mon, May 10 to Sun, May 16	Fri, May 21	Bank fileWed, May 19	MonthlyTue, Jun 15	SemiweeklyWed, May 26
#21	Mon, May 17 to Sun, May 23	Fri, May 28	Bank fileWed, May 26	MonthlyTue, Jun 15	SemiweeklyThu, Jun 3
#22	Mon, May 24 to Sun, May 30	Fri, Jun 4	Bank fileWed, Jun 2	MonthlyThu, Jul 15	SemiweeklyWed, Jun 9
#23	Mon, May 31 to Sun, Jun 6	Fri, Jun 11	Bank fileWed, Jun 9	MonthlyThu, Jul 15	SemiweeklyWed, Jun 16
#24	Mon, Jun 7 to Sun, Jun 13	Fri, Jun 18	Bank fileWed, Jun 16	MonthlyThu, Jul 15	SemiweeklyWed, Jun 23
#25	Mon, Jun 14 to Sun, Jun 20	Fri, Jun 25	Bank fileWed, Jun 23	MonthlyThu, Jul 15	SemiweeklyWed, Jun 30
#26	Mon, Jun 21 to Sun, Jun 27	Fri, Jul 2	Bank fileWed, Jun 30	MonthlyMon, Aug 16	SemiweeklyThu, Jul 8
#27	Mon, Jun 28 to Sun, Jul 4	Fri, Jul 9	Bank fileWed, Jul 7	MonthlyMon, Aug 16	SemiweeklyWed, Jul 14
#28	Mon, Jul 5 to Sun, Jul 11	Fri, Jul 16	Bank fileWed, Jul 14	MonthlyMon, Aug 16	SemiweeklyWed, Jul 21
#29	Mon, Jul 12 to Sun, Jul 18	Fri, Jul 23	Bank fileWed, Jul 21	MonthlyMon, Aug 16	SemiweeklyWed, Jul 28
#30	Mon, Jul 19 to Sun, Jul 25	Fri, Jul 30	Bank fileWed, Jul 28	MonthlyMon, Aug 16	SemiweeklyWed, Aug 4
#31	Mon, Jul 26 to Sun, Aug 1	Fri, Aug 6	Bank fileWed, Aug 4	MonthlyWed, Sep 15	SemiweeklyWed, Aug 11
#32	Mon, Aug 2 to Sun, Aug 8	Fri, Aug 13	Bank fileWed, Aug 11	MonthlyWed, Sep 15	SemiweeklyWed, Aug 18
#33	Mon, Aug 9 to Sun, Aug 15	Fri, Aug 20	Bank fileWed, Aug 18	MonthlyWed, Sep 15	SemiweeklyWed, Aug 25
#34	Mon, Aug 16 to Sun, Aug 22	Fri, Aug 27	Bank fileWed, Aug 25	MonthlyWed, Sep 15	SemiweeklyWed, Sep 1
#35	Mon, Aug 23 to Sun, Aug 29	Fri, Sep 3	Bank fileWed, Sep 1	MonthlyFri, Oct 15	SemiweeklyThu, Sep 9
#36	Mon, Aug 30 to Sun, Sep 5	Fri, Sep 10	Bank fileWed, Sep 8	MonthlyFri, Oct 15	SemiweeklyWed, Sep 15
#37	Mon, Sep 6 to Sun, Sep 12	Fri, Sep 17	Bank fileWed, Sep 15	MonthlyFri, Oct 15	SemiweeklyWed, Sep 22
#38	Mon, Sep 13 to Sun, Sep 19	Fri, Sep 24	Bank fileWed, Sep 22	MonthlyFri, Oct 15	SemiweeklyWed, Sep 29
#39	Mon, Sep 20 to Sun, Sep 26	Fri, Oct 1	Bank fileWed, Sep 29	MonthlyMon, Nov 15	SemiweeklyWed, Oct 6
#40	Mon, Sep 27 to Sun, Oct 3	Fri, Oct 8	Bank fileWed, Oct 6	MonthlyMon, Nov 15	SemiweeklyThu, Oct 14
#41	Mon, Oct 4 to Sun, Oct 10	Fri, Oct 15	Bank fileWed, Oct 13	MonthlyMon, Nov 15	SemiweeklyWed, Oct 20
#42	Mon, Oct 11 to Sun, Oct 17	Fri, Oct 22	Bank fileWed, Oct 20	MonthlyMon, Nov 15	SemiweeklyWed, Oct 27
#43	Mon, Oct 18 to Sun, Oct 24	Fri, Oct 29	Bank fileWed, Oct 27	MonthlyMon, Nov 15	SemiweeklyWed, Nov 3
#44	Mon, Oct 25 to Sun, Oct 31	Fri, Nov 5	Bank fileWed, Nov 3	MonthlyWed, Dec 15	SemiweeklyWed, Nov 10
#45	Mon, Nov 1 to Sun, Nov 7	Fri, Nov 12	Bank fileTue, Nov 9	MonthlyWed, Dec 15	SemiweeklyWed, Nov 17
#46	Mon, Nov 8 to Sun, Nov 14	Fri, Nov 19	Bank fileWed, Nov 17	MonthlyWed, Dec 15	SemiweeklyWed, Nov 24
#47	Mon, Nov 15 to Sun, Nov 21	Fri, Nov 26	Bank fileTue, Nov 23	MonthlyWed, Dec 15	SemiweeklyWed, Dec 1
#48	Mon, Nov 22 to Sun, Nov 28	Fri, Dec 3	Bank fileWed, Dec 1	MonthlyTue, Jan 18, 2028	SemiweeklyWed, Dec 8
#49	Mon, Nov 29 to Sun, Dec 5	Fri, Dec 10	Bank fileWed, Dec 8	MonthlyTue, Jan 18, 2028	SemiweeklyWed, Dec 15
#50	Mon, Dec 6 to Sun, Dec 12	Fri, Dec 17	Bank fileWed, Dec 15	MonthlyTue, Jan 18, 2028	SemiweeklyWed, Dec 22
#51	Mon, Dec 13 to Sun, Dec 19	Fri, Dec 24	Bank fileWed, Dec 22	MonthlyTue, Jan 18, 2028	SemiweeklyWed, Dec 29
#52	Mon, Dec 20 to Sun, Dec 26	Fri, Dec 31	Bank fileWed, Dec 29	MonthlyTue, Jan 18, 2028	SemiweeklyWed, Jan 5, 2028

Federal tax deposits only; state deposit deadlines and pay date rules differ. Rules last checked on October 3, 2026.

2027 federal payroll tax deadlines

The federal returns and forms due in 2027, moved off weekends and holidays.

Due date	What is due
Monday, February 1, 2027moved from Sun, Jan 31	W-2s and 1099-NEC to workers, SSA and IRS
Monday, February 1, 2027moved from Sun, Jan 31	Form 941 for Q4 due
Monday, February 1, 2027moved from Sun, Jan 31	Form 940 annual FUTA return
Tuesday, March 2, 2027	Forms 1095-C furnished to employees
Wednesday, March 31, 2027	Forms 1094-C / 1095-C e-filed with IRS
Friday, April 30, 2027	Form 941 for Q1 due
Monday, August 2, 2027moved from Sat, Jul 31	Form 941 for Q2 due
Monday, November 1, 2027moved from Sun, Oct 31	Form 941 for Q3 due

Monthly depositors deposit by the 15th of the next month. Semiweekly depositors: taxes on pay dates Wednesday to Friday are due the following Wednesday, and Saturday to Tuesday the following Friday, later when a legal holiday leaves fewer than three business days. On either schedule, once the taxes you accumulate in a deposit period reach $100,000, they are due the next business day.

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2027 bank holidays and IRS legal holidays

No ACH settlement. By standard practice, a payday that falls on one of these days is paid the business day before. The days marked are IRS legal holidays only: banks are open, so pay dates hold, but no tax deposit is due that day (it moves to the next business day), and a semiweekly deposit gets an extra day when one falls in the three weekdays after its period ends.

Date	Holiday	Payroll effect
Friday, January 1, 2027	New Year's Day	Pay date moves to Thu, Dec 31, 2026
Monday, January 18, 2027	Martin Luther King Jr. Day	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Monday, February 15, 2027	Washington's Birthday	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Friday, April 16, 2027	DC Emancipation Day	IRS legal holiday; banks open
Monday, May 31, 2027	Memorial Day	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Friday, June 18, 2027	Juneteenth	Observed as an IRS legal holiday; banks open
Saturday, June 19, 2027	Juneteenth	Saturday; banks stay open the Friday before
Monday, July 5, 2027	Independence Dayobserved Monday	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Monday, September 6, 2027	Labor Day	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Monday, October 11, 2027	Columbus Day	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Thursday, November 11, 2027	Veterans Day	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Thursday, November 25, 2027	Thanksgiving Day	Banks closed; no ACH settlement
Friday, December 24, 2027	Christmas Day	Observed as an IRS legal holiday; banks open
Saturday, December 25, 2027	Christmas Day	Saturday; banks stay open the Friday before
Friday, December 31, 2027	New Year's Day	Observed as an IRS legal holiday; banks open

When a holiday falls on a Saturday, Federal Reserve Banks are open the preceding Friday. Holidays on a Sunday are observed Monday.

2027 payroll calendar questions

What payroll teams ask when they build the year's calendar.

Terms used here: Pay period · Payroll calendar · Tax deposit schedule · Payroll funding

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