2024 US Federal Pay Period Calendar
26 biweekly pay periods · OPM-anchored convention
| PP | Start | End | Payday | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP 01 | Sun, Dec 17, 2023 | Sat, Dec 30, 2023 | Tue, Jan 9, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 02 | Sun, Dec 31, 2023 | Sat, Jan 13, 2024 | Tue, Jan 23, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 03 | Sun, Jan 14, 2024 | Sat, Jan 27, 2024 | Tue, Feb 6, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 04 | Sun, Jan 28, 2024 | Sat, Feb 10, 2024 | Tue, Feb 20, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 05 | Sun, Feb 11, 2024 | Sat, Feb 24, 2024 | Tue, Mar 5, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 06 | Sun, Feb 25, 2024 | Sat, Mar 9, 2024 | Tue, Mar 19, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 07 | Sun, Mar 10, 2024 | Sat, Mar 23, 2024 | Tue, Apr 2, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 08 | Sun, Mar 24, 2024 | Sat, Apr 6, 2024 | Tue, Apr 16, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 09 | Sun, Apr 7, 2024 | Sat, Apr 20, 2024 | Tue, Apr 30, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 10 | Sun, Apr 21, 2024 | Sat, May 4, 2024 | Tue, May 14, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 11 | Sun, May 5, 2024 | Sat, May 18, 2024 | Tue, May 28, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 12 | Sun, May 19, 2024 | Sat, Jun 1, 2024 | Tue, Jun 11, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 13 | Sun, Jun 2, 2024 | Sat, Jun 15, 2024 | Tue, Jun 25, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 14 | Sun, Jun 16, 2024 | Sat, Jun 29, 2024 | Tue, Jul 9, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 15 | Sun, Jun 30, 2024 | Sat, Jul 13, 2024 | Tue, Jul 23, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 16 | Sun, Jul 14, 2024 | Sat, Jul 27, 2024 | Tue, Aug 6, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 17 | Sun, Jul 28, 2024 | Sat, Aug 10, 2024 | Tue, Aug 20, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 18 | Sun, Aug 11, 2024 | Sat, Aug 24, 2024 | Tue, Sep 3, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 19 | Sun, Aug 25, 2024 | Sat, Sep 7, 2024 | Tue, Sep 17, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 20 | Sun, Sep 8, 2024 | Sat, Sep 21, 2024 | Tue, Oct 1, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 21 | Sun, Sep 22, 2024 | Sat, Oct 5, 2024 | Tue, Oct 15, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 22 | Sun, Oct 6, 2024 | Sat, Oct 19, 2024 | Tue, Oct 29, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 23 | Sun, Oct 20, 2024 | Sat, Nov 2, 2024 | Tue, Nov 12, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 24 | Sun, Nov 3, 2024 | Sat, Nov 16, 2024 | Tue, Nov 26, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 25 | Sun, Nov 17, 2024 | Sat, Nov 30, 2024 | Tue, Dec 10, 2024 | 14 |
| PP 26 | Sun, Dec 1, 2024 | Sat, Dec 14, 2024 | Tue, Dec 24, 2024 | 14 |
How to read this schedule
Each pay period is 14 days long and starts on a Sunday. Payday is normally the second Friday after the period closes — exactly 10 calendar days after the period end date. If a payday lands on a federal holiday, payment shifts to the preceding business day.
Annual leave accrual, performance plan periods, and within-grade increase eligibility for federal employees are typically counted in pay periods rather than calendar months, which is why the PP number rather than the calendar date is the canonical reference inside HR systems.
Year-end pay-period considerations
The biweekly cadence drifts roughly one day per year against the 365-day calendar. Approximately every 11 to 12 fiscal years a 27th pay period falls inside the year, requiring a budget adjustment of about 3.8% on top of the standard 26-period payroll baseline. Federal HR systems handle the 27-period year automatically, but commercial payroll systems mirroring the OPM cadence sometimes do not — the variance shows up as an unexplained Q4 payroll overrun. Check the pay-period mechanics guide for the calculation.
For payroll teams running a non-federal cadence, this schedule is still useful as a reference for federal banking holidays that shift payday: any Friday payday landing on or near a federal holiday is bumped to the preceding business day. Cross-reference our public holidays index when planning year-end pay processing and the final pay period of the calendar year.