2025 US Federal Pay Period Calendar
26 biweekly pay periods · OPM-anchored convention
| PP | Start | End | Payday | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP 01 | Sun, Dec 15, 2024 | Sat, Dec 28, 2024 | Tue, Jan 7, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 02 | Sun, Dec 29, 2024 | Sat, Jan 11, 2025 | Tue, Jan 21, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 03 | Sun, Jan 12, 2025 | Sat, Jan 25, 2025 | Tue, Feb 4, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 04 | Sun, Jan 26, 2025 | Sat, Feb 8, 2025 | Tue, Feb 18, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 05 | Sun, Feb 9, 2025 | Sat, Feb 22, 2025 | Tue, Mar 4, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 06 | Sun, Feb 23, 2025 | Sat, Mar 8, 2025 | Tue, Mar 18, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 07 | Sun, Mar 9, 2025 | Sat, Mar 22, 2025 | Tue, Apr 1, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 08 | Sun, Mar 23, 2025 | Sat, Apr 5, 2025 | Tue, Apr 15, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 09 | Sun, Apr 6, 2025 | Sat, Apr 19, 2025 | Tue, Apr 29, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 10 | Sun, Apr 20, 2025 | Sat, May 3, 2025 | Tue, May 13, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 11 | Sun, May 4, 2025 | Sat, May 17, 2025 | Tue, May 27, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 12 | Sun, May 18, 2025 | Sat, May 31, 2025 | Tue, Jun 10, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 13 | Sun, Jun 1, 2025 | Sat, Jun 14, 2025 | Tue, Jun 24, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 14 | Sun, Jun 15, 2025 | Sat, Jun 28, 2025 | Tue, Jul 8, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 15 | Sun, Jun 29, 2025 | Sat, Jul 12, 2025 | Tue, Jul 22, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 16 | Sun, Jul 13, 2025 | Sat, Jul 26, 2025 | Tue, Aug 5, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 17 | Sun, Jul 27, 2025 | Sat, Aug 9, 2025 | Tue, Aug 19, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 18 | Sun, Aug 10, 2025 | Sat, Aug 23, 2025 | Tue, Sep 2, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 19 | Sun, Aug 24, 2025 | Sat, Sep 6, 2025 | Tue, Sep 16, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 20 | Sun, Sep 7, 2025 | Sat, Sep 20, 2025 | Tue, Sep 30, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 21 | Sun, Sep 21, 2025 | Sat, Oct 4, 2025 | Tue, Oct 14, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 22 | Sun, Oct 5, 2025 | Sat, Oct 18, 2025 | Tue, Oct 28, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 23 | Sun, Oct 19, 2025 | Sat, Nov 1, 2025 | Tue, Nov 11, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 24 | Sun, Nov 2, 2025 | Sat, Nov 15, 2025 | Tue, Nov 25, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 25 | Sun, Nov 16, 2025 | Sat, Nov 29, 2025 | Tue, Dec 9, 2025 | 14 |
| PP 26 | Sun, Nov 30, 2025 | Sat, Dec 13, 2025 | Tue, Dec 23, 2025 | 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.