Instrument · Paycheck calendar
Every payday of 2027.
Paid every two weeks, or every four? Pick one payday you know and see the whole year: every payday, the months that bring an extra paycheck, what the year adds up to, and a list you can print.
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Paydays in 2027
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Your first payday of 2027 is Friday, January 1. Every two weeks from there brings 27 paychecks in 2027, with three in January, July and December.
The arithmetic
Each payday is the one before it plus 14 days, or 28. A year has 365 days: 26 two-week stretches and one day over. So most years bring 26 paychecks every two weeks, and a year whose first payday falls on January 1 brings 27. Every four weeks brings 13, or 14.
- The paydaysFriday, January 1 + 14 days, again and again = 27 paydays in 2027
- An ordinary month2 × $2,000 = $4,000 in every month without an extra paycheck
- The extraExtra: 3 × $2,000 = $6,000 (January, July and December). The year: 27 × $2,000 = $54,000
January
1 · 15 · 29
$6,000
3 paydays
February
12 · 26
$4,000
March
12 · 26
$4,000
April
9 · 23
$4,000
May
7 · 21
$4,000
June
4 · 18
$4,000
July
2 · 16 · 30
$6,000
3 paydays
August
13 · 27
$4,000
September
10 · 24
$4,000
October
8 · 22
$4,000
November
5 · 19
$4,000
December
3 · 17 · 31
$6,000
3 paydays
The list
Every payday in 2027.
One line per payday, to print or keep. When a payday falls on a public holiday, most employers pay the working day before.
- 01Friday, January 1$2,000
- 02Friday, January 15$2,000
- 03Friday, January 29$2,000
- 04Friday, February 12$2,000
- 05Friday, February 26$2,000
- 06Friday, March 12$2,000
- 07Friday, March 26$2,000
- 08Friday, April 9$2,000
- 09Friday, April 23$2,000
- 10Friday, May 7$2,000
- 11Friday, May 21$2,000
- 12Friday, June 4$2,000
- 13Friday, June 18$2,000
- 14Friday, July 2$2,000
- 15Friday, July 16$2,000
- 16Friday, July 30$2,000
- 17Friday, August 13$2,000
- 18Friday, August 27$2,000
- 19Friday, September 10$2,000
- 20Friday, September 24$2,000
- 21Friday, October 8$2,000
- 22Friday, October 22$2,000
- 23Friday, November 5$2,000
- 24Friday, November 19$2,000
- 25Friday, December 3$2,000
- 26Friday, December 17$2,000
- 27Friday, December 31$2,000
Every payday, already in the plan.
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Said plainly
This page is a simplification.
- Holidays move paydays. This calendar is the plain schedule, every 14 or 28 days. When a payday lands on a public holiday or a weekend, your employer usually pays the working day before. Your payslip has the real date.
- A 27th paycheck can be smaller. Some employers paying a yearly salary divide it by 27 in a 27-paycheck year, so every paycheck shrinks a little. Ask payroll before you budget on last year's amount.
- Twice a month is a different schedule. Paid on the 15th and the last day, you get 24 paychecks and never a third in a month. This page is for pay that comes every 14 or 28 days.
- Nothing you type here leaves this page. The calendar is worked out in your browser. There is no account, and nothing you enter is stored.
Questions
Which months have three paychecks in 2027?
It depends on your first payday. Paid every two weeks on Fridays starting January 1, 2027, you get 27 paychecks, with three in January, July and December. Starting Friday, January 8, you get 26, with three in April and October. Enter one of your own paydays above to see yours.
Why do some years have 27 paychecks?
Twenty-six paychecks 14 days apart cover 364 days, and a year has 365, or 366 in a leap year. The spare day moves every payday a little earlier each year, so roughly once every eleven years the first payday lands on January 1 or 2 and a 27th fits before December 31. In 2027 that happens to anyone paid every two weeks from January 1.
How many paydays does every four weeks give?
Thirteen in most years, so one month brings two. If your first payday of 2027 is January 1, you get 14, with two in January and two in December. In the Netherlands this schedule is called 4-wekelijks.
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