Employee Workday Help

Paydays

Last updated Friday, August 1, 2025

Payday is the 10th and 25th of each month, with these exceptions:

If the 10th or 25th is…

  • a Saturday, you get paid the Friday before.
  • a Sunday, you get paid the Monday following.
  • a holiday falling on a Monday, you get paid the Friday before.

Hours you work from the 1st to the 15th are paid on the 25th.
Hours you work from the 16th to the end of the month are paid on the 10th of the following month.

To be paid on each of the semimonthly paydays, your time worked and Time Off must be entered, submitted, and approved by your Time & Absence Approver prior to the Timesheet Approval Deadline. If time submitted is approved in Workday after the Timesheet Approval Deadline, your pay for that time will be processed for the following payday.

Paydays

Month First Payday Second Payday
January Friday 10 Friday 24
February Monday 10 Tuesday 25
March Monday 11 Tuesday 25
April Thursday 10 Friday 25
May Friday 9 Friday 23
June Tuesday 10 Wednesday 25
July Thursday 10 Friday 25
August Monday 11 Monday 25
September Wednesday 10 Thursday 25
October Friday 10 Friday 24
November Monday 10 Tuesday 25
December Wednesday 10 Wednesday 24

Month First Payday Second Payday
January Friday 9 Monday 26
February Tuesday 10 Wednesday 25
March Tuesday 10 Wednesday 25
April Friday 10 Friday 24
May Monday 11 Friday 22
June Wednesday 10 Thursday 25
July Friday 10 Friday 24
August Monday 10 Tuesday 25
September Thursday 10 Friday 25
October Friday 9 Monday 26
November Tuesday 10 Wednesday 25
December Thursday 10 Thursday 24

Printable Calendar

2025 Payday Calendar (PDF)

2026 Payday Calendar (PDF)

The schedule of paydays is based on WAC 82-50-021. Unless exempted otherwise under the provisions of WAC 82-50-031, the salaries of all state officers and employees are paid on a lagged, semimonthly basis for the official twice-a-month pay periods established in RCW 42.16.010(1).