How it works. Pick the state where the employee worked, how the job ended and the last day worked. You get the date the final paycheck is due under that state's rule, with the official wording and link. Add the next regular payday when the rule depends on it.
Find the final paycheck due date
Pennsylvania final pay rules
- Fired or laid off
- Not later than the next regular payday.
"not later than the next regular payday"
- Quit with notice
- Not later than the next regular payday.
"not later than the next regular payday"
- Quit without notice
- Not later than the next regular payday.
"not later than the next regular payday"
Add the last day worked above to put this on a date. Source: PA L&I: Wage Payment and Collection Law (text)
Reading the result
"Due by" is the last day the state's rule allows. "No later than" means the rule pairs a payday with a day limit and you haven't entered the payday, so the date shown is the outer limit; the real deadline may be sooner. Where a state ties the deadline to something the calculator can't see, such as Michigan's "as soon as the amount can with due diligence be determined" or Washington's end of the pay period, you get the rule in words instead of a date.
Union contracts, written employment contracts and special industries can change the timing; the state's wording is shown so you can check it against your situation. For the full list, see final paycheck laws by state.
General information checked November 2026 against the official pages linked in each result, not legal advice. We are not lawyers, and MCC Solutions is not a law firm. Laws, union contracts and written employment agreements can change a deadline; the state labor agency or an employment attorney can tell you how a rule applies to one person.
Questions about the calculator
How does the calculator count the days?
It reads the state's rule from our table and counts from the last day worked. Calendar-day rules count every day; working-day rules count Monday to Friday and don't skip holidays, so a holiday can push the real deadline one day later but never earlier. Hour rules are counted from the end of the last day.
Why does it ask for the next regular payday?
Most states tie final pay to a payday rather than a fixed number of days. With the payday, the calculator can give one date, including the 'whichever is earlier' and 'whichever is later' rules. Without it, you get the outside limit where the rule has one, or a note that the date depends on payday.
What does 'quit with notice' mean here?
Only a few states change the deadline when an employee gives notice, and each sets its own amount: 72 hours in California, 48 hours in Oregon, one pay period in Hawaii and New Hampshire. In every other state the two quit options give the same answer.
Is a layoff treated like a firing?
In most states on the pages we read, yes: the rule for an employer-ended job covers both. A few treat layoffs differently, such as Connecticut and New Hampshire, which allow the next regular payday after a layoff; their wording appears on the state page.
Does the calculator save what I enter?
No. The page reads the choices from the address bar, works out the date and shows it. Nothing is stored, and it works without JavaScript.