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Illinois Final Paycheck Checker (2026)
Enter your last day worked to see when your final paycheck is due in Illinois — next payday if you were fired, next payday if you quit.
Illinois final paycheck checker
Enter your last day worked to apply the rule to your dates.
This is the Illinois rule applied to what you entered — a plain summary of the deadline, not a determination that any employer did or did not pay on time.
- Separation
- Fired / discharged
- Last day worked
- Not entered
- Final pay due
- Next regular payday
- Late-pay consequence
- Damages 5% per month
Plain-language summary, not legal advice.
Informational only, not legal advice. Final-pay rules turn on details this summary cannot weigh (payroll schedule, disputed amounts, deductions). See the full rules and citations on the Illinois final paycheck reference, cited to 820 ILCS 115/5; 115/14.
How Illinois final paycheck timing works
Illinois asks employers to pay final wages at the time of separation "if possible," but sets a hard backstop everyone can rely on: no later than the next regularly scheduled payday. The rule under the Wage Payment and Collection Act (820 ILCS 115/5) is the same whether you quit or were fired, so there is no shorter discharge clock. If pay is late, §115/14 lets you add damages that accrue monthly on the unpaid amount plus a state penalty — a monthly remedy, not the per-day penalty California uses.
This tool applies the Illinois rule to your last day worked. It is informational only and not legal advice — a "next regular payday" rule depends on your payroll schedule, and disputed amounts or deductions can change things. For the full rules, penalties, and citations, see the Illinois final paycheck reference.
Final paycheck checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own quit and fired deadlines.