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New York Final Paycheck Checker (2026)

Enter your last day worked to see when your final paycheck is due in New York next payday if you were fired, next payday if you quit.

Cited to N.Y. Labor Law §191(3); §198Source: New York State Senate (Labor Law §191).

New York final paycheck checker

Final paycheck · New York
New York rule applied to your case
Final pay due
Next regular payday
New York sets the deadline as your next regular payday. The exact date depends on your employer's payroll schedule, so this tool can't pin it to a calendar day.
Late-pay consequence
Liquidated damages up to 100%
New York has no per-day waiting-time penalty, but Labor Law §198 lets an employee recover liquidated damages of up to 100% of the unpaid wages, plus interest and attorney’s fees, when wages are withheld.

Enter your last day worked to apply the rule to your dates.

This is the New York 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.

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 New York final paycheck reference, cited to N.Y. Labor Law §191(3); §198.

How New York final paycheck timing works

New York keeps final-paycheck timing simple: whether you quit or were fired, your wages are due on the regular payday for the pay period in which you left. Labor Law §191(3) makes no distinction between the two, so there is no shorter "fired" clock to chase. What New York does add on the back end is teeth for withholding — §198 allows liquidated damages of up to 100% of the unpaid wages on top of the wages themselves, plus interest and attorney’s fees. That is a damages remedy, not a California-style per-day penalty, but it can double what an employer owes.

This tool applies the New York 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 New York final paycheck reference.

Final paycheck checkers for other states

Same tool, each with its own quit and fired deadlines.