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Washington Final Paycheck Checker (2026)
Enter your last day worked to see when your final paycheck is due in Washington — next payday if you were fired, next payday if you quit.
Washington final paycheck checker
Enter your last day worked to apply the rule to your dates.
This is the Washington 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
- Double damages (willful)
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 Washington final paycheck reference, cited to RCW §49.48.010; §49.52.070; §49.48.083.
How Washington final paycheck timing works
Washington puts both answers in one sentence of statute: when an employee stops working "whether by discharge or by voluntary withdrawal," the wages due are paid at the end of the established pay period. So quitting and being fired share the same deadline. Washington changed its wage-recovery rules in 2025, but be precise about what changed — the legislation added a definition of "willful" and reworked the civil penalty; it did not move the payday deadline, which has been unchanged since 2022. On the remedy side, a willful withholding can draw double (exemplary) damages under §49.52.070, and L&I can add a civil penalty of the greater of $1,000 or 10% of the unpaid wages.
This tool applies the Washington 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 Washington final paycheck reference.
Final paycheck checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own quit and fired deadlines.