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West Virginia Final Paycheck Checker (2026)
Enter your last day worked to see when your final paycheck is due in West Virginia — next payday if you were fired, next payday if you quit.
West Virginia final paycheck checker
Enter your last day worked to apply the rule to your dates.
This is the West Virginia 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
- Liquidated damages: 2x the unpaid wages
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 West Virginia final paycheck reference, cited to W. Va. Code §21-5-4 (Wage Payment and Collection Act).
How West Virginia final paycheck timing works
In West Virginia, your final wages are due on or before the next regular payday, and that deadline is the same whether you quit, resign, or are fired. This is a change from the old rule. Before June 11, 2015, an employer had to pay a discharged worker within 72 hours of the firing, while someone who quit waited for the next payday. Senate Bill 12 removed that 72-hour requirement and set a single next-payday standard for every kind of separation. The same 2015 amendment also lowered the penalty for a late final check from three times to two times the unpaid wages. If your wages are late, W. Va. Code §21-5-4a requires you to send the employer a written demand and allow seven calendar days to fix the problem before you can claim liquidated damages or attorney fees.
This tool applies the West Virginia 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 West Virginia final paycheck reference.
Final paycheck checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own quit and fired deadlines.