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Alaska PTO Payout Checker (2026)

Whether Alaska makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.

Draft entry: figures pending source verification.Last reviewed 2026-07-12.

Alaska PTO payout checker

PTO payout · Alaska

The accrued, unused balance on your last pay stub or in the HR portal. One vacation day is usually 8 hours.

Salaried? Divide your annual salary by 2,080 (52 weeks of 40 hours) for an hourly figure.

Draft entry: figures pending source verification. Confirm with the official source before relying on this result.
Alaska rule applied to your numbers
Does Alaska require the payout?
Only if the policy provides it
Alaska does not require vacation payout on its own. The state labor department treats vacation or severance as owed only when the employer has promised it by policy, practice, or contract.
What that time is worth
$0
Enter your hours and rate above to put a dollar figure on the unused time.
Where the rule comes from
Alaska Stat. §23.05.140 (final pay); no Alaska statute addresses vacation payout directly.
The fine print
Final wages themselves are due within three working days after a termination under Alaska Stat. §23.05.140; vacation rides along only when the employer's policy makes it owed.
Your employer's policy is the document that decides

In Alaska, what the handbook, offer letter, or contract says about unused vacation at separation is what controls. Read it before counting on a payout, and keep a copy: a promise in writing is what makes the amount collectible.

Enter your unused hours and your rate to see the Alaska rule on your numbers.

When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Alaska final paycheck checker shows it for a quit and for a firing.

Informational only, not legal advice. Sick leave, commissions, and bonuses follow different rules, and collective bargaining agreements can change the answer. For the timing rules and citations on the check itself, see the Alaska final paycheck reference; this record is cited to Alaska Stat. §23.05.140 (final pay); no Alaska statute addresses vacation payout directly..

How the Alaska rule works

Alaska does not require vacation payout on its own. The state labor department treats vacation or severance as owed only when the employer has promised it by policy, practice, or contract. Final wages themselves are due within three working days after a termination under Alaska Stat. §23.05.140; vacation rides along only when the employer's policy makes it owed.

This checker states the rule and prices your unused hours; it is informational only and not legal advice, and it does not decide whether your employer owes you. The other half of the question, when the final check itself must arrive, is covered by the Alaska final paycheck checker and the Alaska final paycheck reference.

PTO payout checkers for other states

Same tool, each with its own rule.