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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.
Alaska PTO payout checker
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.
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.