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Arizona PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Arizona makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Arizona 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 Arizona, 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 Arizona rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Arizona 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 Arizona final paycheck reference; this record is cited to Ariz. Rev. Stat. §23-350(7); §23-353.
How the Arizona rule works
Arizona has no statute that requires vacation payout by itself. Vacation counts as wages only when the employer has a policy or practice of paying it, so the policy decides what is owed at separation. Ariz. Rev. Stat. §23-350(7) counts vacation pay as wages when the employer has a policy or a practice of making such payments; §23-353 then sets the deadline for paying what is owed after discharge or resignation.
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 Arizona final paycheck checker and the Arizona final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.