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Connecticut PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Connecticut makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Connecticut 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 Connecticut, 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 Connecticut rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Connecticut 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 Connecticut final paycheck reference; this record is cited to Conn. Gen. Stat. §31-76k.
How the Connecticut rule works
Connecticut requires payout of accrued vacation at separation only when the employer's policy or a collective bargaining agreement provides for it. A promised payout is then enforceable as wages. A policy that says unused vacation is not paid at separation, or that is silent, does not trigger the statute.
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 Connecticut final paycheck checker and the Connecticut final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.