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Illinois PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Illinois makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Illinois 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.
Enter your unused hours and your rate to see the Illinois rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Illinois 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 Illinois final paycheck reference; this record is cited to 820 ILCS 115/5 (Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act).
How the Illinois rule works
If an Illinois employer offers paid vacation, the money value of all earned but unused vacation must be paid with the final compensation, whether the worker quit or was fired. Policies that erase earned vacation at separation are not allowed. No employment contract or policy may provide for forfeiture of earned vacation upon separation; a collective bargaining agreement can set different terms. Payment is due at the final rate of pay by the next regularly scheduled payday.
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 Illinois final paycheck checker and the Illinois final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.