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Indiana PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Indiana makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Indiana 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 Indiana, 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 Indiana rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Indiana 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 Indiana final paycheck reference; this record is cited to Ind. Code §22-2-5-1 (Wage Payment Statute), as applied by Die & Mold, Inc. v. Western, 448 N.E.2d 44 (Ind. Ct. App. 1983).
How the Indiana rule works
Indiana courts treat earned vacation as deferred compensation payable at separation, but only when the employer has no policy saying otherwise. A clear written policy denying payout is enforceable. The default favors payout under Die & Mold, Inc. v. Western, 448 N.E.2d 44 (Ind. Ct. App. 1983), so an employer that wants to withhold unused vacation needs a published policy to the contrary; policies can also condition payout on notice.
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 Indiana final paycheck checker and the Indiana final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.