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Kentucky PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Kentucky makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Kentucky 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 Kentucky, 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 Kentucky rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Kentucky 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 Kentucky final paycheck reference; this record is cited to KRS 337.010(1)(c); KRS 337.055.
How the Kentucky rule works
Kentucky counts vested vacation pay as wages that belong in the final paycheck, but vacation vests only according to the employer's own policy or agreement, so a policy that limits or denies payout controls. Final wages are due within 14 days of the last day worked or by the next regular payday, whichever is later. If the written policy says no vacation is paid at separation, none vests; a practice of paying it anyway can create an obligation.
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 Kentucky final paycheck checker and the Kentucky final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.