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Louisiana PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Louisiana makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Louisiana 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 Louisiana rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Louisiana 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 Louisiana final paycheck reference; this record is cited to La. R.S. 23:631(D).
How the Louisiana rule works
Louisiana's final-pay statute counts accrued vacation as an amount due at discharge or resignation when the employee is eligible for it under the employer's policy and has not used it. Vacation pay actually earned cannot be forfeited at separation. The employer's policy defines how vacation is earned and accrued, but the statute may not be read to allow forfeiture of vacation pay actually earned under that policy. Payment is due by the next regular payday or within 15 days, whichever comes first.
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 Louisiana final paycheck checker and the Louisiana final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.