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Maine PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Maine makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Maine 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 Maine rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Maine 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 Maine final paycheck reference; this record is cited to 26 M.R.S. §626.
How the Maine rule works
Since January 1, 2023, private Maine employers with 11 or more employees must pay out all unused paid vacation accrued under their vacation policy when employment ends, for any reason, by the next regularly scheduled payday. The requirement does not apply to employers with 10 or fewer employees or to public employers, and a collective bargaining agreement that addresses vacation payout supersedes it.
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 Maine final paycheck checker and the Maine final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.