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Maryland PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Maryland makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Maryland 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 Maryland, 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 Maryland rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Maryland 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 Maryland final paycheck reference; this record is cited to Md. Code, Lab. & Empl. §3-505(b).
How the Maryland rule works
In Maryland the employer's written policy decides whether unused leave is paid at separation. Without a written policy limiting payout, a departing employee is owed the cash value of unused earned vacation. An employer avoids the payout only if it has a written policy limiting payment, notified the employee of its leave benefits at hiring, and the policy does not entitle the employee to a payout. Otherwise accrued leave is paid as a wage.
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 Maryland final paycheck checker and the Maryland final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.