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Massachusetts PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Massachusetts makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts final paycheck reference; this record is cited to M.G.L. c. 149, §148; AG Advisory 99/1.
How the Massachusetts rule works
Massachusetts treats earned, unused vacation as wages under the state wage law. When a job ends the employer must pay it out, and a policy cannot take away time already earned. Fired employees are due final wages, including earned vacation, on the day of discharge; employees who quit are due by the next regular payday. Employers may cap future accrual. Violations carry treble damages.
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 Massachusetts final paycheck checker and the Massachusetts final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.