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New Hampshire PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether New Hampshire makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire, 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 New Hampshire rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire final paycheck reference; this record is cited to N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. §275:43, V.
How the New Hampshire rule works
New Hampshire requires vacation payout only when the employer's own policy or practice makes it due. Vacation provided by policy counts as wages when due under that policy. Because the statute defers to the policy, a written policy can condition or deny payout at separation; employers must give employees a written description of their vacation and fringe-benefit practices under RSA 275:49.
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 New Hampshire final paycheck checker and the New Hampshire final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.