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New Jersey PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether New Jersey makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
New Jersey 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 Jersey, 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 Jersey rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the New Jersey 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 Jersey final paycheck reference; this record is cited to No New Jersey statute requires payout of accrued vacation at separation; N.J. Stat. §34:11-4.1 defines wages without including vacation pay..
How the New Jersey rule works
New Jersey has no statute that requires payout of unused vacation at separation. A payout is owed only when the employer's policy or an agreement provides for it. The wage-payment law's definition of wages does not include vacation pay, so claims rest on the written policy or contract. Earned sick leave under the 2018 sick-leave law is separate and need not be paid out at separation.
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 Jersey final paycheck checker and the New Jersey final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.