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Tennessee PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Tennessee makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Tennessee 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 Tennessee, 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 Tennessee rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Tennessee 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 Tennessee final paycheck reference; this record is cited to Tenn. Code Ann. §50-2-103(a)(3).
How the Tennessee rule works
Tennessee requires unused vacation in the final paycheck only when the employer's policy or labor agreement says it will be paid. Without such a policy, no payout is owed. Final wages include vacation or other compensatory time owed by virtue of company policy or labor agreement; employers are not required to offer vacation, and use-it-or-lose-it terms are enforceable.
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 Tennessee final paycheck checker and the Tennessee final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.