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Texas PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Texas makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Texas 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 Texas, 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 Texas rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Texas 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 Texas final paycheck reference; this record is cited to Tex. Lab. Code §61.001(7)(B) (Texas Payday Law).
How the Texas rule works
Texas treats unused vacation or PTO as wages due at separation only when a written agreement or written policy provides for payment. If the written policy says unused time is forfeited, no payout is owed. The Texas Payday Law defines wages to include vacation pay owed under a written agreement or written policy, and the Texas Workforce Commission enforces the policy as written, including forfeiture and eligibility conditions.
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 Texas final paycheck checker and the Texas final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.