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Virginia PTO Payout Checker (2026)
Whether Virginia makes an employer pay out accrued, unused vacation or PTO when a job ends, applied to your own hours and rate.
Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 Virginia rule on your numbers.
When the final check itself is due is a separate deadline: the Virginia 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 Virginia final paycheck reference; this record is cited to No Virginia statute addresses payout of accrued vacation at separation. Va. Code §40.1-29 governs payment of wages and does not treat vacation as wages..
How the Virginia rule works
No Virginia law requires a vacation payout when employment ends. The Department of Labor and Industry treats vacation as a fringe benefit outside the wage-payment statute, so any payout depends on the employer's policy or contract. A written policy or contract that promises payout can be enforced as an ordinary contract claim in court; DOLI does not process wage claims for unused vacation itself.
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 Virginia final paycheck checker and the Virginia final paycheck reference.
PTO payout checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own rule.