2027 biweekly payroll calendar

Both biweekly Friday schedules for 2027: the one that starts on January 1 and the one that starts a week later. Paydays on bank holidays move to the previous business day.

Watch for Friday, June 18, Friday, December 24 and Friday, December 31: federal offices close, but the Federal Reserve is open, so they're normal paydays. Plenty of payroll calendars get this wrong; see the Saturday holiday rule.

Schedule A: starts Friday, January 1

The January 1 payday moves into 2026: it's paid on Thursday, December 31, 2026. Wages are reported in the year they're paid, so that check counts toward 2026, not 2027.

Download: CSV for Excel or Google Sheets

Schedule B: starts Friday, January 8

Download: CSV for Excel or Google Sheets

How the dates are worked out

Direct deposits settle through the Federal Reserve's ACH network, which is closed on weekends and on Fed holidays. When a payday lands on one of those days, the usual practice is to pay on the previous business day so nobody is paid late. The "submit by" column is 2 banking days before payday, the common deadline for a standard ACH payroll file; check your provider's own cut-off.

Generate any schedule with the API

Payroll software can build these calendars for every client and every year, for US (us-fed) or Canadian (ca-payments) payrolls:

curl "https://bankday.dev/v1/payroll/schedule?calendar=us-fed&frequency=biweekly&anchor=2027-01-01&year=2027" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BANKDAY_KEY"

Other 2027 schedules: Weekly · Semimonthly (15th and last) · Semimonthly (1st and 15th) · Monthly · Canada