Understanding Your 2025 Biweekly Payroll Calendar
This article provides a complete overview of the 2025 biweekly payroll calendar for employees paid on a W-2 basis. Inside, you’ll find a detailed table listing every pay date for 2025, along with the corresponding 14-day work periods that determine when wages are earned. We’ve also included notes to highlight key U.S. holidays that may impact payroll processing—including New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving.
Please note that while most pay periods are processed within 2025, the final pay period beginning December 14, 2025 (which includes Christmas Day observed) will be paid on January 2, 2026. This guide is designed to help you quickly understand your pay schedule, verify holiday-related adjustments, and plan accordingly.
(The payroll calendar follows below.)
Pay Date | Pay Period Start | Pay Period End | Notes |
January 3, 2025 | December 15, 2024 | December 28, 2024 | — |
January 17, 2025 | December 29, 2024 | January 11, 2025 | Includes New Year's Day observed (January 1, 2025) |
January 31, 2025 | January 12, 2025 | January 25, 2025 | Includes Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 20, 2025) |
February 14, 2025 | January 26, 2025 | February 8, 2025 | — |
February 28, 2025 | February 9, 2025 | February 22, 2025 | — |
March 14, 2025 | February 23, 2025 | March 8, 2025 | — |
March 28, 2025 | March 9, 2025 | March 22, 2025 | — |
April 11, 2025 | March 23, 2025 | April 5, 2025 | — |
April 25, 2025 | April 6, 2025 | April 19, 2025 | — |
May 9, 2025 | April 20, 2025 | May 3, 2025 | — |
May 23, 2025 | May 4, 2025 | May 17, 2025 | — |
June 6, 2025 | May 18, 2025 | May 31, 2025 | Includes Memorial Day observed (May 26, 2025) |
June 20, 2025 | June 1, 2025 | June 14, 2025 | — |
July 4, 2025 | June 15, 2025 | June 28, 2025 | Pay date is Independence Day observed (July 4, 2025) |
July 18, 2025 | June 29, 2025 | July 12, 2025 | — |
August 1, 2025 | July 13, 2025 | July 26, 2025 | — |
August 15, 2025 | July 27, 2025 | August 9, 2025 | — |
August 29, 2025 | August 10, 2025 | August 23, 2025 | — |
September 12, 2025 | August 24, 2025 | September 6, 2025 | Includes Labor Day (September 1, 2025) |
September 26, 2025 | September 7, 2025 | September 20, 2025 | — |
October 10, 2025 | September 21, 2025 | October 4, 2025 | — |
October 24, 2025 | October 5, 2025 | October 18, 2025 | — |
November 7, 2025 | October 19, 2025 | November 1, 2025 | — |
November 21, 2025) | November 2, 2025 | November 15, 2025 | — |
December 5, 2025 | November 16, 2025 | November 29, 2025 | Includes Thanksgiving (November 27, 2025) |
December 19, 2025 | November 30, 2025 | December 13, 2025 | — |
January 2, 2026 | December 14, 2025 | December 27, 2025 | Includes Christmas Day observed (December 25, 2025); paid in 2026 |