Federal pay period calendar 2027.

The 2027 calendar, period by period

NFC-1217 prints each calendar year as 26 two-week blocks that run Sunday to Saturday. For 2027 the first block that starts in the year is period 01, beginning January 10. Every later period starts exactly 14 days after the one before it. The right-hand column lists the federal holidays that fall inside each period, using the boxed dates on the NFC form, which match the OPM holiday list for 2027.

Where 2027 joins the 2026 calendar

The 2026 form ends its period 26 on Saturday, January 9, 2027, so the weeks of January 3 to 9 belong to 2026 and not to 2027. That is why period 01 of 2027 does not start on January 1 or on the first Sunday of the year. If another calendar shows period 01 starting on any date other than January 10, 2027, it disagrees with NFC-1217, and the NFC form is the one to check it against.

OPM defines the leave year as beginning on the first day of the first full biweekly pay period in a calendar year, so the 2027 leave year starts on January 10, 2027 and runs through January 8, 2028 on this calendar.

Worked example: leave earned across 2027

OPM sets annual leave accrual per pay period for full-time employees: 4 hours with under 3 years of service, 6 hours with 3 to under 15 years (10 hours in the last pay period of the leave year), and 8 hours with 15 years or more. Take a hypothetical employee in each tier for the 26 periods above. The 4-hour tier earns 26 × 4 = 104 hours. The 6-hour tier earns 25 × 6 + 10 = 160 hours, with the 10-hour accrual landing in period 26, which ends January 8, 2028. The 8-hour tier earns 26 × 8 = 208 hours.

A date check works the same way. Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2027, sits in period 18, September 5 to 18, so the holiday falls in the first week of that period.

Common mistakes and edge cases

• Counting January 1 to 9, 2027 as 2027 pay. Those days are in period 26 of 2026.
• Assuming a pay period equals a calendar month or a payday. A period is a 14-day window; the payday is a separate date.
• Missing the Friday, December 31, 2027 holiday. It is New Year’s Day 2028, observed, and it falls in period 26.
• Using this page for a fiscal-year calendar. NFC publishes separate fiscal-year forms.

What this does not cover

This page lists pay period dates only. NFC-1217 prints no paydays, and the NFC calendar page it comes from lists no pay dates, so none are shown here. Agencies served by another payroll provider should confirm the calendar with that provider. State, local and military pay calendars are separate. For a biweekly schedule keyed to your own first payday, use the pay period calendar generator; for retirement payments, see the OPM and Railroad Retirement payment dates.