How Many Biweekly Pay Periods Are There in 2025?
In 2025, many employees will receive 26 biweekly payments, but some may receive 27. Learn how and why it happens.
Many employees in 2025 will receive 26 biweekly payments for the 52-week year. However, some payroll schedules may show 27 payments during the year. Learn why here.
This happens because, as this year, January 1 is on Wednesday and therefore the first payday is December 31, which is a holiday. Thus, the first payroll is made on January 3, which adds up to 27 pay periods in the year.
Which companies offers 26 Biweekly pay periods on 2025?
The U.S. General Services Administration published its payroll calendar for this year. Workers in that office will receive up to 3 payments in the months of April and October, with December 24 being their last payday and a total of 26 biweekly payments.
Along the same lines, Dartmouth College lists 26 payments during the year, with their last payday being December 20th and receiving 3 payments in that month only. It all depends on your company's schedule.
You must asked for your company's payment schedule in order to know how many payments you will have this year and organize more your economics. Photo: Freepik
How many payments I will receive this year?
To find out the number of payments in your workplace, you should consult directly with your company, and they should provide you with the payroll calendar. There you will also find the statutory holidays of the year.
If you are paid monthly, payments are usually agreed on a specific day. However, the payroll calendar helps to organize payments, improve budgeting and plan around paydays.
