Free payroll calendar

Map every pay period and payday for the year.

Choose a payroll frequency and pay-date pattern, then account for weekends, Federal Reserve holidays, and your own bank closures. Export the finished schedule as CSV, calendar events, or a printable PDF. Everything stays in your browser.

Best for: Employers, payroll administrators, bookkeepers, and employees planning US payroll dates for a calendar year.

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Build a payroll calendar

Schedules and custom closure dates are calculated on this device and are not sent to AppyShift.

Payroll schedule

Weekly Biweekly Semimonthly Monthly

Calendar year

First scheduled pay date That pay period ends

Earlier payday each month Later payday each month First period ends on day

Bank-day handling When a payday falls on a weekend or bank holiday

Move earlier Move later Keep the date

Check standard Federal Reserve holidays

Additional closure date Closure name

Payday Adjusted payday Bank holiday

Planning estimate only. The holiday check follows the standard US Federal Reserve holiday schedule, including Monday closure when a fixed-date holiday falls on Sunday and no Friday closure when one falls on Saturday. Confirm the calendar, ACH processing windows, funding lead times, state payday requirements, and any bank or payroll-provider closures before use. Review the Federal Reserve schedule.

Supported in AppyShift

Managers can organize reviewed time records by payroll period before preparing an export.
Payroll summaries connect scheduled work, approved punches, corrections, and extra earnings for review.
Company payroll settings keep pay frequency and period boundaries consistent across payroll workflows.

Start with the real payroll rhythm

Choose weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, or monthly payroll. Weekly and biweekly schedules use an anchor payday and its associated period end; calendar-month schedules use selected payday patterns.

Make the bank-day decision visible

The calendar identifies weekends and standard Federal Reserve holidays, then applies the selected earlier, later, or unchanged payday rule. Add custom closure dates when a bank, processor, or company follows a different schedule.

Confirm funding and employee notice dates

A moved payday does not determine when payroll must be submitted or funded. Confirm ACH cutoffs, prefunding requirements, state payday rules, employee notices, and processor deadlines before adopting the calendar.

Manager checklist

Choose the calendar year and payroll frequency.
Enter the anchor payday and period end, or the monthly payday pattern.
Choose whether affected paydays move earlier, move later, or stay scheduled.
Add bank or company closures beyond the standard Federal Reserve schedule.
Review every adjusted date with the bank and payroll provider.
Export the approved schedule for managers and employees.