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2027 Semi-Monthly Pay Period Calendar
Semi-monthly pay runs land on fixed calendar dates — 24 pay dates in 2027 no matter how the weekdays fall. That is one fewer cadence fact to worry about than biweekly, but it trades it for a different quirk: fixed dates collide with weekends and holidays, so the actual deposit date moves around them. In 2027, six of the twenty-four nominal dates on the common 15th-and-last schedule land on a Saturday or Sunday.
The six weekend dates in 2027 (15th & last schedule): Sunday, January 31 · Sunday, February 28 · Saturday, May 15 · Saturday, July 31 · Sunday, August 15 · Sunday, October 31. Under the previous-workday rule each pays the Friday or weekday before; the tables below show the result, and the generator can apply the next-workday rule instead.
Schedule A — 15th and last day of the month (24 pay dates)
| # | Period starts | Period ends | Pay day | Moved because of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 31, 2026 | Jan 15, 2027 | Jan 15, 2027 | |
| 2 | Jan 16, 2027 | Jan 31, 2027 | Jan 29, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 3 | Feb 1, 2027 | Feb 15, 2027 | Feb 12, 2027 ▸ | federal holiday |
| 4 | Feb 16, 2027 | Feb 28, 2027 | Feb 26, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 5 | Mar 1, 2027 | Mar 15, 2027 | Mar 15, 2027 | |
| 6 | Mar 16, 2027 | Mar 31, 2027 | Mar 31, 2027 | |
| 7 | Apr 1, 2027 | Apr 15, 2027 | Apr 15, 2027 | |
| 8 | Apr 16, 2027 | Apr 30, 2027 | Apr 30, 2027 | |
| 9 | May 1, 2027 | May 15, 2027 | May 14, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 10 | May 16, 2027 | May 31, 2027 | May 28, 2027 ▸ | federal holiday |
| 11 | Jun 1, 2027 | Jun 15, 2027 | Jun 15, 2027 | |
| 12 | Jun 16, 2027 | Jun 30, 2027 | Jun 30, 2027 | |
| 13 | Jul 1, 2027 | Jul 15, 2027 | Jul 15, 2027 | |
| 14 | Jul 16, 2027 | Jul 31, 2027 | Jul 30, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 15 | Aug 1, 2027 | Aug 15, 2027 | Aug 13, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 16 | Aug 16, 2027 | Aug 31, 2027 | Aug 31, 2027 | |
| 17 | Sep 1, 2027 | Sep 15, 2027 | Sep 15, 2027 | |
| 18 | Sep 16, 2027 | Sep 30, 2027 | Sep 30, 2027 | |
| 19 | Oct 1, 2027 | Oct 15, 2027 | Oct 15, 2027 | |
| 20 | Oct 16, 2027 | Oct 31, 2027 | Oct 29, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 21 | Nov 1, 2027 | Nov 15, 2027 | Nov 15, 2027 | |
| 22 | Nov 16, 2027 | Nov 30, 2027 | Nov 30, 2027 | |
| 23 | Dec 1, 2027 | Dec 15, 2027 | Dec 15, 2027 | |
| 24 | Dec 16, 2027 | Dec 31, 2027 | Dec 30, 2027 ▸ | federal holiday |
Schedule B — 1st and 16th of the month (24 pay dates)
| # | Period starts | Period ends | Pay day | Moved because of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dec 31, 2026 | Jan 1, 2027 | Dec 31, 2026 ▸ | federal holiday |
| 2 | Jan 2, 2027 | Jan 16, 2027 | Jan 15, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 3 | Jan 17, 2027 | Feb 1, 2027 | Feb 1, 2027 | |
| 4 | Feb 2, 2027 | Feb 16, 2027 | Feb 16, 2027 | |
| 5 | Feb 17, 2027 | Mar 1, 2027 | Mar 1, 2027 | |
| 6 | Mar 2, 2027 | Mar 16, 2027 | Mar 16, 2027 | |
| 7 | Mar 17, 2027 | Apr 1, 2027 | Apr 1, 2027 | |
| 8 | Apr 2, 2027 | Apr 16, 2027 | Apr 16, 2027 | |
| 9 | Apr 17, 2027 | May 1, 2027 | Apr 30, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 10 | May 2, 2027 | May 16, 2027 | May 14, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 11 | May 17, 2027 | Jun 1, 2027 | Jun 1, 2027 | |
| 12 | Jun 2, 2027 | Jun 16, 2027 | Jun 16, 2027 | |
| 13 | Jun 17, 2027 | Jul 1, 2027 | Jul 1, 2027 | |
| 14 | Jul 2, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 | Jul 16, 2027 | |
| 15 | Jul 17, 2027 | Aug 1, 2027 | Jul 30, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 16 | Aug 2, 2027 | Aug 16, 2027 | Aug 16, 2027 | |
| 17 | Aug 17, 2027 | Sep 1, 2027 | Sep 1, 2027 | |
| 18 | Sep 2, 2027 | Sep 16, 2027 | Sep 16, 2027 | |
| 19 | Sep 17, 2027 | Oct 1, 2027 | Oct 1, 2027 | |
| 20 | Oct 2, 2027 | Oct 16, 2027 | Oct 15, 2027 ▸ | weekend |
| 21 | Oct 17, 2027 | Nov 1, 2027 | Nov 1, 2027 | |
| 22 | Nov 2, 2027 | Nov 16, 2027 | Nov 16, 2027 | |
| 23 | Nov 17, 2027 | Dec 1, 2027 | Dec 1, 2027 | |
| 24 | Dec 2, 2027 | Dec 16, 2027 | Dec 16, 2027 |
How the two schedules differ besides the dates
Both produce exactly 24 pay dates in 2027 — the count is fixed by the calendar, not by the year. What changes is where the period boundaries sit. On the 15-and-last schedule the second period of each month is the shorter one (16th through month-end, 13 to 16 days); on the 1-and-16 schedule it is the first period that is short. Neither schedule has a "27th check" year — that phenomenon only exists for weekly and biweekly schedules.
Semi-monthly 2027 questions
How many semi-monthly pay dates are in 2027?
24 — two per month, every month, in both common schedules.
What happens when the 15th is a Saturday?
May 15 and July 31 are the two Saturday cases in 2027. Under the previous-workday rule they pay on May 14 and July 30; under the next-workday rule on May 17 and August 2 — which pushes one of the two pay dates into the following month. The generator shows both.
Does the last-day-of-February date ever move for a different reason?
February ends on the 28th in 2027 (a Sunday), so with the previous-workday rule that pay date moves to Friday, February 26. Leap years put it on the 29th instead — not a factor in 2027.