2026 Payroll Calendar PDF & Excel Downloads
Ready-made, printable 2026 pay schedules. Every file already has weekend and U.S. federal holiday adjustments applied (paid the business day before). No sign-up, no watermark.
| Calendar | Rows | Excel | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Biweekly Payroll Calendar (Fridays, starts Jan 2) | 26 | Download PDF | Download .xlsx |
| 2026 Biweekly Payroll Calendar (Fridays, starts Jan 9) | 26 | Download PDF | Download .xlsx |
| 2026 Semi-Monthly Payroll Calendar (15th & last day) | 24 | Download PDF | Download .xlsx |
| 2026 Weekly Payroll Calendar (Fridays) | 52 | Download PDF | Download .xlsx |
| 2026 Work Days by Month | 12 | Download PDF | Download .xlsx |
Which file do I need?
- Biweekly, schedule A if your first 2026 Friday payday is Fri, Jan 2, 2026.
- Biweekly, schedule B if your first 2026 Friday payday is Fri, Jan 9, 2026.
- Semi-monthly if you pay on the 15th and the last day of each month.
- Weekly if you pay every Friday.
Paid on a different weekday, or pay after the holiday instead of before? Use the generator: it builds your exact schedule and exports CSV and .ics, and the print button saves it as a PDF.
What is in each file
The biweekly and weekly files list the pay period number, period start, period end and pay date, with a note on every date that moved because of a weekend or holiday. Pay periods are assumed to end six days before payday (a Sunday-to-Saturday period paid the following Friday), which is the most common setup; if your periods end on a different day, shift the start/end columns and keep the pay dates. The Excel files have no formulas or macros, so they open in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers and LibreOffice.
Also useful: which months have three paychecks in 2026 and 2026 year-end payroll dates.