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State |
Weekly |
Bi-Weekly |
Semi-monthly |
Monthly |
Alaska |
|
|
X |
X |
Arizona |
|
|
X3 |
|
Arkansas |
|
|
X |
|
California |
|
|
X |
|
Colorado |
|
|
|
X |
Connecticut |
X4 |
|
|
|
Delaware |
|
|
|
X |
District
of Columbia |
|
|
X |
|
Florida |
|
|
|
X |
Georgia |
|
|
X |
|
Hawaii |
|
|
X |
X5 |
Idaho |
|
|
|
X |
Illinois |
|
|
X |
X2 |
Indiana |
|
X |
|
|
Iowa |
|
X6 |
|
|
Kansas |
|
|
|
X |
Kentucky |
|
|
X |
|
Louisiana |
|
X |
X7 |
|
Maine |
|
|
X8 |
|
Maryland |
|
X |
|
|
Massachusetts |
X |
X |
|
|
Michigan9 |
X |
X |
|
X |
Minnesota |
|
|
|
X |
Mississippi |
|
X10 |
X10 |
|
Missouri |
|
|
X |
|
Montana |
|
X11 |
|
|
Nebraska12 |
|
|
|
|
Nevada |
|
|
X |
X2 |
New Hampshire |
X |
|
|
|
New Jersey |
|
|
X |
|
New Mexico |
|
|
X |
X2 |
New York |
X13 |
|
X13 |
|
North Carolina14 |
|
|
|
|
North Dakota |
|
|
|
X |
Ohio |
|
|
X |
|
Oklahoma |
|
|
X |
|
Oregon |
|
|
|
X |
Pennsylvania12 |
|
|
|
|
Rhode Island |
X |
|
|
|
South Dakota |
|
|
|
X |
Tennessee |
|
|
X |
|
Texas |
|
|
X |
X15 |
Utah |
|
|
X16 |
|
Vermont |
X |
X17 |
X17 |
|
Virginia |
|
X18 |
X18 |
X2 |
Washington |
|
|
|
X |
West Virginia |
|
X |
|
|
Wisconsin |
|
|
|
X |
Wyoming |
|
|
X |
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1 Alabama and South Carolina. No regulations or
not specified.
2 Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico and Virginia.
Monthly payday requirements for Executive, Administrative, and Professional
personnel.
3 Arizona. Payday two or more days in a month,
not more than 16 days apart.
4 Connecticut. Longer interval (up to monthly)
permitted if approved by labor commissioner.
5 Hawaii. Employees may choose to be paid on
a monthly basis under special election procedure. Director of labor and
industrial relations also may grant exceptions to the general semi-monthly
payday requirement. Payday requirement applies only to private sector employment.
6 Iowa. Regular payday no more than 12 days
excluding Sundays and holidays after the end of the period in which the
wages were earned. Farm labor contractor at least monthly, semi-monthly,
or bi-weekly.
7 Louisiana. Applicable to entities engaged
in manufacturing, mining, or boring for oil, employing 10 or more employees,
and to every public service corporation. Payment is required once every
two weeks or twice during each calendar month.
8 Maine. Payment due at regular intervals not
to exceed 16 days.
9 Michigan. Frequency of payday depends on
the occupation.
10 Mississippi. Applicable to every entity
engaged in manufacturing of, any kind in the State employing 50 or more
employees and employing public labor, and to every public service corporation
doing business in the State. Payment is required once every two weeks or
twice during each calendar month.
11 Montana. Wages must be paid within 10 days
after the wages are due and payable.
12 Nebraska and Pennsylvania. Payday designated
by employer.
13 New York. Weekly payday for manual workers.
Semi-monthly payday upon approval for manual workers and for clerical land
other workers.
14 North Carolina. None specified, pay periods
may be daily, weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly or monthly.
15 Texas. Monthly payday for employees exempt
from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
16 Utah. Payments are to be paid at regular
intervals, but in periods no longer than semi-monthly.
17 Vermont. Employers may implement bi-weekly
and semi-monthly payday with written notice.
18 Virginia. Employees whose weekly wages total
more than 150 percent of the average weekly wage of the Commonwealth may
be paid monthly, upon agreement of each affected employee.
Prepared By:
Division of External Affairs
Wage and Hour Division
Employment Standards Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
This document was last revised in December 2004; unless
otherwise stated, the information reflects requirements that were in effect, or
would take effect, as of January 1, 2005.
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