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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 |
|
|
|
X10 |
Mississippi |
|
X11 |
X11 |
|
Missouri |
|
|
X |
|
Montana |
|
X12 |
|
|
Nebraska13 |
|
|
|
|
Nevada |
|
|
X |
X2 |
New Hampshire |
X |
|
|
|
New Jersey |
|
|
X |
|
New Mexico |
|
|
X |
X2 |
New York |
X14 |
|
X14 |
|
North Carolina15 |
|
|
|
|
North Dakota |
|
|
|
X |
Ohio |
|
|
X |
|
Oklahoma |
|
|
X |
|
Oregon |
|
|
|
X |
Pennsylvania13 |
|
|
|
|
Rhode Island |
X |
|
|
|
South Dakota |
|
|
|
X |
Tennessee |
|
|
X |
|
Texas |
|
|
X |
X16 |
Utah |
|
|
X17 |
|
Vermont |
X |
X18 |
X18 |
|
Virginia |
|
X19 |
X19 |
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 Minnesota. Employees engaged
in transitory employment, i.e. migrant workers, which require an employee
to change the employee’s place of abode, because the employment is terminated
either by the completion of the work or by the discharge or quitting of
the employee must be paid within 24 hours.
11 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.
12 Montana. Wages must be paid
within 10 days after the wages are due and payable.
13 Nebraska and Pennsylvania.
Payday designated by employer.
14 New York. Weekly payday for
manual workers. Semi-monthly payday upon approval for manual workers and
for clerical land other workers.
15 North Carolina. None specified,
pay periods may be daily, weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly or monthly.
16 Texas. Monthly payday for employees
exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
17 Utah. Payments are to be paid
at regular intervals, but in periods no longer than semi-monthly.
18 Vermont. Employers may implement
bi-weekly and semi-monthly payday with written notice.
19 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 2005; unless
otherwise stated, the information reflects requirements that were in effect, or
would take effect, as of January 1, 2006.
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