Work hours · 2026
2026 has 2,000 work hours, not 2,080.
250 working days in the US at eight hours a day, after the 11 federal holidays on a weekday. The 2,080-hour number payroll uses leaves nothing out. Take out a typical 15 days of PTO and it's 1,880.
2,000
Work hours at eight a day
50.0
Work weeks after holidays
1,880
Hours after 15 days of PTO
80
Fewer than the 2,080 on paper
2026 has 250 working days after the 11 US federal holidays that fall on a weekday. Extra company holidays are days like the day after Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve.
You'll work about
1,880
hours in 2026
235 days, 47.0 work weeks
Work hours month by month.
Monday to Friday at eight hours, with the federal holidays in 2026 taken out.
Working days for each month are on working days in 2026, with every state's own holidays.
A team's hours are fewer still, once everyone's time off is on the calendar.
The calendar says 2,000 hours. A team loses more to vacations, sick days, conferences and holidays in other countries. Here's a team's first sprints of 2027 on a live board, with the time off that eats into them.
- Holidays per person's country
- Time off next to each sprint
- Drag across a row to add time off
- Release dates warn who's away
Working out a sprint? Use the sprint capacity calculator.
Questions
How many work hours are in 2026?
2,000 in the US at eight hours a day: 250 working days, Monday to Friday, after the 11 federal holidays that fall on a weekday. At 7.5 hours a day it's 1,875.
Why do people say 2,080 work hours a year?
2,080 is 52 weeks of 40 hours, with nothing taken out. Payroll uses it to turn a salary into an hourly rate. The hours actually worked are lower: 2,000 in 2026 after federal holidays, and around 1,880 after 15 days of PTO.
How many work weeks are in 2026?
50.0 work weeks of five days after federal holidays. Take out three weeks of vacation and it's about 47.0.
How many work hours are in a month?
166.7 on average in 2026. A month with 23 working days has 184 hours, one with 20 has 160.
How many hours does a full-time employee work in a year?
About 1,900 to 2,000 hours once holidays and paid time off are taken out, against 2,080 on paper. With 15 days of PTO in 2026, it's 1,880.