Working days · 2026
2026 has 250 working days, month by month.
Monday to Friday in the US, minus the federal holidays that land on a weekday: 261 weekdays, 11 holidays, 250 working days and 2,000 working hours.
250
Working days in 2026
2,000
Working hours at eight a day
20.8
Working days in an average month
11
Federal holidays on a weekday
| Month | Weekdays | Federal holidays | Working days | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day | 20 | 160 |
| February | 20 | Presidents' Day | 19 | 152 |
| March | 22 | None | 22 | 176 |
| Q1 | 64 | 61 | 488 | |
| April | 22 | None | 22 | 176 |
| May | 21 | Memorial Day | 20 | 160 |
| June | 22 | Juneteenth | 21 | 168 |
| Q2 | 65 | 63 | 504 | |
| July | 23 | Independence Day | 22 | 176 |
| August | 21 | None | 21 | 168 |
| September | 22 | Labor Day | 21 | 168 |
| Q3 | 66 | 64 | 512 | |
| October | 22 | Columbus Day | 21 | 168 |
| November | 21 | Veterans Day, Thanksgiving | 19 | 152 |
| December | 23 | Christmas Day | 22 | 176 |
| Q4 | 66 | 62 | 496 | |
| 2026 | 261 | 11 holidays | 250 | 2,000 |
If your office also closes on Good Friday, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, 2026 has 246 working days. Dates are worked out from each holiday's rule. Check your employer's own holiday list for days off.
Working days between two dates.
Count the working days in a project, a notice period or a quarter. Both dates count, and you pick whose holidays to leave out.
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 to Thu, Dec 31, 2026
58 working days
86 days in all, 62 of them weekdays, minus 4 holidays: Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day.
Working days by state, 2026.
State government offices close for their own holidays too, like César Chávez Day in California or Patriots' Day in Massachusetts, so each state has its own count.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Working a team across borders? Everyone has a different year.
The same 2026, counted with each place's own public holidays.
| United States (federal) | 250 working days |
|---|---|
| England and Wales | 253 working days |
| Scotland | 251 working days |
| Northern Ireland | 251 working days |
| Ontario, Canada | 253 working days |
| British Columbia, Canada | 250 working days |
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Questions
How many working days are in 2026?
250 in the US, counting Monday to Friday and leaving out the 11 federal holidays that fall on weekdays.
How many working hours are in 2026?
2,000 at eight hours a day, or 1,875 at seven and a half.
How many working days are in a month on average in 2026?
20.8. March has the most, 22, and February the fewest, 19.
How many working days are in each quarter of 2026?
Q1 has 61, Q2 63, Q3 64 and Q4 62.
How many weekdays are in 2026?
261. A year has 52 full weeks, 260 weekdays, plus one or two extra days, and in 2026 one is a weekday.
What if my company also closes on Good Friday or the day after Thanksgiving?
This count only leaves out federal holidays. If your office also closes on Good Friday, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, 2026 has 246 working days.
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