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United States Public Holiday Calculator

Work out how many of United States’s 11 public holidays fall on working days this year and what they are worth in time off.

About United States Public Holiday Calculator

A public holiday only creates time off if it lands on a day you would have worked. Some countries grant a substitute weekday when it falls at a weekend and others do not, which is why the effective count differs from the headline number. The headline holiday count is a poor guide to actual time off, and it varies by several days from year to year depending on where the dates land.

Formula

United States Public Holiday

Effective holidays = total holidays − (weekend holidays − substitute days)

substitute days
Replacement weekdays granted when a holiday falls at a weekend

Worked example

With the default values below, United States Public Holiday Calculator returns Public Holidays You Actually Get Off of 9.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Public holidays in the yearaccepts 0–40 days
11 days
Holidays landing on a weekendaccepts 0–20 days
3 days
Substitute days granted for weekend holidaysaccepts 0–20 days
1 days
Contracted hours per dayaccepts 1–16 h
8 h

Results

Public Holidays You Actually Get Off
9.0 days
Paid Time Off from Public Holidays
72.0 h
Holidays Lost to the Weekend
2 days
Equivalent Working Weeks
1.80
Share of the Working Year
3.46%

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2United States Public Holiday
  3. 3Public Holidays You Actually Get Off= 9.0 days
  4. 4Paid Time Off from Public Holidays= 72.0 h
  5. 5Holidays Lost to the Weekend= 2 days
  6. 6Equivalent Working Weeks= 1.80
  7. 7Share of the Working Year= 3.46

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is United States Public Holiday calculated?

Effective holidays = total holidays − (weekend holidays − substitute days) A public holiday only creates time off if it lands on a day you would have worked. Some countries grant a substitute weekday when it falls at a weekend and others do not, which is why the effective count differs from the headline number.

Why does United States Public Holiday matter?

The headline holiday count is a poor guide to actual time off, and it varies by several days from year to year depending on where the dates land.

What values do I need to enter?

This calculator takes 4 inputs: Public holidays in the year, Holidays landing on a weekend, Substitute days granted for weekend holidays, Contracted hours per day. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.

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United States specifics

Currency
$ USDUS Dollar
Region
North America
Country code
US
Amounts look like
$1,234,567.89
Dates look like
Mar 9, 2026
Units
imperialWeek starts Sunday

In United States, imperial units are in everyday use.

Results on this page are expressed in USD (US Dollar). Figures are estimates for general planning — confirm current rates and thresholds with the relevant United States authority before relying on them.

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