2029: 24 pay periods on semi-monthly pay

Every pay weekday gives the same answer in 2029: 24 pay periods.

Why 2029 gives exactly 24

Semi-monthly pay follows the calendar rather than a day count, so the total never drifts: 2029 gives 24 periods exactly as every other year does. What does change is the gap between pay dates. Paying on the 15th and the last day of each month, the shortest gap in 2029 is 13 days in February and the longest is 16, across the 31 day months. 2029 is a common year, so February is 28 days.

What an extra pay period means

Every weekday gives 24 in 2029, so no employer on this schedule faces the extra-period question this year. It returns in years where the spare days accumulate far enough.

Other years

Semi-monthly pay periods explained · Working days in 2029 · Fridays in 2029