United States Federal public holidays 2026
United States has 22 public holidays on the calendar held here, in force from 1 Jan 2026. Last checked against the official source on 30 Jul 2026.
Legal public holidays for federal employees, with statutory in-lieu observance rules applied for calendar year 2026.
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| Current value | 22 days held |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| In force until | 2026-12-31 |
| Official source | 5 U.S.C. 6103(a) (legal public holidays) and 5 U.S.C. 6103(b) plus Executive Order 11582 of 11 February 1971 (in-lieu observance); schedule as published by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, '2026 Holiday Schedule' |
| Last verified | 2026-07-30 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
Eleven federal holidays, confirmed line-by-line against the OPM 2026 Holiday Schedule. SUBSTITUTION APPLIED: Independence Day, 4 July 2026, falls on a Saturday, so under 5 U.S.C. 6103(b) the preceding Friday, 3 July 2026, is treated as the holiday for pay and leave purposes - that is the date served. No other 2026 holiday falls on a weekend (New Year's Day Thursday, MLK Day Monday 19 Jan, Washington's Birthday Monday 16 Feb, Memorial Day Monday 25 May, Juneteenth Friday 19 Jun, Labor Day Monday 7 Sep, Columbus Day Monday 12 Oct, Veterans Day Wednesday 11 Nov, Thanksgiving Thursday 26 Nov, Christmas Friday 25 Dec), so no Sunday-to-Monday rollovers under EO 11582 arise. NAMING: the February holiday is 'Washington's Birthday' in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a); 'Presidents' Day' is a colloquial and state-level name with no federal statutory basis. DELIBERATE EXCLUSIONS: (1) Inauguration Day (5 U.S.C. 6103(c)) is a holiday only in the D.C. commuting area and only in years following a presidential election - it does not occur in 2026; (2) Election Day, 3 November 2026, is NOT a federal holiday although some states make it one; (3) state and territorial holidays are excluded entirely - these vary widely and include Patriots' Day (Massachusetts/Maine), Cesar Chavez Day, Emancipation Day (D.C., 16 April, which shifts the federal tax filing deadline), Mardi Gras (Louisiana parishes), and numerous others; (4) Good Friday, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not federal holidays, though a President may grant an ad hoc half- or full-day closure by executive order in a given year - none was in force for 2026 at last_confirmed. These are federal-employee holidays: the United States has no federal statute mandating that private-sector employers close or pay premium rates on these days. ACCESS QUIRK: opm.gov returns HTTP 403 to some automated clients; a browser-style user agent retrieves the page normally. 2027 EXTENSION (2026-07-30): OBSERVED dates for the standard Mon-Fri federal schedule per 5 U.S.C. 6103(b) and E.O. 11582: Juneteenth (Sat 19 Jun) observed Fri 18 Jun; Independence Day (Sun 4 Jul) observed Mon 5 Jul; Christmas Day (Sat 25 Dec) observed Fri 24 Dec. Employees whose basic workweek includes weekends observe the actual dates. No Inauguration Day in 2027. OPM's 2027 page could not be machine-read when compiled - dates are statute-derived and corroborated; re-verify against opm.gov near-year. One-off executive-order holidays cannot be predicted. SUBDIVISIONS (2026-07-30, 10 largest states): US subdivision data answers 'are STATE government offices closed', not 'is it a non-working day for the economy' - NO US state generally compels private-sector closure or premium pay (unlike Europe), and courts, universities, counties and cities may follow different calendars. The national list is the FEDERAL observed-date calendar; states diverge in both directions (Columbus Day closed in NY/IL/OH/GA/PA only; Juneteenth not a closure in CA/TX/FL/NC; day-after-Thanksgiving in 8 of 10) and in weekend mechanics (CA and NY convert Saturday holidays to leave credit with no closure; TX loses weekend holidays entirely; FL/OH/IL/NC/MI substitute weekdays). GA and PA set schedules annually by executive action - their 2027 entries are pending and flagged in the subdivision notes.
Get it programmatically
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ISO 3166-2:US — 10 subdivisions held. A subdivision that does not appear below has NOT been researched, and must not be read as having no value: where a subdivision genuinely has none, it is listed with an explained null and a citation for the absence.
| Code | Subdivision | Value | Official source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-CA | California | 4 entries | California — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| California state offices: adds Cesar Chavez Day and the Day after Thanksgiving; does NOT close for Columbus Day (dropped 2009) or Juneteenth (Gov. Code s.6700 designates it, but it is elective in lieu of the personal holiday - offices open). Weekend rule (Gov. Code ss.19853-19854): Sunday -> Monday closure, but a SATURDAY holiday earns holiday credit with NO weekday closure (sole exception: Veterans Day -> preceding Friday) - hence no 3 Jul 2026 or 24 Dec 2027 closure despite the federal observed dates. | ||||
| US-TX | Texas | 4 entries | Texas — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| Texas state offices: adds the Day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve (the 26 Dec Day-after-Christmas holiday falls on a weekend in BOTH 2026 and 2027 and is simply lost). Texas has NO weekend substitution (Gov't Code ch. 662): Independence Day is not observed at all in 2026 (Sat) or 2027 (Sun), and Christmas Day 2027 (Sat) is lost - the 24 Dec 2027 closure shown is Texas's own Christmas Eve holiday. Columbus Day is not a Texas holiday. SKELETON-CREW holidays (offices legally open with minimum staff, employees entitled to the day - NOT closures, so not listed): Confederate Heroes Day 19 Jan, Texas Independence Day 2 Mar, San Jacinto Day 21 Apr, Emancipation Day 19 Jun (Juneteenth - skeleton-crew only in Texas), LBJ Day 27 Aug. Optional employee-elected days: Cesar Chavez Day, Good Friday, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur. FY2028 (Sep-Dec 2027) schedule not yet published - those dates are statute-derived. | ||||
| US-FL | Florida | 2 entries | Florida — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| Florida state offices (Fla. Stat. s.110.117): 9 paid holidays - the federal set minus Washington's Birthday, Juneteenth (s.683.21 makes it a day of observance only, offices open) and Columbus Day, plus the Friday after Thanksgiving. Weekend rule codified: Saturday -> preceding Friday, Sunday -> following Monday (matches the federal observed dates served nationally). | ||||
| US-NY | New York | 4 entries | New York — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| New York state offices: adds Lincoln's Birthday (12 Feb, floating for some bargaining units) and Election Day (every year); observes all federal holidays including Columbus Day and Juneteenth. Weekend rule: Sunday -> following Monday, but a SATURDAY holiday becomes a pass-day holiday (holiday leave earned, no weekday closure) - hence no 3 Jul 2026, 18 Jun 2027 or 24 Dec 2027 closures despite the federal observed dates. Verified from the official 2026 AND 2027 cs.ny.gov legal-holiday pages. | ||||
| US-PA | Pennsylvania | 1 entry | Pennsylvania — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| Pennsylvania Commonwealth offices (Administrative Circular 25-13, 2026 verified): the federal set plus the Day After Thanksgiving; Columbus Day observed as Indigenous People's Day and Juneteenth as Juneteenth National Freedom Day (dates unchanged); Independence Day 2026 observed Fri 3 Jul, matching the national list. THE 2027 CIRCULAR IS NOT YET ISSUED (expected ~Aug 2026): 2027 currently shows the federal baseline; the Day After Thanksgiving 2027 and the treatment of Saturday-falling Juneteenth/Christmas 2027 will be added when the circular publishes - re-verify then. | ||||
| US-IL | Illinois | 5 entries | Illinois — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| Illinois state offices (official CMS list, 2026 AND 2027 verified): the federal set (including Columbus Day and Juneteenth) plus Lincoln's Birthday, the Day after Thanksgiving, and General Election Day in even-numbered years only (Nov 2026; none in 2027). Weekend rule matches the federal observed dates. Casimir Pulaski Day is commemorative only - state offices open (Chicago/Cook County institutions may close). | ||||
| US-OH | Ohio | 0 entries | Ohio — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| Ohio state offices match the federal set exactly - no additions, no exclusions (Ohio is one of the few states still closing for Columbus Day; no Day-after-Thanksgiving). February is styled Washington-Lincoln Day. Weekend rule codified (ORC 124.19): Saturday -> preceding Friday, Sunday -> following Monday, matching the national observed dates. | ||||
| US-GA | Georgia | 3 entries | Georgia — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| Georgia state offices, 2026 verified from georgia.gov: 12 paid holidays including Juneteenth and Columbus Day. Two 'State Holiday' entries (the renamed former Confederate holidays, unnamed since 2015) were scheduled by the Governor on Good Friday and the day after Thanksgiving in 2026, and Washington's Birthday is traditionally observed at Christmas Eve (24 Dec 2026), not in February. THE GOVERNOR SETS OBSERVED DATES ANNUALLY BY MEMO AND THE 2027 SCHEDULE IS NOT YET ANNOUNCED: 2027 currently shows the federal baseline and WILL change (State Holiday placements, Washington's Birthday move, weekend treatments) - re-verify when the 2027 memo publishes, typically late in the prior year. | ||||
| US-NC | North Carolina | 8 entries | North Carolina — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| North Carolina state offices (official OSHR schedule, 2026 AND 2027 verified): 12 paid holidays - the federal set minus Washington's Birthday, Juneteenth and Columbus Day, plus Good Friday, the Day after Thanksgiving, and a THREE-day Christmas block whose dates float with the weekday of Christmas (2026: 24/25/28 Dec; 2027: 23/24/27 Dec around the Saturday). The federal observed date each year forms the middle day of the block. | ||||
| US-MI | Michigan | 7 entries | Michigan — official state holiday source | 2026-07-30 |
| Michigan state offices (Civil Service Reg 5.08): the federal set minus Columbus Day, plus the Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, and Election Day in even years. Reg 5.08's Eve rules shift 2027: Christmas Day (Sat) -> observed Fri 24 Dec, pushing Christmas Eve to Thu 23 Dec; New Year's Day 2028 (Sat) -> observed Fri 31 Dec, pushing New Year's Eve to Thu 30 Dec. CONFIRMED-SECONDARY: michigan.gov blocks automated reads - Reg 5.08 text corroborated across sources quoting it verbatim; upgrade by pulling Reg508.pdf manually. | ||||
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