Which States Have the Most Paid Holidays? 2027 Ranking of All 50

Key findings

• Indiana leads with 14 paid holidays; Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, Wisconsin and Wyoming have the fewest with 9. The median across all 50 states is 11.5.
• The most common extra day off is the Day after Thanksgiving: 29 of 50 states close their offices.
• Christmas Eve is a paid state holiday in 5 states, Good Friday in 10.
• 26 states keep their offices open on Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the federal holiday most often skipped. 18 states do not give state employees Juneteenth off.
• Indiana, Georgia and New Mexico keep offices open on Presidents' Day in February and give the day off later in the year instead.
• 9 states add no state holiday of their own beyond the federal calendar.
• 17 states also give floating or personal holidays, which are not counted here (see the table).

Methodology

What is counted. For each state, the number of days in 2027 on which state government offices close with pay for employees: the federal holidays the state observes, plus additional statewide paid holidays (for example the Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or a state admission day). A federal holiday renamed by the state (such as "Lincoln/Washington Day" on Presidents' Day) counts once. When a holiday falls on a weekend it still counts as one holiday, whether the state closes on the Friday or Monday instead, gives holiday credit (California, Massachusetts, New York, Wisconsin) or does not move it at all (Texas). Each holiday counts in its own year: New Year's Day 2028, observed on Friday, December 31, 2027 in most states, counts for 2028.

What is not counted. Floating or personal holidays (shown in their own column), half-days, holidays observed only in some counties or cities, commemorative days on which offices stay open, and election days that are only holidays in election years. Confederate-era holidays are excluded as a matter of editorial policy; they still close state offices in South Carolina (Confederate Memorial Day), Alabama (Confederate Memorial Day, Jefferson Davis' Birthday) and Mississippi (Confederate Memorial Day).

Sources. Each state's schedule was checked against its official state HR, personnel or comptroller publication or the statute (verified 2026-10-14). 22 states have published their 2027 schedule; for the others, 2027 dates follow from their current rules. For Nebraska, Louisiana, Nevada and Tennessee the official schedule could only be read in part, so those figures carry more uncertainty. State employee holidays are set by statute and, in some states, by collective bargaining agreements that can differ for specific bargaining units; the figures reflect the general schedule for state employees. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will correct it.

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the-calendar.net (2026). Which States Have the Most Paid Holidays? 2027 Ranking of All 50. https://the-calendar.net/holidays/by-state/most-paid-holidays/