2026
The following is a list of the 2026 state holidays and the dates on which they are observed:
Download the 2026 Holiday schedule
| New Year’s Day | Thursday | January 1, 2026 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Monday | January 19, 2026 |
| Good Friday | Friday | April 3, 2026 |
| Primary Election Day | Tuesday | May 5, 2026 |
| Memorial Day | Monday | May 25, 2026 |
| Independence Day | Friday | July 3, 2026* |
| Independence Day | Saturday | July 4, 2026** |
| Labor Day | Monday | September 7, 2026 |
| Columbus Day | Monday | October 12, 2026 |
| General Election Day | Tuesday | November 3, 2026 |
| Veterans Day | Wednesday | November 11, 2026 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday | November 26, 2026 |
| Lincoln's Birthday | Friday | November 27, 2026 |
| Washington’s Birthday | Thursday | December 24, 2026 |
| Christmas Day | Friday | December 25, 2026 |
*For operations regularly scheduled Monday – Friday.
**For operations regularly scheduled on Saturday/Sunday.
All full-time, part-time and hourly employees occupying permanent positions must be compensated for all holidays listed above, in the following circumstances. To be eligible for compensation, the employee must work or use paid leave equal to the number of hours paid for each holiday during the week in which the holiday is observed; however, employees are not compensated for holidays which are observed prior to the first workday of employment or for holidays which are observed after their last workday of employment. Compensation for holidays for eligible active full-time employees is 7.5 hours of compensatory time off or 7.5 multiplied by the employee’s base hourly rate. Eligible part-time or hourly employees will receive holiday pay or compensatory time off calculated as one-tenth of the regular biweekly hours assigned, rounded to the nearest quarter-hour. Eligible employees who are required to work on a holiday will be compensated for the hours worked and may opt to shift the holiday observance to another date within the same pay period, receive holiday pay, or bank compensatory time off for use in a future pay period. Eligible employees not required to work will receive holiday pay. For this purpose, the term “eligible employees” applies to employees in state civil service except Institutional Teachers at the Indiana School for the Deaf and the Indiana School for the Blind/Visually Impaired, and police officers who have elected a 28-day work period in accordance with 31 IAC 5-7-8(b). Intermittent and temporary employees shall not receive holiday pay. Intermittent and temporary employees who work on a date indicated above will be paid for the hours worked.
2027
The following is a list of the 2027 state holidays and the dates on which they are observed:
Download the 2027 Holiday schedule
| New Year’s Day | Friday | January 1, 2027 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Monday | January 18, 2027 |
| Good Friday | Friday | March 26, 2027 |
| Primary Election Day | Tuesday | May 4, 2027 |
| Memorial Day | Monday | May 31, 2027 |
| Independence Day | Sunday | July 4, 2027** |
| Independence Day | Monday | July 5, 2027* |
| Labor Day | Monday | September 6, 2027 |
| Columbus Day | Monday | October 11, 2027 |
| General Election Day | Tuesday | November 2, 2027 |
| Veterans Day | Thursday | November 11, 2027 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday | November 25, 2027 |
| Lincoln's Birthday | Friday | November 26, 2027 |
| Washington’s Birthday | Thursday | December 23, 2027 |
| Christmas Day | Friday | December 24, 2027* |
| Christmas Day | Saturday | December 25, 2027** |
| New Year's Day | Friday | December 31, 2027* |
*For operations regularly scheduled Monday – Friday.
**For operations regularly scheduled on Saturday/Sunday.
All full-time, part-time and hourly employees occupying permanent positions must be compensated for all holidays listed above, in the following circumstances. To be eligible for compensation, the employee must work or use paid leave equal to the number of hours paid for each holiday during the week in which the holiday is observed; however, employees are not compensated for holidays which are observed prior to the first workday of employment or for holidays which are observed after their last workday of employment. Compensation for holidays for eligible active full-time employees is 7.5 hours of compensatory time off or 7.5 multiplied by the employee’s base hourly rate. Eligible part-time or hourly employees will receive holiday pay or compensatory time off calculated as one-tenth of the regular biweekly hours assigned, rounded to the nearest quarter-hour. Eligible employees who are required to work on a holiday will be compensated for the hours worked and may opt to shift the holiday observance to another date within the same pay period, receive holiday pay, or bank compensatory time off for use in a future pay period. Eligible employees not required to work will receive holiday pay. For this purpose, the term “eligible employees” applies to employees in state civil service except Institutional Teachers at the Indiana School for the Deaf and the Indiana School for the Blind/Visually Impaired, and police officers who have elected a 28-day work period in accordance with 31 IAC 5-7-8(b). Intermittent and temporary employees shall not receive holiday pay. Intermittent and temporary employees who work on a date indicated above will be paid for the hours worked.
