U.S. federal holidays 2026-2028 with observed dates
The 11 public holidays of 5 U.S.C. 6103(a) for 2026, 2027 and 2028: the legal date, the day federal employees observe it (OPM: Friday for a Saturday holiday, Monday for a Sunday holiday) and the rule that applies. The ICS file puts an all-day event on each observed date. Federal offices, USPS, banks and markets follow their own holiday calendars, which are not part of this dataset.
Data as of October 25, 2026 · Reviewed November 5, 2026 · 33 rows, 8 columns · Part of FedRateCalc open data
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- CSV: us-federal-holidays-2026-2028.csv
- JSON: us-federal-holidays-2026-2028.json
- ICS (calendar): us-federal-holidays-2026-2028.ics
CSV files are plain RFC 4180: the first line is the header row and every line has the same columns. JSON files have a metadata object (source, license, generated date) and a rows array.
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| year | holiday | legal_date | legal_weekday | observed_date | observed_weekday | observed_rule | source_url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New Year's Day | 2026-01-01 | Thursday | 2026-01-01 | Thursday | same-day | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
| 2026 | Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. | 2026-01-19 | Monday | 2026-01-19 | Monday | same-day | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
| 2026 | Washington's Birthday | 2026-02-16 | Monday | 2026-02-16 | Monday | same-day | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
| 2026 | Memorial Day | 2026-05-25 | Monday | 2026-05-25 | Monday | same-day | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
| 2026 | Juneteenth National Independence Day | 2026-06-19 | Friday | 2026-06-19 | Friday | same-day | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
| 2026 | Independence Day | 2026-07-04 | Saturday | 2026-07-03 | Friday | saturday-to-friday | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
| 2026 | Labor Day | 2026-09-07 | Monday | 2026-09-07 | Monday | same-day | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
| 2026 | Columbus Day | 2026-10-12 | Monday | 2026-10-12 | Monday | same-day | https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/ |
Field dictionary
| Column | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
year | integer | Year of the legal date. |
holiday | string | Name of the holiday as in 5 U.S.C. 6103(a). |
legal_date | date | Calendar date of the holiday (YYYY-MM-DD). |
legal_weekday | string | Weekday of the legal date. |
observed_date | date | The day treated as the holiday for most federal employees (YYYY-MM-DD). |
observed_weekday | string | Weekday of the observed date. |
observed_rule | enum | same-day, saturday-to-friday or sunday-to-monday. |
source_url | string | OPM's federal holidays page. |
Official sources
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management: Federal Holidays
- 5 U.S.C. 6103: Holidays (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
FedRateCalc is not affiliated with these agencies. Their own pages are authoritative; check them before relying on a date or a rate.
Update policy
Regenerated at every site build from the holiday rules in src/lib/militaryPay.ts, which tests pin to OPM's 2026, 2027 and 2028 tables. The "federal-holidays" data freshness item re-checks OPM's list.
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