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PTO Optimizer 2027

Get the most days off for the fewest vacation days. Enter how many PTO days you have and which paid holidays your employer gives, and the optimizer finds the workdays that link weekends and holidays into the longest breaks — with 15 PTO days and the federal holidays, 13 well-placed days become 49 days off in 2027.

Paid holidays your employer gives (untick the ones you work)

PTO days used

13

of 15

Days off in total

49

across 11 breaks

Multiplier

3.8×

days off per PTO day

Take PTO onPTOYou are offDaysAround
Mon, Jan 41Fri, Jan 1 – Mon, Jan 44New Year's Day
Fri, Jan 151Fri, Jan 15 – Mon, Jan 184MLK Day
Fri, Feb 121Fri, Feb 12 – Mon, Feb 154Presidents' Day
Fri, May 281Fri, May 28 – Mon, May 314Memorial Day
Thu, Jun 171Thu, Jun 17 – Sun, Jun 204Juneteenth
Fri, Jul 21Fri, Jul 2 – Mon, Jul 54Independence Day
Fri, Sep 31Fri, Sep 3 – Mon, Sep 64Labor Day
Fri, Oct 81Fri, Oct 8 – Mon, Oct 114Columbus Day
Fri, Nov 121Thu, Nov 11 – Sun, Nov 144Veterans Day
Mon, Nov 22 – Wed, Nov 243Sat, Nov 20 – Sun, Nov 289Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving
Thu, Dec 231Thu, Dec 23 – Sun, Dec 264Christmas Day

Weekends and the ticked holidays are treated as days off; PTO is only spent on Monday–Friday workdays. Breaks are chosen greedily by days-off-per-PTO-day, without overlapping, until the budget is used.

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The 2027 plan with 15 PTO days and federal holidays

Take PTO onPTO daysDays offTotal
Mon, Jan 41Fri, Jan 1 – Mon, Jan 44
Fri, Jan 151Fri, Jan 15 – Mon, Jan 184
Fri, Feb 121Fri, Feb 12 – Mon, Feb 154
Fri, May 281Fri, May 28 – Mon, May 314
Thu, Jun 171Thu, Jun 17 – Sun, Jun 204
Fri, Jul 21Fri, Jul 2 – Mon, Jul 54
Fri, Sep 31Fri, Sep 3 – Mon, Sep 64
Fri, Oct 81Fri, Oct 8 – Mon, Oct 114
Fri, Nov 121Thu, Nov 11 – Sun, Nov 144
Mon, Nov 22 – Wed, Nov 243Sat, Nov 20 – Sun, Nov 289
Thu, Dec 231Thu, Dec 23 – Sun, Dec 264
Total1311 breaks49

Every row is a block of PTO plus the weekends and holidays it touches. The interactive optimizer above lets you change the budget and the holiday list; the plan recalculates for your employer’s calendar.

2027 holidays used by the optimizer

New Year's Day · Fri, Jan 1MLK Day · Mon, Jan 18Presidents' Day · Mon, Feb 15Memorial Day · Mon, May 31Juneteenth · Fri, Jun 18Independence Day · Mon, Jul 5Labor Day · Mon, Sep 6Columbus Day · Mon, Oct 11Veterans Day · Thu, Nov 11Thanksgiving Day · Thu, Nov 25Day after Thanksgiving · Fri, Nov 26Christmas Day · Fri, Dec 24Christmas Eve · Fri, Dec 24 (optional)New Year's Day (observed) · Fri, Dec 31New Year's Eve · Fri, Dec 31 (optional)

Full list with observed dates: federal holidays 2027. Other years: PTO optimizer 2026 · PTO optimizer 2028 · any year.

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