Working Days in 2027: 249 Federal, 251 NYSE Trading Days, Month by Month

2027 has 261 weekdays, 249 U.S. federal working days and 251 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) trading days, based on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) holiday schedule and the NYSE Group holiday calendar published Dec. 23, 2025. The federal count removes the 12 holidays observed in calendar year 2027; the NYSE count removes its 10 market closures. The two calendars agree most of the year and split on four days, listed below.

How many working days are in 2027?

Count	2027
Weekdays (Monday to Friday)	261
U.S. federal working days (OPM)	249
NYSE trading days	251

The federal figure takes 261 weekdays and subtracts the 12 observed federal holidays that fall in 2027. The NYSE figure subtracts its 10 full closures. Both counts are our own arithmetic from the two official holiday lists; each source covers only its own holidays, and private employers set their own days off, so a company calendar may differ.

Working days by month in 2027

Month	Weekdays	Federal working days	NYSE trading days
January	21	19	19
February	20	19	19
March	23	23	22
April	22	22	22
May	21	20	20
June	22	21	21
July	22	21	21
August	22	22	22
September	22	21	21
October	21	20	21
November	22	20	21
December	23	21	22

The first working day of 2027 on both calendars is Monday, Jan. 4, after the New Year’s Day holiday on Friday, Jan. 1 and the weekend. January and February each have 19 working days on both calendars, the fewest of the year. March has the most federal working days, 23, because no federal holiday falls that month. You can mark the first stretch on a January 2027 printable calendar or lay out the whole year on a 2027 printable yearly calendar.

Working days by quarter

Quarter	Federal working days	NYSE trading days
Q1 (Jan to Mar)	61	60
Q2 (Apr to Jun)	63	63
Q3 (Jul to Sep)	64	64
Q4 (Oct to Dec)	61	64

The third quarter is the largest for federal working days at 64. The NYSE and federal totals match in the second and third quarters, and split in the first and fourth because of the four days where the calendars differ.

Which days do the federal and NYSE calendars differ?

Date	Day	Federal offices	NYSE
Good Friday, March 26	Friday	Open	Closed
Columbus Day, Oct. 11	Monday	Closed	Open
Veterans Day, Nov. 11	Thursday	Closed	Open
Dec. 31	Friday	Closed	Open

The NYSE closes for Good Friday, March 26, which is not a federal holiday. Federal offices close on Columbus Day and Veterans Day, when stocks still trade. On Friday, Dec. 31, most federal offices close for the New Year’s Day 2028 holiday observed early, because Jan. 1, 2028 is a Saturday, while the NYSE trades a full session. The NYSE also closes early, at 1 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), on Friday, Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving. The full closure lists are in our federal holidays 2027 and NYSE holidays 2027 stories.

How many working hours is that?

At a standard 8-hour schedule, 249 federal working days is 1,992 hours across non-holiday weekdays in 2027. That is plain arithmetic, not an official pay figure: actual pay periods, leave and agency schedules vary. For pay-cycle planning, our three-paycheck months of 2027 story shows when a biweekly calendar lands a third payday in one month. The full month-by-month breakdown is on the free printable below, and the complete US holiday list has the dates behind these counts.