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Public holidays in United States

In 2026, the United States has 11 public holidays, 11 weekday days off, and 250 working days. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Every year from 2024 to 2030 is available below, each with its own calendar file and JSON, or as one calendar feed to subscribe to once.

Next public holiday in United States: countdown, upcoming dates, holidays and working days left this year.

11public holidays in 2026
250working days in 2026
8long weekends in 2026
2bridge days in 2026
The dates listed are the federal holidays. Each state observes its own calendar (for example Patriots' Day in Massachusetts or Cesar Chavez Day in California): see the state calendars linked on this page. Private employers are not obliged to close on federal holidays.

Public holidays in the states of the United States

The fifty states and the District of Columbia each have their own calendar, working days count and files. The number next to each name is its working days count for 2026; this page shows the national calendar.

Public holidays in United States 2026

DateDayHoliday
Thursday New Year's Day
Monday Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Monday Washington's Birthday
Monday Memorial Day
Friday Juneteenth National Independence Day
Friday Independence Day observed
Saturday weekend Independence Day
Monday Labor Day
Monday Columbus Day
Wednesday Veterans Day
Thursday Thanksgiving Day
Friday Christmas Day

Full 2026 page: working days per month, long weekends and bridge days

To keep the holidays of United States in Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar without importing a file every year, subscribe to https://openworkdays.com/api/v1/us.ics: it holds every year from 2024 to 2030 and your calendar refreshes it by itself.

Working days per year in United States

YearPublic holidaysWeekday days offWorking days
20241111251ICS · JSON · CSV
20251111250ICS · JSON · CSV
20261111250ICS · JSON · CSV
20271112249ICS · JSON · CSV
20281110250ICS · JSON · CSV
20291111250ICS · JSON · CSV
20301111250ICS · JSON · CSV

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The United States has 11 public holidays and 250 working days in 2026. Source: OpenWorkdays, https://openworkdays.com/united-states/ (dataset holidays 0.106, CC BY 4.0).

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