Working days calculator

Working days in 2026: 250 to 253, depending on the state

261 weekdays, less each state's own public holidays that land on one. The ACT has the fewest (250); QLD and TAS the most (253).

Working days per year

Working days in each year, by state and territory — Monday to Friday, less public holidays
State	2026	2027	2028
NSW	252	252	Not yet published
VIC	251	251	249 counts Friday before the AFL Grand Final, not dated yet
QLD	253	252	251
WA	251	251	Not yet published
SA	252	252	250
TAS	253	253	251
ACT	250	250	249
NT	252	251	250

Working days in each month of 2026

Working days per month in 2026, by state and territory
Month	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT
January	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
February	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
March	22	21	22	21	21	21	21	22
April	19	20	20	19	20	20	19	20
May	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	20
June	21	21	22	21	21	21	20	21
July	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
August	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20
September	22	21	22	21	22	22	22	22
October	21	22	21	22	21	22	21	22
November	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
December	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

Working days in each month of 2027

Working days per month in 2027, by state and territory
Month	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	TAS	ACT	NT
January	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
February	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
March	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	21
April	21	22	21	21	22	22	21	21
May	21	21	20	21	21	21	20	20
June	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21
July	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
August	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21
September	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22
October	20	20	20	21	20	21	20	21
November	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22
December	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

How these are counted

A working day here is a Monday to Friday that is not a public holiday for the whole state or territory. Holidays covering only part of a day (the Christmas Eve evening in Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory) or only part of a state (show days, regional holidays) are not taken off — the rules are set out with the date calculator. A dash, or "not yet published", means the state has not published that year's holidays, and no count is guessed.

Your award or agreement may define working days differently — some count Saturdays, some rostered days off — and for a legal deadline the document's own counting rule wins. Every holiday behind these numbers is listed, with its source, on each state's public holidays page.

Frequently asked questions

How many working days are there in a year?

About 250, and the exact figure depends on where you work. 2026 has 261 Mondays-to-Fridays, and each state and territory removes its own public holidays that land on one — between eight and eleven of them this year. So the same year-long job has fewer working days in the ACT than in QLD and TAS.

Does a public holiday on a weekend cost a working day?

Only when the state adds or moves a weekday for it. A Saturday Boxing Day costs nothing by itself, but most states then give the Monday as well, and that Monday comes off the count. Which states do it differs holiday by holiday — the dates in each state are on its public holidays page.