Paydaysby GlyphMethod
How company paydays are worked out: evidence first, and where there is none, a plainly labelled assumption.
1Evidence first
A company's own pages and SEC filings make a schedule Official. Posts by employees (Blind, Reddit and similar) that state it make it Employee-reported, and each accepted report adds to its confidence.
2Frequency
Where no source states it: biweekly. Large US tech employers overwhelmingly pay every two weeks, and a biweekly payroll meets the minimum frequency in every state the Department of Labor table lists.
3Day
The stated weekday or dates where known. Otherwise Friday for weekly and biweekly pay, and the 15th and last day for semi-monthly pay.
4Which week
A biweekly schedule runs on one of two weeks. Only a dated payday from a source fixes it: an employee naming the day they were paid, or a benefits page naming its 27th paycheck. Without one, the page shows one date: the next payday on the week most of the sourced, dated biweekly schedules here are on (cycle A on the biweekly calendar). That date carries a dotted-circle icon; its note says it is inferred and names the other possible date, and a company page has a switch to the other week. The pick is recomputed from the evidence in the tests, so it changes if the evidence does.
5Weekends and holidays
A payday on a weekend or a Federal Reserve holiday is paid the business day before, as on every calendar on this site.
6Labels
Every next payday carries one small icon: a check when the date is sourced (its note names the sources), a dotted circle when any part of it is inferred (no evidence yet, or the week or days assumed). A schedule with no evidence is a planning estimate, not a fact about the company.