US Federal Holidays 2027 — Independence Day is observed Monday July 5, Christmas on Friday December 24, and December 31 is a holiday too

OPM's list for 2027: **Fri Jan 1** New Year's Day · **Mon Jan 18** Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. · **Mon Feb 15** Washington's Birthday · **Mon May 31** Memorial Day · **Fri Jun 18** Juneteenth · **Mon Jul 5** Independence Day · **Mon Sep 6** Labor Day · **Mon Oct 11** Columbus Day · **Thu Nov 11** Veterans Day · **Thu Nov 25** Thanksgiving · **Fri Dec 24** Christmas Day.^[1]

**Eleven holidays, as every year.** The statute lists the same eleven; it fixes some to a date (January 1, June 19, July 4, November 11, December 25) and the rest to a weekday formula such as "the third Monday in January" or "the fourth Thursday in November".^[1][2]

**July 4, 2027 is a Sunday**, so the day off is **Monday, July 5**. **December 25, 2027 is a Saturday**, so the day off is **Friday, December 24**. The Saturday rule is in the statute: **"Instead of a holiday that occurs on a Saturday, the Friday immediately before is a legal public holiday"** for Monday-to-Friday employees. ★**The Sunday-to-Monday rule is not in 5 U.S.C. 6103(b)** — OPM applies it under an executive order, and states it on its page as "the following Monday".^[1][2]

**Stores, banks and stock exchanges follow their own calendars.** The OPM dates govern federal pay and leave. Whether a private employer gives July 5 or December 24 off is that employer's policy.^[1]

**January 1, 2028 falls on a Saturday.** Under the Saturday rule, **Friday, December 31, 2027** becomes the holiday in lieu of New Year's Day 2028. **It belongs to the 2028 holiday year, but it lands in 2027**, so federal employees on a standard schedule get twelve days off in calendar 2027: the eleven above plus December 31. ★**OPM's 2027 table does not show December 31** — under the Saturday rule it belongs on the 2028 list (★**this page derived that from the rule and the calendar; the 2028 table itself was not opened**). Anyone counting days off from the 2027 table alone will miss it.^[1][2]

The statute has a separate rule: **"Instead of a holiday that occurs on a regular weekly non-workday ... the workday immediately before that regular weekly nonworkday is a legal public holiday for the employee."** So for a Tuesday-to-Saturday employee, a Sunday holiday moves differently than for a Monday-to-Friday one. ★**This page does not work through those cases**; OPM's page has the detail.^[1][2]

**"January 20 of each fourth year after 1965, Inauguration Day, is a legal public holiday"** — but only for federal employees in the District of Columbia and nearby jurisdictions. The next one is **January 20, 2029**. Neither 2026 nor 2027 has one.^[1][2]

**The text of the executive order behind the Sunday rule was not opened for this page**; the rule is stated here as OPM states it. 2027 observances for the New York Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve, the Postal Service and state governments were not checked and may differ.^[1]