How Many Business Days in 2021?
How Many Business Days in a Year
How many business days are in 2021?
Answer
2021 has
249 business days
261 weekdays (Monday to Friday) minus 12 federal holidays observed on a weekday; the other 104 days are weekends. At 8 hours a day that is 1,992 working hours.
How the 2021 count is made
Calendar days
365
Weekdays
261
Federal holidays
12
Business days
249
261 weekdays − 12 holidays = 249 business days
249 × 8 hours = 1,992 working hours
Business days by month in 2021
| Month | Business days | Federal holidays | Working hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | 2 (New Year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day) | 152 |
| February | 19 | 1 (Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday)) | 152 |
| March | 23 | 0 | 184 |
| April | 22 | 0 | 176 |
| May | 20 | 1 (Memorial Day) | 160 |
| June | 21 | 1 (Juneteenth) | 168 |
| July | 21 | 1 (Independence Day) | 168 |
| August | 22 | 0 | 176 |
| September | 21 | 1 (Labor Day) | 168 |
| October | 20 | 1 (Columbus Day) | 160 |
| November | 20 | 2 (Veterans Day (Armistice Day), Thanksgiving Day) | 160 |
| December | 21 | 2 (Christmas, New Year) | 168 |
| Total | 249 | 12 | 1,992 |
Federal holidays in 2021
- New Year
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Presidents' Day (Washington's Birthday)
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth(observed; June 19 falls on a Saturday)
- Independence Day(observed; July 4 falls on a Sunday)
- Labor Day
- Columbus Day
- Veterans Day (Armistice Day)
- Thanksgiving Day
- Christmas(observed; December 25 falls on a Saturday)
- New Year(observed; January 1, 2022 falls on a Saturday)
Banks: Friday, June 18 (Juneteenth), Friday, December 24 (Christmas) and Friday, December 31 (New Year) are ordinary banking days for banks that follow the Federal Reserve, which does not move a Saturday holiday to Friday. This page counts the federal government calendar, not a banking one. The 2021 count follows the federal calendar of 5 U.S.C. §6103: state holidays and local closures are not included. Business days between any two dates, with the same federal holidays, are counted by the days between dates calculator.
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- Business Days From Today - Counts US federal business days: skips weekends and the 11 federal holidays on their observed dates
- Days Between Two Dates - Calculate the Difference Between Two Dates. How many days, months, and years are between two dates? From date to date calculator
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How Many Business Days in a Year
This calculator counts US federal business days — Monday to Friday, excluding the eleven federal holidays of 5 U.S.C. §6103 on the days they are observed — in any year or month from 1986 to 2100. For example, it can help you find out how many business days are in 2021? (The answer is: 249 business days). Choose a month, or “Year” for the whole year, enter the year (e.g. 2021) and press “Find out”. Business day and working day mean the same here. Bank holidays and state holidays differ from the federal calendar, and the pages say where.