2025 Federal Government Pay Period Calendar. The federal government pays wages on a biweekly basis, which is referred to as a pay period. The below table lists the beginning and ending dates of the pay periods for fiscal year 2025 and official payday dates for direct deposit and paper check mailing per the national finance center.

Although official pay days are on alternating thursdays, some financial. For example, under a given agency’s payroll cycle, the biweekly pay period covering december 22, 2019, through january 4, 2020, may be the first biweekly pay period with a payroll pay.