2025 Calendar: Complete list of holidays in the United States for next year
The United States has 11 official holidays on the calendar, and in 2025, some areas will have an extra holiday. Here is the complete list.
From New Year’s Day to Christmas Day, there are 11 official holidays in the United States. The latest to be added to the calendar was Juneteenth Day, which was declared a holiday by Congress in 2021. Additionally, some parts of the country get an extra holiday every four years, and that will happen in 2025.
Workers in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area get an additional holiday: Inauguration Day, which occurs once every four years on January 20, when a new president is sworn into office.
However, next year, Inauguration Day, when Donald Trump will be sworn in as president, falls on another national holiday.
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2025 Calendar: Complete List of US Holidays for Next Year
Of the 11 official federal holidays recognized by the U.S. government, some are observed on specific dates, while others change dates each year.
On the other hand, in the event a holiday falls on a weekend, they are observed a day before or after. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, it will be observed on the previous Friday. On the other hand, if a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is taken as a holiday.
With that in mind, here are the dates of the official federal holidays in the United States for 2025, according to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM):
- New Year's Day: January 1, 2024
- Inauguration Day: January 20, 2025 (for the Washington, DC area)
- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (third Monday in January): January 20
- Washington's Birthday or Presidents' Day (third Monday in February): February 17
- Memorial Day (last Monday in May): May 26
- Juneteenth Day: June 19
- Independence Day: July 4
- Labor Day Day (first Monday in September): September 1st
- Columbus Day (second Monday in October): October 13th
- Veterans Day: November 11th
- Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November): November 27th
- Christmas Day: December 25th
Do you have to work on public holidays?
Generally, during official holidays, federal government offices are required to close, so government employees have a paid day off. Many other state and private institutions have also included these days as days off for their workers, but not all.
For example, certain businesses, schools, post offices, libraries, and banks tend to close on all holidays. In the case of supermarkets, pharmacies, and restaurants, most only close on holidays such as Thanksgiving or Christmas Day.
Federal law also does not require employers to pay overtime if you have to work on a holiday. In fact, if your company gives you the day off for a holiday, they aren’t required to pay you under federal law.
This, however, may be different in the state where you live, or even your company may have an overtime compensation policy with regards to federal or state holidays. Some states stipulate that companies must pay overtime if employees have to work on a holiday. These laws apply on top of federal law.