Payroll Calendar

NOTE: The payroll calendar below has been confirmed with CPS. Download the 2021 Payroll Processing Calendar provided to us by CPS, which includes additional details like the deduction period for each paycheck, as well as CTA/Metra and Parking distribution dates. The table below is formatted differently from the CPS table; the column order doesn’t match, but is designed to present the information in a more straightforward manner. You can see the 2020 calendar below.

NOTE: At some point, CPS changed the 2020 Payroll Processing Calendar to move the paycheck that would have processed on Friday, January 1, 2021 to Thursday, December 31, 2020. The table and links below were updated this November to reflect their change.

NOTE: The payroll calendar below has been confirmed with CPS. Download the official calendar provided to us by CPS, which includes additional details like the deduction period for each paycheck, as well as CTA/Metra and Parking distribution dates. The table below is formatted differently from the CPS table; the column order doesn’t match, but is designed to present the information in a more straightforward manner. You can see the 2019 calendar below.

NOTE: Last paycheck of the 2019-20 school year with benefit deductions for 10-month employees will be pay period 12, distributed on June 5, 2020.

NOTE: The 27th pay period was added to the 2020 pay calendar later in the calendar year to move processing for the final pay period from January 1, 2021 back one day to December 31, 2020. CTU has updated this page to reflect their change.