120 hours of PTO is how many days?

15 days off.

That is at an 8-hour workday — 120 ÷ 8 = 15. Fifteen days off — three full work weeks. That is 3 work weeks.

If your workday is not 8 hours

This is the part that trips people up. The same 120 hours buys fewer days on a long shift.

120 PTO hours converted to days at several workday lengths.
Workday	Days off	Typical of
6 hours	20 days	Part-time
7.5 hours	16 days	Unpaid-lunch schedules
8 hours	15 days	Standard full-time
10 hours	12 days	Four-day weeks
12 hours	10 days	Nursing, shift work

How long it takes to earn 120 hours

Time required to accrue 120 PTO hours at common annual grants.
Annual PTO	Per paycheck (biweekly)	Time to reach 120 h
80 h/yr	3.08 h	1.5 years
120 h/yr	4.62 h	1 years
160 h/yr	6.15 h	9 months
200 h/yr	7.69 h	7.2 months

Assumes even accrual across 26 biweekly pay periods and no cap or carryover limit.

Worth knowing

120 hours is the standard grant after a few years' tenure, and the most searched PTO balance there is. It is three work weeks, which reads as nearly a month once weekends are counted.

Need a different number? Use the hours-to-days converter, or work out a full balance with the accrual calculator.