8 hours of PTO is how many days?

1 days off.

That is at an 8-hour workday — 8 ÷ 8 = 1. One full day off.

If your workday is not 8 hours

This is the part that trips people up. The same 8 hours buys fewer days on a long shift.

8 PTO hours converted to days at several workday lengths.
Workday	Days off	Typical of
6 hours	1.33 days	Part-time
7.5 hours	1.07 days	Unpaid-lunch schedules
8 hours	1 days	Standard full-time
10 hours	0.8 days	Four-day weeks
12 hours	0.67 days	Nursing, shift work

How long it takes to earn 8 hours

Time required to accrue 8 PTO hours at common annual grants.
Annual PTO	Per paycheck (biweekly)	Time to reach 8 h
80 h/yr	3.08 h	1.2 months
120 h/yr	4.62 h	0.8 months
160 h/yr	6.15 h	0.6 months
200 h/yr	7.69 h	0.5 months

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

Worth knowing

Eight hours is a single day only if you work an 8-hour day. On a 12-hour shift it is two-thirds of one day, so a shift worker with 8 hours cannot take a full day off.

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