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What "headquartered in Texas" actually means for your paycheck

Pay frequency is governed primarily by the state where the employee physically works, not where the employer is incorporated. A company headquartered in Texas may run separate payroll calendars for staff in California, New York, or Massachusetts to comply with state-specific cadence floors. That said, the largest multi-state employers — including those listed below — typically adopt a single uniform payroll cadence across all locations to simplify administration. The most common simplification is to default to whichever cadence satisfies the strictest state minimum.

For the official state-by-state payday-requirement reference, see the U.S. Department of Labor's payday-requirements table and the NCSL summary of state payday laws. These are the canonical references HR teams use when designing multi-state payroll calendars.

Why a semimonthly schedule appears here

A semimonthly payroll schedule pays employees twice per month on fixed calendar dates, usually the 15th and the last business day, producing exactly 24 paychecks per year. Semimonthly is favored by banks, insurance carriers, technology companies, utilities, and consulting firms because it aligns naturally with monthly accounting closes.

Among the Texas-headquartered employers in PayPeriod Hub, the semimonthly cadence appears most often at companies whose workforces concentrate in salaried corporate, technology, finance, and professional-services roles. The pattern reflects industry structure more than state law.

All 17 Texas employers paying semimonthly

CompanyIndustryPaydayCityEmployees
American Airlines Group Airlines the 1st and 16th of the month Fort Worth 132,100
Atmos Energy Utilities the 15th and last day of the month Dallas 4,811
Bumble Technology the 15th and last day of the month Austin 1,100
CenterPoint Energy Utilities the 15th and last day of the month Houston 8,985
Charles Schwab Financial Services the 15th and last day of the month Westlake 35,900
CrowdStrike Technology the 15th and last day of the month Austin 7,900
Dell Technologies Technology the 15th and last day of the month Round Rock 120,000
Globe Life Insurance the 15th and last day of the month McKinney 3,700
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Technology the 15th and last day of the month Spring 62,000
Hilltop Holdings Financial Services the 15th and last day of the month Dallas 3,800
Match Group Technology the 15th and last day of the month Dallas 2,700
NRG Energy Utilities the 15th and last day of the month Houston 6,400
Oracle Technology the 15th and last day of the month Austin 159,000
SailPoint Technologies Technology the 15th and last day of the month Austin 2,300
Stewart Information Services Insurance the 15th and last day of the month Houston 6,800
Texas Instruments Technology the 15th and last day of the month Dallas 33,000
USAA Insurance the 15th and last day of the month San Antonio 37,000

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