# State Personnel and Pensions (GSP)

## Title 9. Leave Time and Holidays

### Subtitle 3. Annual Leave

#### Section 9-302

(a) In this section, "total State service" includes any previous State service.

(b) Annual leave accrues as follows, on a pro rata basis:

  (1) for an employee whose total State service is less than 5 years, at the rate of 10 workdays not to exceed 80 hours, a year;

  (2) for an employee whose total State service is at least 5 years but less than 10 years, at the rate of 15 workdays not to exceed 120 hours, a year;

  (3) for an employee whose total State service is at least 10 years but less than 20 years, at the rate of 20 workdays not to exceed 160 hours, a year; and

  (4) for an employee whose total State service is 20 years or more, at the rate of 25 workdays not to exceed 200 hours, a year.

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Md. Code Ann., State Pers. & Pens. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)