Depending on the state and your employer's policy based on that particular state's wage payment laws, you would need to be paid biweekly or weekly or monthly and the time period is usually the end of the week or two weeks or end of month. If it lands on a holiday, most laws require you to be paid earlier. The point is to ensure the employee has the opportunity to be paid on a consistent basis to ensure debts are paid and that the employer is not left wondering when the next paycheck will arrive. So in your situation, you are paid twice a month (biweekly), and you should be paid the next day. So if your pay period ends let's say on a Thursday, you should be paid the next day. 10 days or 11 days late is never appropriate, so make sure you contact your state department of labor.