Take a look at Line 23 where you declare the int variable vacation. This variable is declared within the body of a conditional statement, which means its lifespan is confined to that conditional block. Nothing outside of that block can see that variable. Take a look at the changes I have made:

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import java.util.*;
 
public class MainClass
{
   public static void main(String[] args) //need to declare a parameter //that is a String array
   {
    System.out.println("Enter the employee type (Professional or Hourly)");
    Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
    String type = scan.nextLine();
    type = type.toUpperCase();
    int vacation = 0; // declare int in main method
 
    System.out.println("Enter the employee's name");
    String name = scan.nextLine();    
    System.out.println("Enter the employee's ID Number (int)");
    int idNumber = scan.nextInt();
    System.out.println("Enter the employee's pay (double)");
    double pay = scan.nextDouble();
 
    if (type.equals("PROFESSIONAL"))
        {
            System.out.println("Enter the employee's accrued vacation (int)");
          vacation = scan.nextInt();
        }
        else
        {
//                Pay person1 = new Pay(name, idNumber, pay);
        }
    System.out.format("%s is id %d with pay $%.2f %d%n", name,  idNumber, pay, vacation);
    }
}

import java.util.*; public class MainClass { public static void main(String[] args) //need to declare a parameter //that is a String array { System.out.println("Enter the employee type (Professional or Hourly)"); Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in); String type = scan.nextLine(); type = type.toUpperCase(); int vacation = 0; // declare int in main method System.out.println("Enter the employee's name"); String name = scan.nextLine(); System.out.println("Enter the employee's ID Number (int)"); int idNumber = scan.nextInt(); System.out.println("Enter the employee's pay (double)"); double pay = scan.nextDouble(); if (type.equals("PROFESSIONAL")) { System.out.println("Enter the employee's accrued vacation (int)"); vacation = scan.nextInt(); } else { // Pay person1 = new Pay(name, idNumber, pay); } System.out.format("%s is id %d with pay $%.2f %d%n", name, idNumber, pay, vacation); } }

I hope this helps. I also fixed your main method declaration. Take a look here for more information on variables & scope:

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