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Calculate your overtime pay using the correct rules for your state. Covers federal rules, California daily overtime, and all state-specific laws.
📅 Last updated: April 2026 · FLSA exempt salary threshold: $684/week ($35,568/yr) · Verify state rules annually
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Overtime pay is additional compensation required by law when an employee works beyond a set number of hours. Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), most employees must be paid at least 1.5 times their regular hourly rate — commonly called "time and a half" — for every hour worked beyond 40 in a single workweek. Many states have additional rules that provide even stronger protections for workers.
This calculator applies the correct overtime rules based on your state selection, calculates your regular and overtime hours automatically, and shows you a full breakdown of your total pay for the week.
The federal standard applies in most states: overtime begins after 40 hours in a workweek. The workweek is defined as any fixed recurring period of 168 hours — seven consecutive 24-hour periods. Employers choose when the workweek starts, but once set it must be consistent. If you work 45 hours in a week, you receive 40 hours at your regular rate and 5 hours at 1.5x your regular rate.
California has the most employee-protective overtime laws in the country. In addition to weekly overtime after 40 hours, California requires daily overtime: time and a half for hours 8–12 in a single workday, and double time (2x) for any hours beyond 12 in a single day. On the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek, all hours up to 8 are paid at time and a half, and any hours beyond 8 are paid at double time. This is why California workers often earn significantly more overtime than workers in federal-only states even with the same schedule.
Alaska requires overtime after 8 hours in a day OR after 40 hours in a week, whichever results in more overtime pay for the employee. This daily overtime rule is similar to California's, though Alaska does not have California's double-time provisions for most workers.
Nevada requires daily overtime after 8 hours in a day for employees earning less than 1.5 times the state minimum wage. Employees earning above that threshold are subject only to the federal 40-hour weekly rule. This income-based threshold makes Nevada's overtime calculation slightly more complex than most states.
Not all employees are entitled to overtime pay. The FLSA exempts certain categories of workers, most notably "white collar" exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional employees who are paid on a salary basis above a minimum threshold (currently $684/week federally). Outside sales employees, certain computer professionals, and agricultural workers also have different rules. State exemptions vary. If you're unsure whether you're entitled to overtime, contact your state labor board or the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.