⏱️ Overtime Pay Calculator

Time and a half means 1.5 times your regular hourly rate. Under federal law, most hourly employees must be paid time and a half for hours worked beyond 40 in a single workweek. Some states — like California, Nevada, and Alaska — also require time and a half for hours worked beyond 8 in a single day.

California has three overtime rules: (1) 1.5x pay for hours worked beyond 8 in a single day, (2) 1.5x pay for hours worked beyond 40 in a week, (3) double-time (2x) pay for hours worked beyond 12 in a single day. California also requires overtime for the first 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day of work, and double-time for hours beyond 8 on the 7th consecutive day. The rule most favorable to the employee applies.

Double-time is 2 times your regular hourly rate. Only some states require double-time pay. California requires it for hours beyond 12 in a day and hours beyond 8 on the 7th consecutive workday. The federal FLSA does not require double-time — it is a state-level protection.

It depends on salary level and job duties. Under federal law, salaried employees earning less than $35,568/year ($684/week) are generally entitled to overtime. Employees above that threshold may be exempt if they perform executive, administrative, or professional duties. Some states have higher thresholds. Our calculator provides an exempt/non-exempt analysis for salaried workers.

Yes. Tipped employees are entitled to overtime at 1.5x the full minimum wage (not the tipped minimum wage), minus a limited tip credit. Employers must ensure that tips plus the cash wage meet or exceed the full minimum wage for every hour worked. Some states — like Alaska, California, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington — prohibit tip credits entirely and require the full state minimum wage before tips.

In states with daily overtime rules (California, Alaska, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon), overtime is calculated based on total hours worked in a single workday, regardless of how those hours are split across shifts. For example, two 5-hour shifts in one day totals 10 hours — which would trigger daily overtime in California (over 8 hours). The GigUtils calculator includes a split shift option that sums both shifts for daily overtime calculations.

Five states have daily overtime thresholds beyond the federal 40-hour weekly standard: California (8 hours), Alaska (8 hours), Nevada (8 hours), Colorado (12 hours), and Oregon (10 hours). In these states, you earn overtime for hours worked beyond the daily threshold even if your weekly total is under 40 hours.