California overtime calculator
The calculator is set to California daily overtime. Enter your hourly wage and the hours you worked each day of your workweek.
Enter your hourly wage and the hours you worked to see your pay with overtime.
Pay breakdown, before taxes
| Type of hours | Hours | Rate | Pay |
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Each line is rounded to the cent. Overtime hours are paid at the regular rate times the multiplier.
How it’s calculated
- Formula
total pay = rate × regular hours + rate × multiplier × overtime hours- With your numbers
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An estimate of gross pay, before taxes
This is gross pay, before federal and state income tax, Social Security and Medicare, and other deductions. Your employer’s payroll may round, define the workweek, or count hours differently, and your contract or state law may give you more than the federal rule. This is not legal, tax, or financial advice.The rules this uses
Federal (FLSA). Covered employees get overtime pay for hours over 40 in a workweek, at not less than time and one-half their regular rate. A workweek is a fixed, recurring period of 168 hours, seven consecutive 24-hour days, and hours are not averaged over two or more weeks. That is why the two-week mode counts each week on its own.
California. Hours over 8 in a workday, up to 12, are paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Hours over 12 are paid at double. On the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek, the first 8 hours are paid at 1.5 times and the rest at double. Hours over 40 in the week are overtime too.
Who is exempt. Many salaried executive, administrative, and professional employees are exempt from overtime, but a salary alone does not make you exempt: you also have to meet a duties test. The minimum salary in the Department of Labor’s fact sheet is $684 a week ($35,568 a year). A salaried employee who is not exempt is owed overtime; use the weekly salary option.
Other states. Some states and employers add their own overtime rules. This calculator only applies the federal rule and California’s daily rule, so check your state labor department for others.
Verified on October 8, 2026. Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: Fact Sheet #23; California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement; U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division: Fact Sheet #17A (revised September 2019).
Federal deduction for overtime pay
For tax years 2025 through 2028, the IRS lets you deduct qualified overtime pay, but only the part above your regular rate, such as the “half” in time and a half. The most you can deduct in a year is $12,500 ($25,000 on a joint return), and the deduction phases out for modified adjusted gross income over $150,000 ($300,000 on a joint return). The calculator shows that premium part of your federal overtime pay as information only: it does not work out your tax.
Verified on October 8, 2026. Source: Internal Revenue Service: tax deductions for working Americans and seniors.
How to use it
- Choose one week, two weeks, or California daily, and whether you are paid by the hour or a weekly salary.
- Enter your hourly wage (or your weekly salary and the hours it covers).
- Enter the hours you worked in the week, or in each day for California.
- Pick time and a half (1.5×) or double time (2×) for the hours over 40.
- Read your regular pay, overtime pay, and total, with the formula, and copy the result or a link.
Frequently asked questions
When does overtime start in California?
After 8 hours in a workday, and after 40 hours in a workweek. Hours over 12 in a day are paid at double time.
How does the seventh day work in California?
On the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek, the first 8 hours are paid at 1.5 times your rate and hours beyond 8 at double time.
Is a 10-hour day overtime in California?
Two of the 10 hours are overtime at 1.5 times, because they pass 8 hours in the day. Five 10-hour days at $20 an hour pay $1,100 for the week.
How California overtime differs
Federal law counts only hours over 40 in a week. California adds a daily rule under Labor Code 510: hours over 8 in a workday, up to 12, are paid at 1.5 times the regular rate, and hours over 12 at double. On the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek, the first 8 hours are paid at 1.5 times and any hours after that at double. Hours over 40 in the week also earn 1.5 times if they were not already overtime.
Pay for common schedules at $20 an hour
| Schedule | Total hours | Regular hours | 1.5× hours | 2× hours | Weekly pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 days × 8 hours | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | $800 |
| 5 days × 9 hours | 45 | 40 | 5 | 0 | $950 |
| 5 days × 10 hours | 50 | 40 | 10 | 0 | $1,100 |
| 4 days × 10 hours | 40 | 32 | 8 | 0 | $880 |
| 3 days × 12 hours | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0 | $840 |
| 3 days × 13 hours | 39 | 24 | 12 | 3 | $960 |
| 6 days × 7 hours | 42 | 40 | 2 | 0 | $860 |
| 7 days × 8 hours | 56 | 40 | 16 | 0 | $1,280 |
Notice that three 12-hour days (36 hours) already include overtime, and that six 7-hour days (42 hours) include 2 hours of weekly overtime even though no day passes 8 hours.
What this calculator does not cover
Some jobs and schedules in California have different rules, and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement is the place to check. The calculator applies the daily and seventh-day rules above to an hourly wage. Switch to the overtime calculator for the federal weekly rule.
Figures are gross pay before taxes. Your employer’s workweek, rounding, and any state rules can change the result, and this is not legal or tax advice.
Updated on October 8, 2026