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Your overtime rate is probably higher than your hourly rate.

If you earned a bonus, commission, or shift premium this week, federal law says it has to be folded into the rate your overtime is based on. Almost no calculator does this.

Your week

Decimal (46.5) or hours and minutes (46:30).

Attendance, production, safety bonuses and shift differentials count. Gifts and reimbursements do not.

California has daily overtimeLabor Code 510. First 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day of a workweek at 1.5x; over 8 hours on that 7th day at 2x. Exceptions apply for alternative workweek schedules. California overtime rules →

What you are owed

Regular rate of payBase rate plus bonus, per hour
$25.26
Straight time40.00 hrs at the regular rate
$1,010.43
Overtime6.00 hrs at 1.5×
$227.35
Double timeNone this week
$0.00
Total gross$1,237.78
Your overtime rate is higher than your hourly rate$9.78 more Your regular rate of pay is $25.26, so your overtime rate is $37.89, not $33.00. Paying overtime at $33.00 would leave you $9.78 short this week.
Daily overtime applies hereCalifornia pays overtime after 8 hours in a day. Switch to “Day by day” above — your weekly total may hide overtime you are owed.

What changes your overtime rate

Overtime is 1.5× your regular rate of pay — which is not always the same thing as your hourly rate.

Non-discretionary bonuses

Attendance, production, and safety bonuses are spread across the hours you worked, lifting the rate your overtime is calculated from.

Two rates in one week

Work part of the week at a different rate and overtime is based on the weighted average of both, not on either one alone.

Shift differentials

A night or weekend premium counts toward the regular rate the same way a bonus does.

What does not count

Discretionary gifts, expense reimbursements, and paid time off you did not work are excluded.

Overtime rules by state

Federal law sets the floor at 40 hours. Some states add a daily rule on top.

AlaskaDaily OT after 8 hrsCaliforniaDaily OT after 8 hrs, DT after 12ColoradoDaily OT after 12 hrsDistrict of ColumbiaWeekly 40-hour ruleIllinoisWeekly 40-hour ruleKentucky40 hrs/week + 7th-day ruleMinnesotaState 48 hrs, federal 40 appliesMontanaWeekly 40-hour ruleNevadaDaily OT after 8 hrsNew JerseyWeekly 40-hour ruleNew YorkWeekly 40-hour ruleNorth CarolinaWeekly 40-hour ruleOhioWeekly 40-hour ruleOregonWeekly 40-hour rulePennsylvaniaWeekly 40-hour ruleTexasWeekly 40-hour ruleVermontWeekly 40-hour ruleWashingtonWeekly 40-hour rule