Payroll & contractors
Colorado Daily Overtime Calculator
Colorado pays daily overtime past 12 hours, not 8. Four 10-hour days triggers nothing here — but the same schedule earns 8 overtime hours in California.
| Straight time40.00 hrs at 1x | $880.00 |
|---|---|
| Overtime0.00 hrs at 1.5x | $0.00 |
| Double time0.00 hrs at 2x | $0.00 |
| Gross pay | $880.00 |
Time-and-a-half past 12 hours in a day or 40 in a week, whichever yields more.
Details people get wrong
- Why 12 hours and not 8?
- Colorado’s COMPS Order sets the daily threshold at 12 hours, the highest of the four states with daily overtime. It is a genuine protection against very long shifts rather than a general daily-overtime regime, which is why a four-day 10-hour schedule produces no daily overtime here but 8 hours of it in California.
- Which rule applies when more than one is triggered?
- Whichever yields the most pay. Colorado applies overtime past 12 hours in a day, past 40 in a week, or past 12 consecutive hours — and the employee is owed the greatest of those, not the sum. This calculator applies the daily and weekly rules without double-counting the same hour.
- Does the consecutive-hours rule differ from the daily one?
- Yes. The 12-consecutive-hours rule runs regardless of when the workday starts or ends, so a shift spanning midnight can trigger it even though neither calendar day exceeds 12 hours. This calculator works in whole days, so check consecutive-hour cases separately.