Payroll & contractors
Overtime Pay Calculator with Daily Overtime Rules
Work out overtime pay including the daily rules that federal law does not have. Four 10-hour days earns no federal overtime and 8 hours of it in California.
| Straight time32.00 hrs at 1x | $704.00 |
|---|---|
| Overtime8.00 hrs at 1.5x | $264.00 |
| Double time0.00 hrs at 2x | $0.00 |
| Gross pay | $968.00 |
Time-and-a-half past 8 hours in a day and past 40 in a week, double time past 12 in a day. On the seventh consecutive day of a workweek, the first 8 hours are time-and-a-half and anything beyond is double time.
Details people get wrong
- Why does a 40-hour week still produce overtime?
- Because several states pay overtime by the day, not just the week. Four 10-hour days is 40 hours — no federal overtime at all — but in California each of those days generates 2 hours of time-and-a-half, so 8 overtime hours. Calculators that only check the weekly total report zero and are wrong.
- Do daily and weekly overtime stack?
- No, and this is where manual calculations go wrong in the employer’s favour. An hour already paid at a daily premium cannot be counted again toward weekly overtime. Weekly overtime applies only to straight-time hours beyond 40, which is how this calculator treats it.
- What is the seventh-day rule?
- In California, working all seven days of a workweek makes the seventh day premium-paid regardless of hours: the first 8 hours at time-and-a-half and anything beyond at double time. It applies even if the week total is modest.
- Does Nevada always have daily overtime?
- No. Nevada’s daily overtime rule applies only to employees earning less than 1.5x the state minimum wage. Above that, only the weekly 40-hour rule applies — so the same schedule produces different pay for two employees at different rates.