Estimate daily and weekly overtime for one workweek under California’s general overtime rules.
For each day: up to 8 hours are regular, hours over 8 up to 12 are overtime at 1.5×, hours over 12 are double time.
Across the week: once regular hours reach 40, further regular hours become overtime, so hours are not paid twice as overtime.
If work is done on all seven days of the workweek, the first 8 hours of day 7 are overtime and hours over 8 are double time.
A non-exempt employee earning $20 an hour works 8, 10, 8, 13 and 8 hours from Monday to Friday, 47 hours in total. Daily rules give 2 overtime hours on day 2, 4 overtime hours and 1 double-time hour on day 4. Regular hours are 40, overtime 6 and double time 1. Estimated gross pay is $800 + $180 + $40 = $1,020.
Use it to check a timesheet, plan a schedule with long days, or explain a paycheck. Enter the hours for each day of one workweek in order.
This is a simplified estimate. It does not cover alternative workweek schedules, industry wage orders with different rules, meal and rest break premiums or regular-rate adjustments for bonuses. Check the California Labor Commissioner’s guidance or a professional for your situation.
A grocery stocker earning $18 an hour works seven days in a row: 6 hours on each of the first six days and 9 hours on the seventh. The first six days give 36 regular hours. Because all seven days were worked, the seventh day’s first 8 hours are paid at time and a half and the ninth hour at double time. Gross pay is 36 x $18 + 8 x $27 + 1 x $36 = $648 + $216 + $36 = $900.00.
Regular, overtime and double-time hours always add up to the hours entered, so check that total against the timesheet first. Day 7 is treated as a seventh consecutive workday only when every day has hours, so a week with a day off follows the normal daily and weekly rules. Pay uses the rate you enter as the regular rate; if the week included bonuses, differentials or piece pay, work out the regular rate first or the overtime will be underpaid.
No. Exempt employees, some industries and alternative workweek schedules follow different rules.
Usually the hourly rate plus certain bonuses and premiums. This calculator uses the rate you enter.
No. Missed meal or rest breaks can add premiums that are not calculated here.
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office publishes guidance on overtime.
Under a valid alternative workweek schedule, such as four 10-hour days adopted by a secret-ballot vote, daily overtime starts after the scheduled shift length rather than after 8 hours. This calculator uses the standard 8-hour and 12-hour daily thresholds, so it will show too much overtime for employees on an approved alternative schedule.
No. Hours already paid as daily overtime are not counted again toward weekly overtime, so only regular hours fill up the 40. A short 6-hour day simply adds 6 regular hours.
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