Paid for Every HourCalifornia overtime calculator
This week you should be paid
$809.38before taxes
- 42:30
- hours
- 40:00
- regular
- 2:30
- overtime
- 0:00
- double time
Add your hourly rate below to see what you should be paid.
Your week
This is an example week. Type your own times over it.
Week 1
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The calculator is already set to California's rule. Enter your time in, time out and break for each day, and you will see your regular hours, your overtime at one and a half times and your double-time hours.
How is overtime calculated in California?
California pays one and a half times your regular rate for hours over 8 in a workday, up to 12, and for the first 8 hours on the seventh day in a row that you work in a workweek. It pays double for hours over 12 in a workday and for hours over 8 on that seventh day.
Hours over 40 in a workweek are also paid at one and a half times. An hour is only counted once: if it is already daily overtime, it does not count again toward the weekly 40.
California overtime chart
| Hours | Paid at |
|---|---|
| The first 8 in a workday | 1× |
| Over 8 and up to 12 in a workday | 1.5× |
| Over 12 in a workday | 2× |
| Over 40 in a workweek | 1.5× |
| Seventh day in a row in the workweek, first 8 | 1.5× |
| Seventh day in a row, over 8 | 2× |
Some jobs are exempt and some have special rules, including farm work and alternative workweek schedules of four 10-hour days.
Calculation examples
Each example uses $20.00 an hour and has no unpaid breaks.
| Week | 1× | 1.5× | 2× | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One 10-hour day | 8:00 | 2:00 | $220.00 | |
| One 14-hour day | 8:00 | 4:00 | 2:00 | $360.00 |
| Five 9-hour days | 40:00 | 5:00 | $950.00 | |
| Six 8-hour days | 40:00 | 8:00 | $1,040.00 | |
| Seven 8-hour days in one workweek | 40:00 | 16:00 | $1,280.00 | |
| Six 8-hour days, then 10 hours on the seventh | 40:00 | 16:00 | 2:00 | $1,360.00 |
In the five 9-hour days, the ninth hour of each day is already daily overtime, so 40 regular hours are left and the week adds no more.
Consecutive days: the seventh-day rule
If you work all seven days of one workweek, the seventh day is different: its first 8 hours are paid at one and a half times, and everything over 8 is paid at double.
What counts is your employer's workweek, which can start on any day. Seven days in a row that fall across two workweeks do not trigger this rule. The calculator applies it when all seven days of the week you enter have hours, so set the first day to the day your employer's week starts.
Regular rate of pay
Overtime is worked out on your regular rate, which is what you normally earn for your work. If you are paid by the hour, it is that amount plus the hourly value of other pay you have earned, such as shift differentials. Commissions and piecework count too. It can never be less than the minimum wage.
If you are paid two different rates in the same week, the regular rate is the weighted average: your earnings for the week divided by the hours you worked. The calculator uses one rate, so with two rates work out that average first.
Source: California Labor Commissioner: Overtime, question 1.
Meal and rest breaks in California
- Meal break: at least 30 minutes when you work more than 5 hours. If your day is no more than 6 hours, you and your employer can agree to skip it. Working more than 10 hours brings a second meal break.
- It only comes off if you are free. If you are not relieved of all duty for the 30 minutes, that meal counts as time worked and is paid. In the calculator, do not enter it as a break.
- Paid rest breaks: 10 minutes for every 4 hours worked or major part of 4 hours. They are paid time: do not take them off.
- If you do not get them: the employer owes one extra hour of pay at your regular rate for each workday without the meal break, and another for each workday without the rest breaks. That extra hour does not count as an hour worked for overtime, and the calculator does not add it.
Sources: California Labor Commissioner: Meal Periods and Rest Periods.
Biweekly, in Excel and on paper
If you are paid every two weeks, choose “Two weeks” in the calculator: California's rules are applied inside each week. “Download for Excel” saves your hours with the overtime already split out, and “Print timesheet” gives you a sheet to sign. There are also blank timesheet templates, and you can check your paycheck against these hours.
Rules read at their sources on October 11, 2026.
If your pay looks short
Keep your own record of your hours: this page, a photo of the schedule, a note on your phone. Compare it with your pay stub, then ask whoever does payroll to show you the hours they counted. Honest mistakes get fixed that way.
If that does not work, the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor takes complaints from workers. The call is free, complaints are confidential, you can speak Spanish, and the division enforces the law without regard to your immigration status.
1-866-487-9243How to file a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division, and its answers to workers' questions. In California you can also file a wage claim with the Labor Commissioner. Do not wait years: federal law generally reaches back two years, three if the violation was willful.
This page does arithmetic. It is not legal advice, and it does not replace your employer's records or a lawyer. If you find a mistake here, tell us.