How many hours is 8 AM to 3 PM?
8 AM to 3 PM is 7 hours (08:00–15:00 in 24-hour time). With a 30-minute unpaid lunch you are paid for 6 hours 30 minutes.
8 AM to 3 PM is 7 hours (08:00–15:00 in 24-hour time). With a 30-minute unpaid lunch you are paid for 6 hours 30 minutes.
No federal overtime: under 40 hours.
Different times? Use the weekly timesheet calculator or the overtime calculator.
8 AM is a morning start. These are the clock times that matter on this shift, assuming a 30-minute unpaid break:
| Moment | Clock time |
|---|---|
| Start | 8:00 AM |
| Halfway point | 11:30 AM |
| 4 paid hours reached (with a 30-minute break taken before it) | 12:30 PM |
| Latest start of a 30-minute meal break in California (before the end of the 5th hour) | 1:00 PM |
| End | 3:00 PM |
| Unpaid break | Paid time (h:mm) | Decimal hours |
|---|---|---|
| 0 min | 7:00 | 7.00 |
| 15 min | 6:45 | 6.75 |
| 30 min | 6:30 | 6.50 |
| 45 min | 6:15 | 6.25 |
| 60 min | 6:00 | 6.00 |
With a 30-minute unpaid break each day:
| Shifts in the week | Total (h:mm) | Decimal | Over 40 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 shifts | 19:30 | 19.50 | — |
| 4 shifts | 26:00 | 26.00 | — |
| 5 shifts | 32:30 | 32.50 | — |
| 6 shifts | 39:00 | 39.00 | — |
Gross pay before tax, with a 30-minute unpaid break. Weekly figures assume five shifts, with any hours past 40 paid at 1.5×.
| Hourly rate | Per shift | Per week (5 shifts) | Per year (52 weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|
| $15.00 | $97.50 | $487.50 | $25,350.00 |
| $18.00 | $117.00 | $585.00 | $30,420.00 |
| $20.00 | $130.00 | $650.00 | $33,800.00 |
| $25.00 | $162.50 | $812.50 | $42,250.00 |
| $30.00 | $195.00 | $975.00 | $50,700.00 |
California requires a 30-minute meal period for any work period over five hours, so a lunch break is expected on this shift. Federal law does not require meal breaks, but where one is given and you are fully relieved of duty for 30 minutes or more, it is usually unpaid.
Five of these shifts give about 32.5 paid hours a week. For employer health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the IRS treats an employee as full-time at an average of at least 30 hours a week (130 hours a month). By that measure this schedule is full-time. Employers set their own full-time definition for other benefits.
8 AM to 3 PM is 7 hours (08:00 to 15:00 in 24-hour time).
With a 30-minute unpaid lunch, 8 AM to 3 PM is 6 hours 30 minutes of paid time (6.50 decimal hours).
Five shifts with a 30-minute unpaid break total 32:30 hours (32.50 decimal).
Last updated October 2026. If something here is wrong or out of date, email contactus@calculatehours.net.