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California · Labor Code §510

California Overtime Calculator

Enter the hours you worked each day. The calculator applies California's daily, weekly and seventh-day overtime rules.

In California, non-exempt employees earn 1.5× after 8 hours in a day or 40 in a week, and 2× after 12 hours in a day. On the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek, the first 8 hours are 1.5× and the rest 2×.

Hours worked this workweek
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Enter hours actually worked each day, after unpaid meal breaks. The seventh-day rule applies only when you work all seven days of the workweek.

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Federal FLSA-only pay$0

California overtime rules

California's Labor Code section 510 sets daily as well as weekly overtime for non-exempt employees:

Hours workedRate
Over 8 hours in a workday1.5×
Over 40 hours in a workweek1.5×
First 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day of work in a workweek1.5×
Over 12 hours in a workday2×
Over 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day of work in a workweek2×

How this calculator counts the week

  1. Each day is split into regular (up to 8), 1.5× (8 to 12) and 2× (over 12) hours.
  2. If you work all seven days of the workweek, the seventh day's first 8 hours are 1.5× and the rest 2×.
  3. Regular hours are added up through the week. Once they pass 40, further regular hours become 1.5×. Hours already paid as daily overtime are not counted a second time.

Example: a 13-hour Thursday gives 8 regular hours, 4 hours at 1.5× and 1 hour at 2×.

The calculator uses your base hourly rate. If you receive non-discretionary bonuses, commissions or shift differentials, your "regular rate" for overtime is higher; see overtime with bonuses. Alternative workweek schedules adopted by secret-ballot election (such as 4/10s) follow different daily limits and are not modeled here.

For exemptions, meal-break penalties and filing a wage claim, read California overtime laws explained and California meal break rules.

Questions, answered

Things people actually ask.

Non-exempt employees get 1.5× their regular rate for hours over 8 in a workday or over 40 in a workweek, and for the first 8 hours on the seventh consecutive day of work in a workweek. Hours over 12 in a day, and over 8 on the seventh day, are paid at 2×.
No. Hours already paid at an overtime rate for working over 8 in a day are not counted again toward the 40 hours for weekly overtime, so overtime is not paid twice for the same hour.
If you work all seven days of the employer's workweek, the first 8 hours on the seventh day are paid at 1.5× and any hours over 8 that day at 2×.
Yes, unless you are on a valid alternative workweek schedule. A 10-hour day gives 8 regular hours and 2 hours at 1.5×.
Only the part the federal FLSA requires. The IRS says overtime required only by state law is not eligible, so California daily overtime in a week of 40 hours or fewer does not qualify.
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Where these answers come from

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