Enter your hours for each day of the workweek. It applies California's daily overtime (over 8 hours), double time (over 12), the seventh-consecutive-day rule and weekly overtime (over 40), and works out your pay.
All seven days worked: the seventh-consecutive-day rule applies to Day 7.
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How to use the california overtime calculator
Enter the hours worked each day of one workweek, in order (for example 9, 9.5 or 9:30). Leave days off empty.
Enter your regular hourly rate to see pay.
The calculator applies daily overtime (over 8), double time (over 12), the seventh-consecutive-day rule and weekly overtime (over 40), without counting any hour twice.
California overtime rules at a glance
Hours
Pay rate
Up to 8 in a workday, up to 40 in a workweek
Regular rate (1×)
Over 8 and up to 12 in a workday
1.5×
Over 12 in a workday
2×
Straight-time hours over 40 in a workweek
1.5×
First 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day of the workweek
1.5×
Over 8 hours on the 7th consecutive day
2×
Worked example (the default values above)
Hours: 10, 8, 13, 8, 8 (47 hours over five days) at $20/h.
Day 1: 8 regular + 2 overtime. Day 3: 8 regular + 4 overtime + 1 double time. Days 2, 4 and 5: 8 regular each.
Regular hours = 40, so no extra weekly overtime is added.
This calculator models the general rules for non-exempt employees. It does not cover alternative workweek
schedules, industry-specific wage orders, exempt employees or meal/rest-period premiums. Not legal advice.
Most non-exempt employees in California earn 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. They earn 2× for hours over 12 in a workday and for hours over 8 on that seventh consecutive day.
What is the seventh-day rule?
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×. Working seven days in a row across two different workweeks does not trigger it.
Are the same hours counted twice for daily and weekly overtime?
No. Hours already paid as daily overtime or double time are not counted again toward the 40-hour weekly limit. Only straight-time hours over 40 become weekly overtime. The calculator applies this automatically.
Does this cover alternative workweek schedules?
No. Employees on an approved alternative workweek schedule (for example four 10-hour days), and some industries under specific wage orders, follow different daily thresholds. Check the DIR guidance for your wage order.
How is California different from federal overtime law?
Federal law (the FLSA) only requires overtime after 40 hours in a workweek and has no daily overtime or double time. California adds daily overtime, double time and the seventh-day rule. When both apply, the rule that pays the employee more is followed.
Are California’s daily overtime hours part of the federal “no tax on overtime” deduction?
Generally only the overtime premium required by the federal FLSA (hours over 40 in a workweek) qualifies. Premiums required only by state law, such as daily overtime, generally do not. See the no tax on overtime calculator.