# California overtime calculator

Source: https://payinview.com/us/california-overtime-calculator

## How California overtime is calculated

For most nonexempt adult employees, California requires 1.5× the regular rate for hours above 8 in a workday, up to 12, and for the first 8 hours of the seventh consecutive workday in a workweek. Hours above 12 in a workday, and above 8 on that seventh day, require 2× ([DLSE Overtime FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_Overtime.htm)). Hours above 40 in the workweek also require 1.5×.

- Classify each day’s hours as straight time, 1.5×, or 2×.
- Add only the straight-time hours. Straight-time hours above 40 become weekly 1.5× hours.
- Pay each hour once, at its highest rate. Daily overtime hours are not counted again toward the 40-hour weekly limit ([DLSE opinion letter 2000.01.19](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/opinions/2000-01-19.pdf)).

$20 PER HOUR / 10, 10, 10, 10, 13 HOURS **$800 + $360 + $40 = $1,200** 

Each day has 8 straight-time hours: 40 hours × $20 = $800. Hours 9–12 each day are 1.5×: 12 hours × $30 = $360. The 13th hour on day 5 is 2×: $40. Federal qualified overtime is only 13 hours above 40 × $10 = $130.

### Seventh-day rule

The seventh-day rule applies only when you work all seven days of one fixed workweek. It is not a rolling count of seven days in a row across two workweeks ([DLSE Enforcement Manual, section 48.1.3](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/DLSEManual/dlse_enfcmanual.pdf)). A workday is a fixed 24-hour period, and hours are not averaged across days.

### California overtime and the federal deduction

California daily overtime is not automatically “qualified overtime” for the federal deduction. Only the FLSA-required premium for hours above 40 in the workweek counts, at half the regular rate. With one hourly rate and no other pay, that is hours above 40 × ½ × your rate. [Calculate the federal deduction](https://payinview.com/us/qualified-overtime-deduction-calculator).

### Limits of this calculator

This tool assumes one hourly rate for a nonexempt adult employee under the general overtime rules. It does not support alternative workweek schedules, exempt employees, commissioned salespeople, agricultural, household, healthcare 8/80, or other special wage-order rules ([DLSE exceptions](https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/FAQ_OvertimeExceptions.htm)), and it does not include bonuses, commissions, piece rates, shift differentials, or multiple rates in the regular rate. It does not check minimum wage or meal and rest premiums. Amounts are rounded to cents for each rate line. Sources checked 2026-10-26.

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