California overtime by day: 1.5x over 8 hours, 2x over 12, and the seventh-day rule
Estimates only, not financial advice. What you type stays on your device. Checked against sources on 30 Sept 2026.California Labor Code section 510 pays 1.5 times the regular rate for work over 8 hours in a day or 40 in a week, and double time over 12 hours in a day. If you work all seven days of a workweek, the first 8 hours of the seventh are 1.5 times and the rest double. At $20 an hour, four 10-hour days and a 6-hour day pay $1,000.
Rates and rules read from the sources listed on this page (the earliest on 30 Sept 2026); they may have changed since.
California is already chosen under State rule, at $20 an hour with an example week of 46 hours.
Enter your Hourly rate and the hours worked on each day, Day 1 being the first day of your workweek.
Read the hours at 1.5x and at 2x and the overtime pay for the week.
Open Day by day to see which hours on which day are overtime, then press Share result.
Overtime is simple multiplication once the ordinary hourly rate is known, and that rate is where most payslip disputes start. This calculator shows the rate, the overtime rate, the overtime pay and the total for the period, with the working on screen so each step can be checked.
India. The four Labour Codes took effect on 21 November 2025. The Code on Wages, 2019 (section 14) pays work beyond a normal working day at not less than twice the normal rate of wages, and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (sections 25 and 27) sets 8 hours a day and pays overtime at twice the rate of wages, counted daily or weekly, whichever gives the worker more. The Ministry of Labour's FAQ of 16 March 2026 puts the weekly limit at 48 hours. The old Factories Act rule of 9 hours a day was repealed by the OSH Code.
United States. The Fair Labor Standards Act pays at least one and a half times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Under 29 CFR 778.113, a monthly salary becomes a weekly one by multiplying by 12 and dividing by 52, and is then divided by the hours it is meant to cover. Some states, California among them, add daily overtime.
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about Overtime Calculator, are on the Overtime Calculator page.
Overtime is paid at twice the normal rate of wages for work beyond 8 hours in a day or 48 hours in a week, under the Code on Wages section 14 and the OSH Code sections 25 and 27, in force since 21 November 2025. Multiply the ordinary hourly rate by 2, then by the overtime hours.
Divide the monthly wages by the working days in the month and then by the normal hours in a day. The Code on Wages (Central) Rules use 26 days and 8 hours for minimum wages, so ₹26,000 becomes ₹125 an hour and ₹250 an hour at double rate. Your contract or state rule may use different numbers.
No. The Factories Act, 1948 paid double rate over 9 hours a day or 48 a week, but the OSH Code, 2020 repealed it. The Ministry of Labour's FAQ of 16 March 2026 says overtime is due over 8 hours a day or 48 hours a week, counted whichever way favours the worker.
Time and a half is 1.5 times the regular hourly rate, which the Fair Labor Standards Act requires for hours over 40 in a workweek for covered, non-exempt employees. At $20 an hour, each overtime hour pays $30. Some states, such as California, also require daily overtime or double time.
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