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Overtime rules at a glance
A short summary for each state. Open a state for the details, exceptions and sources.
| State | Weekly overtime | Daily overtime |
|---|---|---|
| AlabamaNo state law | No state rule. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Alaska | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Employers with fewer than 4 employees are not covered by state overtime. Source: dol.alaska.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 8 in a day. Source: dol.alaska.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| ArizonaNo state law | No state rule. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Arkansas | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours actually worked over 40 in a workweek. Applies to employers with 4 or more employees. Source: labor.arkansas.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| California | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dir.ca.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | Pay 1.5x for hours over 8 in a workday and double time for hours over 12 in a workday. Source: dir.ca.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Colorado | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: cdle.colorado.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | Pay 1.5x for hours over 12 in a workday, or over 12 consecutive hours even if they span two days. Source: cdle.colorado.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Connecticut | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: portal.ct.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule, unless the employer and employee agree to one. Source: portal.ct.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| DelawareNo state law | No state rule. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| District of Columbia | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: code.dccouncil.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| FloridaNo state law | No state rule. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| GeorgiaNo state law | No state rule. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Hawaii | Pay 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Domestic workers are covered. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| IdahoNo state law | No state rule. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Illinois | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Employers with fewer than 4 employees (not counting close family) are not covered. Source: ilga.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) Source: ilga.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: ilga.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Indiana | Employers not covered by the federal FLSA must pay at least 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. FLSA-covered employers follow federal law. Source: in.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| IowaNo state law | No state rule. Federal FLSA requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No state rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Kansas | Employers not covered by the FLSA must pay 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 46 in a workweek. FLSA-covered employers pay overtime after 40 under federal law. Source: ksrevisor.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Kentucky | 1.5 times the regular hourly rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: elc.ky.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| LouisianaNo state law | No state rule. Federal FLSA requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No state rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Maine | 1.5 times the regular rate for all hours over 40 in a week. The regular rate includes bonuses and commissions tied to work performed. Source: legislature.maine.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Maryland | 1.5 times the usual hourly wage for hours over 40 in a workweek. Some employers, like seasonal amusement businesses, are exempt from state overtime. Source: mgaleg.maryland.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Massachusetts | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Commissions and bonuses are left out of the state regular rate calculation. Source: malegislature.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: mass.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Michigan | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. The state overtime section does not apply to employers covered by the FLSA, which follow federal overtime. Source: legislature.mi.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No general daily overtime. Hospitals and live-in care facilities using an agreed 14-day period pay 1.5x after 8 hours a day or 80 hours. Source: legislature.mi.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Minnesota | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 48 in a workweek. Employers covered by the FLSA must still pay overtime after 40 hours. Source: revisor.mn.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No general daily rule. Health care facilities that agree to a 14-day period instead pay overtime after 8 hours a day or 80 hours in 14 days. Source: revisor.mn.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| MississippiNo state law | No state rule. Federal FLSA requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No state rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Missouri | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, applied in line with the federal FLSA. Source: revisor.mo.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law only counts hours over 40 in a workweek. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Montana | Hours over 40 in a workweek must be paid at least 1.5 times the hourly rate. Farm workers are excluded from overtime. Source: mca.legmt.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No general daily overtime. Hospitals and care facilities on an agreed 14-day period pay overtime after 8 hours a day or 80 hours in 14 days. Source: mca.legmt.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| NebraskaNo state law | No state rule. Federal law requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No state rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Nevada | Hours over 40 in a scheduled workweek must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Source: leg.state.nv.us↗ (opens in a new tab) | Employees paid under $18.00 an hour (1.5 times minimum wage, from July 1, 2025) get overtime after 8 hours in 24 hours, unless on an agreed 4x10 schedule. Source: labor.nv.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) Source: leg.state.nv.us↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| New Hampshire | Hours over 40 in a week must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Employees of FLSA-covered employers are excluded and follow federal law instead. Source: gc.nh.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Like federal law, overtime is based on hours over 40 in the workweek. Source: nh.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| New Jersey | Hours over 40 in a week must be paid at 1.5 times the regular hourly rate, unless a wage order says otherwise. Source: nj.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Like federal law, overtime is based on hours over 40 in the workweek. Source: nj.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| New Mexico | Hours over 40 in a workweek must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| New York | Most employees get 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours a week. Live-in residential employees get overtime after 44 hours. Source: dol.ny.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Overtime is counted weekly. Separately, workers get one extra hour at minimum wage when their workday spans over 10 hours or is a split shift. Source: dol.ny.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) Source: dol.ny.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| North Carolina | Hours over 40 in a workweek must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. This mostly applies to employers not covered by the FLSA. Source: ncleg.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Like federal law, overtime is based on hours over 40 in the workweek. Source: ncleg.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| North Dakota | Hours over 40 in a workweek must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate, regardless of pay period length. No averaging over two or more weeks. Source: nd.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No general daily overtime. Hospitals and residential care may agree to overtime after 8 hours a day or 80 hours in 14 days. Source: ndlegis.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Ohio | Hours over 40 in a workweek get 1.5 times the wage rate, using FLSA methods and exemptions. Farm workers and employers under $150,000 yearly sales are excluded. Source: codes.ohio.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Like federal law, overtime is based on hours over 40 in the workweek. Source: codes.ohio.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| OklahomaNo state law | No state rule. Federal law requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No state rule. Federal law has no daily overtime. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Oregon | Hours over 40 in the workweek must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Source: oregon.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | Manufacturing workers get overtime after 10 hours a day and may work at most 13 hours in 24. Canneries, driers and packing plants pay overtime after 10 daily hours. Source: oregon.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) Source: oregonlegislature.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Pennsylvania | Hours over 40 in a workweek must be paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Employer size does not matter. Source: pa.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule, except hospitals and care facilities using the 8-and-80 system, which pay overtime after 8 hours a day. Source: pa.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Rhode Island | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Delivery drivers and sales merchandisers cannot be paid using the fluctuating workweek method. Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Source: webserver.rilegislature.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| South CarolinaNo state law | No state overtime law. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime either. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| South DakotaNo state law | No state overtime law. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime either. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| TennesseeNo state law | No state overtime law. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime either. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| TexasNo state law | No state overtime law. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime either. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| UtahNo state law | No state overtime law. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime either. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Vermont | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Covers employers with 2 or more employees. Source: legislature.vermont.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) Source: legislature.vermont.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No general daily overtime rule. Hospitals may opt for overtime after 8 hours a day or 80 hours in two weeks instead. Source: legislature.vermont.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Virginia | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 a week. State law adopts federal FLSA overtime rules, exemptions and calculation methods. Source: law.lis.virginia.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Washington | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. The regular rate cannot be below the state minimum wage ($17.13 in 2026). Source: lni.wa.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) Source: lni.wa.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule, except on certain public works projects. Source: lni.wa.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| West Virginia | 1.5 times the regular rate over 40 hours a week. Covers employers with 6+ employees at one site, unless 80% or more of staff fall under federal overtime law. Source: code.wvlegislature.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Source: code.wvlegislature.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| Wisconsin | 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Applies to most employers; most nonprofits are not covered except places like restaurants or hotels. Source: dwd.wisconsin.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule, except on some public works construction projects. Source: dwd.wisconsin.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
| WyomingNo state law | No state overtime law. Federal law (FLSA) requires 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt staff. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) | No daily overtime rule. Federal law has no daily overtime either. Source: dol.gov↗ (opens in a new tab) |
