Press Kit & Media Resources
Reporters, researchers, HR writers and podcasters use our data to explain what American overtime actually pays. Everything below is free to quote with attribution and a link. No embargo, no permission form.
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Short (25 words): Overtime Pay Calculator USA is a free wage-and-hour tool covering federal FLSA rules and every state's 2026 overtime law, used by hourly workers, HR teams and payroll staff.
Long (60 words): Overtime Pay Calculator USA publishes free overtime, timesheet and payroll calculators for all 50 states. Each state calculator applies that state's own daily overtime, double-time and minimum wage rules alongside the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, with the labor department source cited. There is no signup, no paywall and no sale of user data — calculations run entirely in the visitor's browser.
Citable facts for 2026
1.5x after 40 hours
The federal FLSA overtime rule. It counts a fixed seven-day workweek, never a two-week average — a mistake that shows up regularly in biweekly payroll.
4 states with daily overtime
Alaska, California, Colorado, Nevada pay premium rates based on hours in a single day, so a long shift can earn overtime even in a week under 40 hours.
California only for double time
California is the sole state requiring 2x pay generally — over 12 hours in a day, and over 8 hours on the seventh consecutive workday. Federal law never requires double time.
$11.17 average state minimum wage
Across 2026, that puts the average legal minimum overtime rate at $16.76 an hour. Washington is highest at $17.13.
The regular rate is not the base wage
Non-discretionary bonuses, shift differentials and commissions must be folded into the rate before the 1.5x multiplier — the most common source of underpaid overtime we see readers ask about.
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2026 overtime dataset (CSV)
All 50 states: thresholds, double time, minimum wage, source links. Chart-ready.
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