If you are eligible, the Fair Labor Standards Act gives you the right to earn overtime pay. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division enforces this right. Employers must pay overtime if: You are a covered nonexempt employee You work more than 40 hours during a workweek The overtime rate must be at least 1.5 times the amount of your hourly pay rate. Your employer must pay you at the overtime rate for the extra hours you worked. Use the Department of Labor’s overtime pay calculator to estimate how much overtime pay you may earn. Learn more about overtime pay from the Department of Labor.

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If you are eligible, the Fair Labor Standards Act gives you the right to earn overtime pay. The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division enforces this right.

Employers must pay overtime if:

You are a covered nonexempt employee
You work more than 40 hours during a workweek

The overtime rate must be at least 1.5 times the amount of your hourly pay rate. Your employer must pay you at the overtime rate for the extra hours you worked.

Use the Department of Labor’s overtime pay calculator to estimate how much overtime pay you may earn.

Learn more about overtime pay from the Department of Labor.

LAST UPDATED: March 28, 2025