Kentucky Overtime Calculator 2026
Time and a half after 40 hours a week, and for every hour on the 7th day when you work all seven days of a workweek. Enter your rate and hours to see your Kentucky overtime pay for the week.
Kentucky overtime calculator
Your base pay per hour before overtime.
Time and a half after 40 hours a week, and for every hour on the 7th day when you work all seven days of a workweek.
Kentucky's seventh-day rule has exceptions; check KRS 337.050 or the Labor Cabinet if your employer says it does not apply.
Gross pay for the week
$950.00
45 hours · $21.11 an hour on average
- Regular40 h × $20.00
- $800.00
- Overtime (1.5×)5 h × $30.00
- $150.00
- Total
- $950.00
Per two-week paycheck$1,900.00
If every week looks like this one. Overtime is counted week by week, never averaged across a pay period.
Overtime tax deduction (2025–2028)
$50.00 of this week’s pay is the federally required overtime premium, the part you can deduct from taxable income. At this pace that is about $2,600.00 a year (cap $12,500, or $25,000 filing jointly). Who qualifies
An estimate of gross pay before taxes and deductions, for non-exempt employees. Your employer’s payroll, contract or local law can differ. How we calculate
Kentucky overtime at a glance
- Minimum wage
- $7.25/hour
- Weekly overtime
- after 40 hours/week at 1.5x
- Daily overtime
- No
- Double time
- No general rule
- Tipped workers
- $2.13/hour
- Salary employees
- exemption depends on duties + salary basis + threshold
- Last reviewed
- June 22, 2026
Rule details
Does Kentucky require daily overtime, weekly overtime, or both?
Kentucky generally follows the federal weekly overtime rule for most covered nonexempt employees. Overtime is usually paid at 1.5× the regular rate after 40 hours worked in a workweek. Kentucky does not have a general daily overtime rule for most private-sector employees. Use the calculator above to estimate regular pay, overtime pay, and total gross pay.
Example calculation
Kentucky Weekly Overtime Example
Kentucky overtime rules in 2026
Kentucky enforces a standard weekly overtime rule (1.5× after 40 hours) along with a unique state-specific seventh consecutive day provision: employees who work all 7 days in a single workweek are entitled to time and a half for all hours worked on that seventh day, regardless of total weekly hours. The state minimum wage is $7.25/hour.
Pay situations specific to Kentucky
These are the Kentucky rules that change the overtime math. For the federal rules that apply everywhere — the duties test, what counts toward the regular rate, and how the 40-hour workweek is measured — see the FLSA overtime guide. For how these estimates are produced and reviewed, see the calculator methodology.
Kentucky follows federal FLSA exemption criteria. Salaried workers must meet both duties and salary-basis tests to be classified as exempt from overtime.
Salaried overtime calculatorKentucky permits a tip credit of up to $5.12/hour. The minimum direct cash wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hour, with combined wages and tips reaching at least $7.25/hour.
Tipped overtime calculatorNon-discretionary bonuses, commissions, and shift differentials must be included in your regular rate of pay when computing overtime premiums.
Regular rate of pay calculatorKentucky adds protections beyond the federal weekly baseline, so the state check above governs where it pays more.
Compare other statesFile a wage complaint in Kentucky
If your overtime, minimum wage, or final pay looks wrong, the official agency below can explain wage-claim options for Kentucky workers.
Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet — Wage and Hour Division
File a Wage Claim OnlineFAQs
Answers to common questions about Kentucky overtime pay, tipped workers, salaried employees, bonuses, and wage claims.
Sources
- Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet
- U.S. Department of Labor — Overtime Pay, U.S. Department of Labor
Checked against these sources on . Estimates only, not legal or payroll advice. How we calculate · Report an error
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