Louisiana Overtime Calculator 2026
Time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek. No daily overtime. Enter your rate and hours to see your Louisiana overtime pay for the week.
Louisiana overtime calculator
Your base pay per hour before overtime.
Time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek. No daily overtime.
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
Louisiana 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 30, 2026
Rule details
Does Louisiana require daily overtime, weekly overtime, or both?
Louisiana 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. Louisiana 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
Louisiana Weekly Overtime Example
Louisiana overtime rules in 2026
Louisiana has no separate state minimum wage, so covered workers usually rely on the federal FLSA for minimum wage and overtime. Non-exempt employees are generally owed 1.5× their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.
Pay situations specific to Louisiana
These are the Louisiana 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.
Louisiana salary questions usually turn on federal FLSA exemption tests. A job title or fixed salary is not enough; the employee's duties and salary basis must qualify.
Salaried overtime calculatorLouisiana follows the federal tipped cash wage of $2.13/hour where the tip credit is valid. The employer must ensure tips plus cash wages reach at least the applicable minimum wage.
Tipped overtime calculatorOilfield bonuses, shift differentials, hazard pay, commissions, and production incentives may need to be included in the federal regular rate before overtime is calculated.
Regular rate of pay calculatorLouisiana follows the federal 40-hour weekly standard, with no general state daily overtime rule for most private-sector employees.
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If your overtime, minimum wage, or final pay looks wrong, the official agency below can explain wage-claim options for Louisiana workers.
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division — Louisiana
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Answers to common questions about Louisiana overtime pay, tipped workers, salaried employees, bonuses, and wage claims.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Labor — State Minimum Wage Laws, U.S. Department of Labor
- Louisiana Workforce Commission — Labor Resources
- U.S. Department of Labor — Overtime Pay, U.S. Department of Labor
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