Mississippi Overtime Calculator 2026
Time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek. No daily overtime. Enter your rate and hours to see your Mississippi overtime pay for the week.
Mississippi 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
Mississippi 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 Mississippi require daily overtime, weekly overtime, or both?
Mississippi 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. Mississippi 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
Mississippi Weekly Overtime Example
Mississippi overtime rules in 2026
Mississippi has no state overtime or minimum wage law. Employers must follow federal FLSA rules, which mandate 1.5× pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek for non-exempt employees. The federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour applies.
Pay situations specific to Mississippi
These are the Mississippi 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.
Mississippi follows federal FLSA exemption rules. A salaried employee must earn at least $684/week and meet the duties test to be exempt from overtime.
Salaried overtime calculatorMississippi allows the federal tip credit of up to $5.12/hour. The minimum cash wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hour, with combined tips and wages reaching at least $7.25/hour.
Tipped overtime calculatorNon-discretionary bonuses, commissions, and shift differentials must be included in the regular rate of pay for federal FLSA overtime calculations.
Regular rate of pay calculatorMississippi 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 Mississippi workers.
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division — Mississippi District Office
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Answers to common questions about Mississippi overtime pay, tipped workers, salaried employees, bonuses, and wage claims.
Sources
- Mississippi Dept. of Employment Security
- U.S. Department of Labor — Overtime Pay, U.S. Department of Labor
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