Nebraska Overtime Calculator 2026
Time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek. No daily overtime. Enter your rate and hours to see your Nebraska overtime pay for the week.
Nebraska 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
Nebraska overtime at a glance
- Minimum wage
- $15.00/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 Nebraska require daily overtime, weekly overtime, or both?
Nebraska 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. Nebraska 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
Nebraska Weekly Overtime Example
Nebraska overtime rules in 2026
Nebraska requires overtime pay at 1.5× for hours over 40 in a workweek. The state minimum wage reached $15.00/hour on January 1, 2026 under Initiative 436, with future adjustments indexed to the Consumer Price Index. Tipped employees have a separate minimum wage schedule.
Pay situations specific to Nebraska
These are the Nebraska 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.
Nebraska follows federal FLSA exemption standards. Exempt employees must meet the salary threshold and perform exempt duties.
Salaried overtime calculatorNebraska allows a tip credit. The minimum cash wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hour, with combined tips and wages reaching at least the state minimum wage. The tipped minimum wage increases on the same schedule as the regular minimum wage.
Tipped overtime calculatorCommissions, nondiscretionary bonuses, and shift differentials must be included when calculating the regular rate of pay for overtime.
Regular rate of pay calculatorNebraska 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 Nebraska workers.
Nebraska Department of Labor — Wage and Hour Division
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Answers to common questions about Nebraska overtime pay, tipped workers, salaried employees, bonuses, and wage claims.
Sources
- Nebraska Department of Labor — Wage and Hour, U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Department of Labor — Overtime Pay, U.S. Department of Labor
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