New Mexico Overtime Calculator 2026
Time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek. No daily overtime. Enter your rate and hours to see your New Mexico overtime pay for the week.
New Mexico 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
New Mexico overtime at a glance
- Minimum wage
- $12.00/hour
- Weekly overtime
- after 40 hours/week at 1.5x
- Daily overtime
- No
- Double time
- No general rule
- Tipped workers
- $3.00/hour
- Salary employees
- exemption depends on duties + salary basis + threshold
- Last reviewed
- June 30, 2026
Rule details
Does New Mexico require daily overtime, weekly overtime, or both?
New Mexico 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. New Mexico 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
New Mexico Weekly Overtime Example
New Mexico overtime rules in 2026
New Mexico follows a weekly overtime framework: non-exempt employees generally receive 1.5× after 40 hours worked in a workweek. The statewide minimum wage is $12.00/hour, and the tipped cash wage is $3.00/hour when tips are sufficient.
Pay situations specific to New Mexico
These are the New Mexico 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.
New Mexico follows federal FLSA exemption criteria. Salaried employees must earn at least $684/week ($35,568/year) and satisfy duties tests for executive, administrative, or professional roles to be classified as exempt from overtime.
Salaried overtime calculatorNew Mexico allows a tip credit. Employers may pay a direct cash wage of $3.00/hour, provided the employee's combined cash wages plus tips equal or exceed the $12.00/hour state minimum wage. Employers must make up any shortfall.
Tipped overtime calculatorUnder NM and federal law, non-discretionary bonuses, commissions, and shift differentials must be included when computing the regular rate of pay for overtime purposes.
Regular rate of pay calculatorNew Mexico follows the federal 40-hour weekly standard, with no general state daily overtime rule for most private-sector employees.
Compare other statesFile a wage complaint in New Mexico
If your overtime, minimum wage, or final pay looks wrong, the official agency below can explain wage-claim options for New Mexico workers.
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions — Labor Relations Division
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Answers to common questions about New Mexico overtime pay, tipped workers, salaried employees, bonuses, and wage claims.
Sources
- New Mexico DWS — Minimum Wage Information
- U.S. Department of Labor — Overtime Pay, U.S. Department of Labor
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