Utah Overtime Calculator 2026
Time and a half after 40 hours in a workweek. No daily overtime. Enter your rate and hours to see your Utah overtime pay for the week.
Utah 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
Utah 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 Utah require daily overtime, weekly overtime, or both?
Utah 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. Utah 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
Utah Weekly Overtime Example
Utah overtime rules in 2026
Utah relies on the federal FLSA for overtime: 1.5× after 40 hours for non-exempt employees. The state minimum wage matches the federal $7.25/hour. Utah has no state-specific overtime or daily overtime rules.
Pay situations specific to Utah
These are the Utah 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.
Utah follows federal FLSA exemption standards. Salaried employees must earn at least $684/week and primarily perform exempt duties.
Salaried overtime calculatorUtah allows the federal tip credit. The minimum cash wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hour, with combined tips and wages reaching at least $7.25/hour.
Tipped overtime calculatorUtah employers must include non-discretionary bonuses, commissions, and stock-based incentives common in tech when calculating the regular rate for FLSA overtime.
Regular rate of pay calculatorUtah 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 Utah workers.
U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division — Utah District Office
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Answers to common questions about Utah overtime pay, tipped workers, salaried employees, bonuses, and wage claims.
Sources
- Labor Commission of Utah — Wage and Hour
- U.S. Department of Labor — Overtime Pay, U.S. Department of Labor
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