The Sacramento Minimum Wage & Overtime Calculator works out your gross pay using the California $16.00/hour minimum and California’s overtime rules. It is for hourly workers checking a paycheck, employees confirming overtime was paid correctly, and anyone budgeting around variable hours. Enter your rate and hours and the tool splits the result into regular, 1.5x overtime, and 2x double time, then totals your weekly gross.
How it works
California is one of the few states with daily overtime on top of the federal weekly rule. The thresholds are:
- 1.5× (time-and-a-half) for hours over 8 in a day or over 40 in a week.
- 2× (double time) for hours over 12 in a single day.
If you provide your longest shift, the tool applies daily rules first: up to 8 hours are regular,
8 to 12 are overtime, and beyond 12 are double time, with weekly hours over 40 also counted at
overtime. Without a shift figure it falls back to the simpler weekly rule — first 40 hours regular,
the rest at 1.5x. Pay is then regular hours x rate + overtime hours x rate x 1.5 + double-time hours x rate x 2. Because California has no tip credit, the minimum $16.00 applies to tipped
workers too, and the tool warns if your rate is below it.
Gross = regular×rate + OT×rate×1.5 + double×rate×2.
Tips and example
Suppose you earn $16.00/hour and work 45 hours in a week, including one 13-hour shift. That long shift gives 8 regular, 4 overtime (hours 8–12), and 1 double-time hour. With the remaining days, weekly hours over 40 are also overtime. Your pay separates into a regular block at $16, an overtime block at $24/hour, and double time at $32/hour. Enter a rate below $16.00 and the tool flags it as under the California minimum. Everything is computed in your browser and nothing you enter is stored.