Can daily, weekly, or seventh-day premiums stack in Colorado?

No. This calculator assigns an hour the single highest applicable overtime premium. It does not pay both a daily and weekly premium on the same hour, which avoids double-counting while still preserving the more protective verified trigger.

What does this Colorado overtime calculator not decide?

It does not decide exempt status, whether the employer is covered by the FLSA or state law, how a bonus must be allocated across multiple workweeks, or whether a special industry rule, collective-bargaining agreement, public contract, or local ordinance changes the result.

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Colorado overtime is owed at 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek, with daily overtime also applying under Colorado's verified daily rule, under COMPS Order #39, 7 CCR 1103-1, Rule 4.1.1. — Source

Calculate Colorado overtime pay

Enter one workweek. The calculator uses straight-time pay for all hours, then adds only the extra overtime premium for hours that qualify.

Colorado overtime rule used by this calculator

Colorado's verified weekly overtime rule pays 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek. The calculation uses the registry source shown above.

Daily or consecutive-hours rule: Time-and-one-half for hours over 12 in a workday OR hours worked in excess of 12 consecutive hours. The calculator compares this branch with weekly overtime and counts an hour only once.

Basic formula

straight-time pay = total hours × hourly rate regular rate = (straight-time pay + includable pay) ÷ total hours overtime premium = premium hours × regular rate × (1.5 − 1) gross pay = straight-time pay + includable pay + overtime premium

Worked example

Colorado: daily/consecutive branch

Mon 13, Tue 13, Wed 8 = 34 total hours weekly overtime = 0 verified daily/consecutive premium hours = 2 the same hours are not counted again as weekly overtime

What this does not determine

Whether the worker is exempt from overtime under state law or the federal FLSA.
Whether the employer is covered by the FLSA, which matters especially when a state rule reaches only non-FLSA employers.
Multi-rate weighted-average regular-rate issues beyond the single additional-pay field.
Public works, prevailing wage, local ordinances, union contracts, agriculture, transportation, or other industry-specific rules.
Whether a bonus or commission must be allocated to a different workweek.

Sources and verification

This page reads the overtime threshold, multiplier, special daily/seventh-day flags, coverage cautions, and source URL from src/data/states.json. The visible source for this page is the verified registry source and the citation used in prose is COMPS Order #39, 7 CCR 1103-1, Rule 4.1.1. Automated tests cover the state's distinctive branch, weekly math, non-stacking of premium hours, and visible result rendering.

Common questions

When does overtime start in Colorado?

Colorado's verified weekly threshold is 40 hours in a workweek. Covered nonexempt employees receive time and a half for overtime hours, but coverage and exemptions can change the answer for a particular job.

Does Colorado require daily overtime?

Colorado's registry includes this daily or consecutive-hours rule: Time-and-one-half for hours over 12 in a workday OR hours worked in excess of 12 consecutive hours. The calculator therefore asks for day-by-day hours and an optional consecutive-hours entry so the state-specific branch is not hidden inside a weekly total.

Why does the calculator ask for every day?

Daily entries make the same tool work for states with daily overtime, seventh-consecutive-day premiums, and weekly-only rules. In weekly-only states, the daily boxes simply add to the workweek total. In daily or seventh-day states, they prevent double-counting the same hour.

Can the same hour receive two overtime premiums?

No. This calculator gives each hour the single highest applicable overtime rate. If an hour qualifies under both a daily or seventh-day trigger and a weekly trigger, it is counted once as premium time rather than receiving two stacked overtime premiums.