Most Minnesota workers are covered by the federal FLSA and are owed overtime after 40 hours in a workweek; Minnesota's state threshold is 48 hours and applies only to employers the FLSA does not cover. — Source
Minimum-wage data used for examples comes from the registry effective January 1, 2026.
Minnesota wage and hour
Minnesota Overtime Calculator
Enter daily hours and a straight-time hourly rate. The calculator applies the verified weekly threshold from the registry and adds only the extra overtime premium, so hours are not paid twice.
Who this rate applies to: State minimum wage — all employers (small employer distinction eliminated Jan 1, 2025)
Source The headline rate may not apply to every worker. Minnesota has worker- or employer-class exceptions in the registry. Use the hourly-rate field for the rate that applies to the worker and verify coverage before relying on the estimate.
Worked example
Why 40 hours must lead
A Minnesota employee works 45 hours at $11.41/hr\nMost-worker FLSA rule: 45 − 40 = 5 overtime hours\nState-only rule: 45 is below 48, but that narrower threshold cannot be used to deny FLSA-covered overtime
What this does not determine
- Whether a worker is exempt from overtime under state or federal law.
- Whether an industry-specific threshold, agricultural rule, residential rule, collective-bargaining agreement, or public-contract rule changes the result.
- Whether tips, commissions, bonuses, shift differentials, or multiple hourly rates were included correctly in the regular rate.
- Whether local minimum-wage ordinances or special worker classes change the straight-time rate used in the calculator.
- Penalties, wage-claim deadlines, interest, attorneys' fees, or agency filing strategy.
Sources and verification
Minnesota overtime data is read from src/data/states.json. The verified weekly threshold is 40 hours for most FLSA-covered workers, with a 48-hour state-only threshold for employers outside FLSA coverage, the multiplier is 1.5×, and the source is the cited registry source. Values marked unverified in the registry render no calculator.
Common questions
Does Minnesota require overtime after 40 hours?
For most workers, yes: federal FLSA overtime after 40 hours is the rule this page leads with. Minnesota's 48-hour state threshold is the narrower rule for employers the FLSA does not cover, so a 45-hour FLSA-covered workweek is not treated as zero overtime.
Does Minnesota have daily overtime?
The registry for this page does not contain a verified statewide daily-overtime trigger for Minnesota. That means this tool does not add a premium merely because one day exceeded 8, 10, or 12 hours. It calculates weekly overtime only and leaves special industry rules outside the estimate.
Can I use the minimum wage as the hourly rate?
Use the hourly rate that actually applies to the worker. The page displays coverage cautions when the registry records tipped, local, small-employer, agricultural, or other worker-class rates. The calculator does not choose among those classes; it calculates overtime from the rate you enter.
Why does the calculator add only a half-time premium?
Workers are normally already owed straight-time pay for every hour worked. For time-and-a-half overtime, the additional amount is the extra one-half of the regular rate for overtime hours. The calculator shows straight-time earnings first, then adds the additional overtime premium separately.