Worked example
Weekly overtime calculation
A Mississippi employee works 45 hours at $20.00/hr\nWeekly overtime hours = 45 − 40 = 5\nOvertime premium = 5 × regular rate × 0.50
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
Mississippi overtime data is read from src/data/states.json. The verified weekly threshold is 40 hours, 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 Mississippi have any state overtime law?
No. Mississippi has enacted no state minimum wage statute and no state overtime law. It is one of only five states (along with Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina, and Tennessee) that have never enacted any form of wage or overtime legislation for private-sector workers. All overtime rights in Mississippi come from the federal FLSA.
Where do I file an overtime complaint in Mississippi?
Mississippi has no state overtime enforcement agency. Overtime complaints go to the U.S. DOL Wage and Hour Division, which enforces the federal FLSA. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (mdes.ms.gov) handles unemployment and workforce matters but cannot adjudicate overtime claims. Private lawsuits under the FLSA are also an option.
How does Mississippi compare to neighboring Arkansas on overtime?
Arkansas enacted its own overtime provision through Arkansas Code § 11-4-211 (the Arkansas Minimum Wage Act), which covers employers with four or more employees and requires time-and-a-half after 40 hours. This gives Arkansas workers a state-law remedy in addition to the federal FLSA. Mississippi workers have only the federal FLSA, and workers at Mississippi employers below the FLSA enterprise threshold may have no overtime right at all.
What about Mississippi workers at small employers not covered by the FLSA?
If a Mississippi employer is below the $500,000 enterprise threshold and workers are not individually engaged in interstate commerce, those workers may not be covered by the FLSA. Because Mississippi has no state overtime statute, those workers have no overtime right under state law either. This coverage gap is why the absence of a state statute is meaningful — it leaves workers at small employers with no legal remedy.