Does this calculator decide coverage?

No. The calculator estimates pay from entered hours and verified threshold data; it does not decide exemptions, coverage, industry rules, public-sector rules, or wage-claim deadlines.

Why add only a half-time premium?

Straight time is paid for every entered hour first. Overtime adds only the extra premium required to make overtime hours equal time-and-a-half, which avoids stacking two premiums on the same hour.

State

StateAll Ohio tools

Ohio overtime is time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek under ORC 4111 and Ohio Constitution Art. II §34a; coverage notes in the state registry mean the rule may not apply to every worker. — Source

Ohio wage and hour

Ohio Overtime Calculator

Enter weekly hours, regular hourly pay, and includable extra pay to estimate time-and-a-half overtime without stacking two rules on the same hour.

Coverage caution: Current minimum wage is $11.00/hr non-tipped and $5.50/hr tipped. The 2025 release says the state minimum applied above $394,000 gross receipts in 2025; candidate notes and search result indicate $405,000 for 2026, but the opened current laws page did not display that threshold. Small employers and 14–15-year-olds remain tied to federal $7.25. This means the rule may not apply to every worker. Source.

Enter weekly hours and pay

This calculator reads the verified weekly threshold (40) and multiplier (1.5) from the state registry. It does not decide exemptions.

The Ohio overtime rule this calculator models

Ohio overtime is time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a workweek under ORC 4111 and Ohio Constitution Art. II §34a; coverage notes in the state registry mean the rule may not apply to every worker. The calculator pays straight time for all entered hours, then adds the overtime premium only for hours above the verified threshold. That structure prevents stacking two overtime premiums on the same hour.

Basic formula

regular-rate base = hourly pay for all hours + includable extra pay regular rate = regular-rate base ÷ total hours overtime hours = max(0, total hours − 40) overtime premium = overtime hours × regular rate × (1.5 − 1)

Worked example

One weekly-overtime week

hours worked = 45 weekly threshold = 40 overtime premium hours = 5 gross pay = all straight-time earnings + 5 half-time premiums

What this does not determine

Whether the worker is exempt from state or federal overtime.
Whether the employer is covered by the state rule, the federal FLSA, or both.
Whether bonuses, commissions, multiple rates, or tip credits require a different regular-rate analysis.
Whether public-sector, agricultural, retail, seasonal, collective-bargaining, or industry-specific exceptions apply.
Whether a wage claim is timely or which agency process a worker should choose.

State-specific source notes

Statute/source anchor: Ohio Constitution Art. II § 34a and ORC § 4111.
Agency and wage-claim process: Ohio Department of Commerce, Wage and Hour Bureau. GAP — wage-claim filing process or deadline was not verified in the research data, so this page does not invent one.
Neighbor contrast: Pennsylvania remains a federal-floor neighbor without Ohio’s CPI-indexed gross-receipts coverage structure.

Sources and verification

The threshold, multiplier, and source link are read from src/data/states.json. Values marked unverified render no calculator. The calculation was checked with a Node test for Ohio covering no overtime, overtime above the weekly threshold, additional includable pay, nonnegative inputs, and visible DOM output. Primary source: Ohio overtime source.

Common questions

Does Ohio require daily overtime?

Ohio does not have a verified private-sector daily overtime threshold in this page. The calculator uses the verified weekly threshold from the registry and treats daily scheduling questions as outside this estimate.

Does this calculator decide whether I am covered?

No. Coverage can depend on employer size, FLSA coverage, job duties, public-sector status, industry, or other exemptions. The result is a pay estimate for entered hours using the verified rule, not a legal coverage determination.

Why does the calculator add only a half-time premium?

The gross-pay method pays straight time for every hour first. Overtime is then the extra premium needed to bring overtime hours to time-and-a-half. That avoids paying the same overtime hour twice.

What source does this page use?

The page reads Ohio overtime threshold, multiplier, and source URL from the shared state registry. The visible source link in the fact block points to the state-specific source recorded for this rule.