Texas has no overtime law of its own — federal FLSA rules decide your pay. Enter your rate and hours for an accurate Texas paycheck estimate: 1.5x after 40 hours a week, no daily overtime rule.
Federal FLSA rules, Texas framing. Each workweek stands alone.
Texas follows federal law only. A long day with a short week can mean zero overtime in Texas — see the examples below. Unpaid wages? The Texas Workforce Commission handles claims under the Texas Payday Law.
Texas never passed its own overtime statute, so the Fair Labor Standards Act applies directly: nonexempt employees earn at least 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek.
Unlike California, Texas has no rule that pays overtime for a long day. Four 10 hour days total 40 hours in Texas — and earn exactly zero overtime dollars.
Unpaid overtime in Texas is claimed through the Texas Workforce Commission under the Texas Payday Law. The deadline is strict: file within 180 days of the date the wages were due.
Gross = (40 × rate) + (hours over 40 × rate × 1.5)
| Worker | Math | Gross |
|---|---|---|
| $20/hr, 45 hours | $800 + 5 × $30 | $950.00 |
| $25/hr, 50 hours | $1,000 + 10 × $37.50 | $1,375.00 |
| $22/hr, four 10 hour days (40 hrs) | 40 × $22, no overtime | $880.00 |
Example 3 is the Texas trap: the same four 10 hour days would earn 8 overtime hours in California. In Texas they earn none — the weekly 40 hour line is everything.
No Texas state income tax. Texas is one of the few states with no income tax at all, so overtime take home is reduced only by federal income tax and Social Security and Medicare taxes. Your overtime premium keeps more of its value here than in high tax states.
Texas Payday Law. Beyond overtime, Texas law sets payday rules — how often you must be paid and what your pay stub must show. When an employer breaks either the payday rules or the overtime rules, the Texas Workforce Commission is the agency that takes the complaint.
Compare with the stricter state: our California overtime calculator shows how different the same week looks under daily overtime rules. The federal baseline is explained in the FLSA overtime rules guide.
No. Texas has no state overtime statute, so the federal Fair Labor Standards Act decides overtime for Texas workers: 1.5 times the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, for nonexempt employees.
No. Texas has no daily overtime rule. A 10 or 12 hour day earns zero overtime in Texas as long as the workweek stays at or under 40 hours. California is the well known exception, not the norm.
At least 1.5 times your regular hourly rate for every hour over 40 in a workweek. At $20 an hour, the Texas overtime rate is $30 an hour. Employers may pay more, but never less for nonexempt workers. Work out any rate with the overtime rate calculator.
With the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) under the Texas Payday Law. File within 180 days of the date the wages were due — waiting longer can kill an otherwise valid claim.
Texas has no state income tax, so no state tax is taken from overtime pay. Federal income tax and Social Security and Medicare taxes still apply to overtime wages in full.
Salaried nonexempt employees are — a salary alone does not remove overtime rights. Only employees who pass the FLSA exempt duties and salary tests (executive, administrative, professional and a few others) can be denied overtime. Details in our salaried overtime guide.
Want the same math without the Texas framing? Use the overtime pay calculator. Curious what the no tax on overtime deduction does to a Texas paycheck? Try the deduction calculator — with no state income tax, the federal deduction goes further here.