Florida Overtime Calculator: the complete guide
Florida has no state overtime law of its own: overtime for a Florida employee runs entirely on the federal FLSA formula, 1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek, with no daily-overtime trigger. What makes Florida distinctive isn't the overtime math, which is identical to Texas or Georgia, but its minimum wage schedule, which moves on its own constitutional calendar rather than the January 1 date most states use.
Florida's minimum wage rose to $14.00/hr on September 30, 2025, and is scheduled to rise again to $15.00/hr on September 30, 2026 — the final step of the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2020 — after which it becomes indexed to inflation each subsequent September 30. This page covers the federal overtime calculation plus the Florida-specific minimum wage and filing details.
How overtime works in Florida
A non-exempt Florida employee is owed 1.5x their regular rate for every hour worked over 40 in a single workweek, and nothing more, regardless of how the hours are distributed across the week. There is no Florida daily-overtime rule; a single long shift produces no overtime on its own unless the week's total crosses 40 hours.
An employee earning $22.00/hr works 44 hours in one workweek. The first 40 hours are straight time: 40 x $22.00 = $880.00. The remaining 4 hours are overtime at 1.5x: 4 x $33.00 = $132.00. Total pay for the week: $880.00 + $132.00 = $1,012.00.
Florida's own minimum wage schedule
Florida's minimum wage is $14.00/hr as of September 30, 2025, set under Fla. Const. art. X Sec. 24, with a scheduled increase to $15.00/hr on September 30, 2026 — the final legislated step of Amendment 2 (2020) — and CPI indexing every September 30 after that. This September 30 schedule is unusual: most states this calculator covers change on January 1, so a Florida payroll system built around a calendar-year assumption will miss the actual effective date by three months.
Florida allows a tip credit of up to $3.02/hr, with a $10.98/hr minimum cash wage for tipped employees as of the current rate (rising to $11.98/hr alongside the September 2026 increase). Local minimum wages above the state figure are preempted in Florida, so there is no Miami- or Orlando-specific higher rate to check.
Exemptions in Florida
Florida relies on the federal FLSA's exemption framework — executive, administrative, and professional employees paid a true salary of at least $684/week who also meet a duties test, plus outside sales and certain computer professionals — without adding its own state-specific overtime exemptions. Florida's large hospitality and tourism sector makes tip-credit compliance and the exempt-salary threshold especially relevant, since many hospitality supervisory roles sit close to the federal salary line.
The regular rate and bonuses
As under any FLSA-governed calculation, a nondiscretionary bonus must be folded into the regular rate before the 1.5x multiplier applies. This matters in Florida's hospitality and service industries, where seasonal or holiday production bonuses are common and easy to overlook when a payroll system defaults to a flat 1.5x-of-base-rate calculation. A resort or restaurant that pays a year-end attendance bonus but calculates overtime only on the base hourly wage is very likely underpaying every overtime hour worked during the bonus period.
Working two roles at different pay rates for the same employer
Florida's hospitality and tourism employers frequently schedule the same worker into two different jobs in one workweek — a front-desk shift one day, a banquet-setup shift another — often at two different hourly rates. Federal law (which Florida follows here, since it has no separate rule of its own) does not let the employer simply apply 1.5x to whichever rate happened to be in effect during the overtime hours. Instead, the default method blends both rates into a single weighted-average regular rate for the whole week, and overtime is calculated from that blended figure.
An employee works 30 hours at $20.00/hr in one role and 20 hours at $15.00/hr in a second role for the same employer, 50 hours total for the week. Straight-time earnings: (30 x $20.00) + (20 x $15.00) = $600.00 + $300.00 = $900.00. The weighted-average regular rate is $900.00 / 50 = $18.00/hr. Because straight-time pay already covers the base rate for every hour, only an extra 0.5x the regular rate is owed for the 10 overtime hours: 10 x ($18.00 x 0.5) = $90.00. Total pay for the week: $900.00 + $90.00 = $990.00.
Recordkeeping and your rights
Florida has no state wage-and-hour agency that separately audits payroll records the way some states do, which makes an employee's own recordkeeping more important, not less. Keep a personal log of your daily start and stop times for each role you work, your pay stubs, and any written schedule, since a multi-role or bonus-adjusted regular-rate dispute is resolved almost entirely on the strength of that documentation. The federal Wage and Hour Division generally allows up to two years to bring an FLSA claim (three years for a willful violation), so don't wait to raise a suspected shortfall.
Common mistakes
Applying the minimum wage increase on January 1 instead of September 30. Assuming Florida's rate change happens at the start of the calendar year, like most states, means underpaying the minimum wage for the final quarter of the year in which the increase actually takes effect (September 30, not January 1).
Assuming a long single shift triggers Florida overtime. Paying overtime for a 12-hour single shift when the week's total stays under 40 hours isn't required in Florida; only the weekly 40-hour threshold matters, unlike in California.
Miscalculating the tipped cash-wage-plus-tip-credit total. Stopping at the $10.98/hr cash wage without confirming tips bring total pay to at least $14.00/hr for every hour worked can leave a tipped employee's pay below Florida's actual minimum wage floor.
Ignoring a seasonal or holiday nondiscretionary bonus in the overtime rate. Applying 1.5x to a bare hourly rate while a promised holiday production bonus goes unaccounted for understates every overtime hour paid that week.
Florida overtime quick reference
| Item | Florida figure |
|---|---|
| Overtime trigger | Hours over 40/week (federal FLSA only) |
| Daily overtime | None |
| Minimum wage | $14.00/hr (rising to $15.00/hr on Sep 30, 2026) |
| Tipped cash wage / tip credit | $10.98/hr cash + $3.02/hr credit = $14.00/hr |
| Filing agency | Florida Department of Commerce (floridajobs.org) |
How to file a claim
If your Florida paycheck doesn't reflect the correct overtime or minimum wage figure, raise it first with your employer or payroll department, since applying the wrong effective date for Florida's September 30 minimum wage change is a common and correctable error. If that doesn't resolve it, you can file a complaint with Florida's Department of Commerce or with the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division for federal FLSA overtime violations, both at no cost. Florida Department of Commerce.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Florida have its own overtime law?
- No. Florida has no state overtime statute of its own; overtime is governed entirely by the federal FLSA, requiring 1.5x pay for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. There is no Florida daily-overtime rule at all.
- When does Florida's minimum wage change?
- Florida's minimum wage changes every September 30, not January 1 like most other states, because it follows the schedule set by the 2020 constitutional amendment (Amendment 2). It is $14.00/hr currently and rises to $15.00/hr on September 30, 2026, after which it becomes CPI-indexed each subsequent September 30.
- Is there daily overtime in Florida?
- No. Florida follows the federal weekly-only rule, so a single long shift produces no overtime by itself; only hours over 40 in the workweek as a whole trigger the 1.5x rate. This is true even for a 12- or 14-hour single day.
- What is Florida's tipped minimum wage?
- Florida allows a tip credit of up to $3.02/hr, meaning tipped employees can be paid a direct cash wage as low as $10.98/hr as long as tips bring their total pay to at least the full $14.00/hr minimum wage for every hour worked. Both figures rise alongside the September 30, 2026 increase to $15.00/hr.
- Do any Florida cities set their own minimum wage?
- No. Florida law preempts local governments from setting a minimum wage above the state figure, so there is no Miami, Orlando, or Tampa-specific rate to check; the statewide figure applies everywhere in Florida.
- How does a bonus affect Florida overtime pay?
- A nondiscretionary bonus, such as a seasonal or holiday production bonus common in Florida's hospitality and tourism industries, must be folded into the regular rate before the 1.5x overtime multiplier is applied. Skipping this step understates every overtime hour paid in a week where such a bonus was earned.
- Who is exempt from overtime in Florida?
- Florida relies on the federal FLSA's exemption categories — executive, administrative, and professional employees paid a true salary of at least $684/week who also meet a duties test, plus outside sales and certain computer professionals — without adding its own additional state exemptions. Hospitality supervisory roles are worth double-checking, since many sit close to the federal salary threshold.
- Where do I file an unpaid overtime claim in Florida?
- You can file a complaint with Florida's Department of Commerce or directly with the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division for federal FLSA overtime violations, both free of charge. Keep your pay stubs and your own hours log, since Florida's lack of a state wage-and-hour agency separate from the federal process makes documentation especially important.