State Overtime Pay Laws
As is the case with minimum wage, many states have laws pertaining to overtime. Click on the map below to see what requirements your state has regarding overtime pay. The states that are blue are the states that do not specify overtime provisions.
If your state's law is more demanding than federal law. If your state's law is more inclusive or more generous regarding overtime pay, you must follow that law, even though you will surpass the minimum compliance requirements of the federal law.
If your state's law is less demanding than federal law. If the federal law is more demanding than your state's law, and you are subject to the federal law, you must meet the federal minimum, even though your state requires less to be in compliance.
The states that are colored blue do not have an overtime pay law.
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