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Nebraska Overtime Calculator — Federal 40-Hour Rule

Nebraska follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rule and nothing stricter for most private employers: overtime at one and a half times your regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Enter your hours for each day and your rate — the split and gross pay update as you type.

In short: Nebraska follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rule and nothing stricter for most private employers: overtime at one and a half times your regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. The 2026 Nebraska minimum wage is $15.00/hour. The calculator below is pre-set to Nebraska's rule and to the minimum wage — change the rate to your own.
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Nebraska Overtime Calculator — Your Week Under Nebraska Rules

How It Works — The Nebraska Rule

Nebraska follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rule and nothing stricter for most private employers: overtime at one and a half times your regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. The rules below are the ones this calculator applies:

Nebraska minimum wage (2026): $15.00/hour. Applies to employers of 4 or more employees. Source for overtime rules: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime. Source for the minimum wage: US Department of Labor, State Minimum Wage Laws table. Last verified: November 2026.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How does overtime work in Nebraska?

Nebraska follows the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rule and nothing stricter for most private employers: overtime at one and a half times your regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. Premium hours are paid at 1.5× your regular rate, and an hour is never paid at two premiums at once.

What is the minimum wage in Nebraska in 2026?

The 2026 Nebraska minimum wage is $15.00 per hour for most workers. Applies to employers of 4 or more employees.

How much is 45 hours at the Nebraska minimum wage?

Five 9-hour days at $15.00: 40.00 regular hours ($600.00) plus 5.00 overtime hours at $22.50 ($112.50) = $712.50 gross before taxes.

Does Nebraska require overtime after 8 hours in a day?

No. Nebraska has no daily overtime requirement for most private employers, so a single long day is paid at your regular rate unless it pushes the workweek past 40 hours. Daily overtime is rare in the US — only a handful of states, including California, Alaska, Colorado, Nevada and Oregon, have a version of it.

Can my employer average my hours over a two-week pay period?

No. Overtime is calculated per workweek, not per pay period. A 50-hour week followed by a 30-hour week is still 10 hours of overtime in week one, even when one paycheck covers both weeks.

How it works — the formula

The formula: Score the week, not the day. Add up the paid hours in the workweek; the first 40 are regular and everything beyond is overtime. Gross = (regular hours × rate) + (overtime hours × rate × 1.5).

Worked example

Five 9-hour days (45 hours) at the Nebraska minimum wage of $15.00/hour. No day crosses a daily threshold, because there is none — the split is purely weekly: the first 40 hours are regular and the last 5 are overtime: 45:00 hours — 40:00 regular and 5:00 overtime — for a gross of $712.50 ($600.00 regular + $112.50 overtime). Change the rate or the day hours above and the same split is recalculated instantly.

Frequently asked questions

Why didn't my 12-hour day produce any overtime?

Because the rule is weekly. Twelve hours in a day is regular time if the workweek ends at 40 hours or less; the premium starts only when the week's total passes 40. States with daily overtime are the exception, not the norm.

What changes if my break is paid?

Paid break minutes stay in your paid time instead of coming off the shift. That can move a day or a week across a threshold: a 9:00-to-6:30 shift with a paid 30-minute break holds 9.5 paid hours, not 9.

Disclaimer: Estimates only — not payroll or legal advice. Your employer's payroll rules and state law control your actual pay. Figures are rounded for display; your pay stub and payroll department are the official record.

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