Florida does not add a daily overtime statute on top of the Fair Labor Standards Act. For a non-exempt hourly job, overtime starts after 40 hours in one workweek. How those hours sat on Monday versus Thursday does not change the federal math.
At $18/hour and 48 hours:
- Straight 40 × $18 = $720
- Overtime 8 × $27 = $216
- Week = $936
- Straight 48 × $18 would have been $864. The extra $72 is the time-and-a-half.
That is the live FLSA overtime calculator.
The same 48 hours as four 12-hour days in California pay $1,008, because Labor Code § 510 also looks at each day. Florida does not.
More United States paycheck and overtime tools live on the United States calculators hub.
Both overtime tools stop at weekly gross. They do not withhold FIT or FICA. Overtime dollars are still wages. Employee FICA (6.2% up to the $184,500 2026 Social Security wage base, plus 1.45% Medicare) applies the same way as on straight time (Topic 751). This page does not invent a Florida income-tax rate.
Direct answer: $18 × 48 → $936
- Hours over 40 = 8
- Overtime rate = $18 × 1.5 = $27
- Regular pay = 40 × $18 = $720
- Overtime pay = 8 × $27 = $216
- Weekly total = $936
overtime hours = max(0, hours in the workweek − 40)
weekly total = (straight hours × rate) + (OT hours × 1.5 × rate)
Florida vs California on the same 48 hours
| Rule | How the 48 hours sit | Week |
|---|---|---|
| Florida / FLSA | Any 48 hours in one week | $936 |
| Straight time (no OT) | 48 × $18 | $864 |
| California daily OT | Four 12-hour days | $1,008 |
The California gap is $72 above Florida on that clustered week (32 straight + 16 at 1.5×). Run it on the California overtime calculator. Four 12-hour days at $20 are the older CA vs FLSA note.
What Florida still is not
- A daily 8-hour trigger. Six 8-hour days are still 48 hours, so Florida still pays the same $936. The extra eight hours are weekly, not daily.
- A salaried exemption test. Being paid a salary does not by itself turn overtime off. That is a classification question, not this engine.
- Two jobs added together. Each employer counts only its own hours.
Salary vs hourly at a different rate: $25 × 50 hours → $1,375.
Not under the federal FLSA tool this site ships. Florida does not overlay California's 8 / 12 / seventh-day statute. Confirm your contract and any local rule. This page is weekly-40 only.
Because 8 hours sit over 40. Those hours pay $27, not $18. 8 × $9 extra = $72.
California pays $1,008 at $18. Florida still pays $936. The difference is the daily statute, not a tax.