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Georgia overtime 2026: $20 × 52 hours pays $1,160, not $1,040

Georgia follows the federal FLSA weekly-40 rule, not California daily overtime. At $20/hour, 52 hours = $1,160 (12 hours at $30). The same 52 hours as four 13-hour days in California pay $1,280.

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Georgia 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 Tuesday versus Saturday does not change the federal math.

At $20/hour and 52 hours:

  • Straight 40 × $20 = $800
  • Overtime 12 × $30 = $360
  • Week = $1,160
  • Straight 52 × $20 would have been $1,040. The extra $120 is the time-and-a-half.

That is the live FLSA overtime calculator.

The same 52 hours as four 13-hour days in California pay $1,280, because Labor Code § 510 also looks at each day and pays double after 12. Georgia does not.

Florida leftover used a different rate and week: $18 × 48 hours → $936. Texas leftover: $22 × 45 hours → $1,045. Nevada leftover: $16 × 44 hours → $736. Same statute. Different stub.

More United States paycheck and overtime tools live on the United States calculators hub.

Gross wages, not take-home

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 Georgia income-tax rate.

Direct answer: $20 × 52 → $1,160

  1. Hours over 40 = 12
  2. Overtime rate = $20 × 1.5 = $30
  3. Regular pay = 40 × $20 = $800
  4. Overtime pay = 12 × $30 = $360
  5. Weekly total = $1,160
FLSA weekly-40 (29 U.S.C. § 207(a)(1))

overtime hours = max(0, hours in the workweek − 40)

weekly total = (straight hours × rate) + (OT hours × 1.5 × rate)

Georgia vs California on the same 52 hours

RuleHow the 52 hours sitWeek
Georgia / FLSAAny 52 hours in one week$1,160
Straight time (no OT)52 × $20$1,040
Four 13-hour days (CA daily OT + double)4 × 13$1,280
California 2 × 14 + 3 × 8Two 14-hour days and three 8-hour days$1,200

Four 13-hour days in California add 16 daily overtime hours and 4 double-time hours. That week is $1,280. Pack the same 52 hours into two 14-hour days plus three eights and California still adds double time after 12. That week is $1,200. Georgia still pays $1,160 either way. Run the daily split on the California overtime calculator.

What Georgia still is not

  • A daily 8-hour trigger. Four 13-hour days are still 52 hours, so Georgia still pays the same $1,160. The extra twelve 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. Georgia does not overlay California's 8 / 12 / seventh-day statute. Confirm your contract and any local rule. This page is weekly-40 only.

Because 12 hours sit over 40. Those hours pay $30, not $20. 12 × $10 extra = $120.

California pays $1,280 at $20. Georgia still pays $1,160. The difference is the daily statute, not a tax.

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