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Pennsylvania overtime 2026: $17 × 47 hours pays $858.50, not $799

Pennsylvania follows the federal FLSA weekly-40 rule, not California daily overtime. At $17/hour, 47 hours = $858.50 (7 hours at $25.50). The same 47 hours as four 11-hour days plus 3 in California pay $901.

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Pennsylvania 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 $17/hour and 47 hours:

  • Straight 40 × $17 = $680
  • Overtime 7 × $25.50 = $178.50
  • Week = $858.50
  • Straight 47 × $17 would have been $799. The extra $59.50 is the time-and-a-half.

That is the live FLSA overtime calculator.

The same 47 hours as four 11-hour days plus 3 in California pay $901, because Labor Code § 510 also looks at each day. Pennsylvania 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. Arizona leftover: $21 × 43 hours → $934.50. Ohio leftover: $19 × 46 hours → $931. 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 Pennsylvania income-tax rate.

Direct answer: $17 × 47 → $858.50

  1. Hours over 40 = 7
  2. Overtime rate = $17 × 1.5 = $25.50
  3. Regular pay = 40 × $17 = $680
  4. Overtime pay = 7 × $25.50 = $178.50
  5. Weekly total = $858.50
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)

Pennsylvania vs California on the same 47 hours

RuleHow the 47 hours sitWeek
Pennsylvania / FLSAAny 47 hours in one week$858.50
Straight time (no OT)47 × $17$799
Four 11-hour days plus 3 (CA daily OT)4 × 11 + 3$901
Four 10-hour days plus 7 (CA daily OT)4 × 10 + 7$867
California 3 × 13 + 8Three 13-hour days, then an 8$952

Four 11-hour days plus a 3-hour day in California add 12 daily overtime hours (3 per 11-hour day). That week is $901. Pack the same 47 hours into three 13-hour days plus an 8 and California adds double time after 12. That week is $952. Pennsylvania still pays $858.50 either way. Run the daily split on the California overtime calculator.

What Pennsylvania still is not

  • A daily 8-hour trigger. Four 11-hour days plus 3 are still 47 hours, so Pennsylvania still pays the same $858.50. The extra seven 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.
  • A Pennsylvania withholding page. Pennsylvania has state income tax. This tool does not price it.

Salary vs hourly at a different rate: $25 × 50 hours → $1,375. Hourly take-home at $20 × 40: $800 leaves $664.88.

Not under the federal FLSA tool this site ships. Pennsylvania does not overlay California's 8 / 12 / seventh-day statute. Confirm your contract and any local rule. This page is weekly-40 only.

Because 7 hours sit over 40. Those hours pay $25.50, not $17. 7 × $8.50 extra = $59.50.

California pays $901 at $17. Pennsylvania still pays $858.50. The difference is the daily statute, not a tax.

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