Calculate Kentucky overtime pay at time-and-a-half, including the seventh-consecutive-day rule that has no federal equivalent, then see take-home after tax.
Kentucky follows the federal FLSA rule of time-and-a-half for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek, and has no daily overtime threshold. Kentucky adds one rule the FLSA does not have: under KRS 337.050, an employee who works all seven days of a workweek must be paid time-and-a-half for the hours worked on that seventh day, even if the week totals fewer than 40 hours. An employer may credit that seventh-day premium against overtime already owed for hours over 40, so the two do not stack.
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Kentucky has no daily overtime rule - the trigger is more than 40 hours in a workweek, not more than 8 in a day.
KRS 337.050 requires time-and-a-half on the seventh consecutive day of a workweek, which federal law does not.
The seventh-day premium can be credited against overtime already owed for the same week, so an employer does not pay both.
Overtime is ordinary wages: Kentucky's 3.5% flat tax, FICA, and the local occupational tax all apply to it at the normal rates.
1Switch the calculator to Hourly and enter your base hourly rate.
2Enter regular hours (up to 40) and overtime hours separately - overtime is multiplied by 1.5 for you.
3Select your Kentucky city so the local occupational tax is withheld on the overtime as well as the base pay.
4If you worked all seven days of the week, check that the seventh day was paid at 1.5x or credited against your over-40 overtime.
No. Kentucky has no daily overtime threshold. Overtime is owed for hours worked beyond 40 in a single workweek, matching the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. A 10-hour day followed by a 6-hour day is 16 straight-time hours, not 2 hours of overtime.
KRS 337.050 says an employer who permits an employee to work seven days in one workweek must pay time-and-a-half for the hours worked on the seventh day. This applies even if the week totals fewer than 40 hours, which is why it is genuinely broader than the federal rule. The statute exempts certain roles, including stenographers, bookkeepers, and technical assistants to licensed professionals, and telephone exchanges with fewer than 500 subscribers.
No. Overtime is regular wages, taxed at Kentucky's 3.5% flat rate like any other pay. A bigger paycheck can push more of that single check into a higher federal withholding bracket, so the withholding percentage looks higher, but the annual tax is reconciled on your return. Local occupational tax applies to overtime at the same city rate as base pay.
Generally no. KRS 337.050 lets an employer credit the seventh-day time-and-a-half against the overtime it already owes for hours worked beyond 40 that week. You are entitled to the greater of the two, not the sum.