Texas Overtime Laws 2026
Texas is a federal-standard state: the 40-hour workweek rule, 1.5× time-and-a-half, and the same $684/week exemption floor as the rest of the country. This guide gives you the go-no-go test for your own job and links to the calculators that turn the rules into a paycheck number.
Go / No-Go: Are You Owed Overtime in Texas?
- Paid hourly in Texas? → You are almost certainly non-exempt. Go: 1.5× after 40 hours/week.
- Salaried under $684/week? → You fail the salary test. Go: you are owed overtime.
- Salaried at/above $684/week? → Check duties. If your real work is mostly routine, manual, or non-managerial, you likely fail the duties test. No-Go on exemption → owed overtime.
- Government employee? → Comp time may substitute for cash OT under FLSA 7(o); private-sector Texans are paid cash.
Texas Overtime Laws (2026)
allmoneycalc.com — planning reference, not legal advice
Texas = federal FLSA standard. OT at 1.5× after 40 hrs/week. No state daily OT. Exempt floor $684/wk ($35,568/yr) AND duties test. Government may use comp time.
Texas vs California
Texas applies only the weekly rule. California adds daily overtime (1.5× after 8 hours, 2× after 12, plus 7th-day rules). If you split time between states or relocate, the stricter state rule can apply to the work performed there — a key reason a single national “overtime” answer is wrong for mobile workers.
Calculate your Texas overtime
- Overtime Pay Calculator (1.5×)
- California Overtime Calculator — for cross-state comparison
- Take-Home Pay Estimator
- Overtime & FLSA Rules by State (full map)
Educational summary of federal FLSA rules as applied in Texas (2026-08), not legal advice. Verify with the Texas Workforce Commission or U.S. DOL Wage & Hour Division.