Connecticut Overtime Calculator and Time Tracking Rules
Overtime in Connecticut is time and a half after 40 hours in a week. $16. Use the free calculator below, check the state's wage and hour rules, and see how Clox tracks the hours behind them.
State guides
If you run an hourly crew in Connecticut, two questions come up every payroll: how much do you owe once someone crosses into overtime, and are you following the state's rules. Connecticut uses the federal 40-hour rule, so any hour past 40 in a workweek is paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. $16. This page gives you a free Connecticut overtime calculator, a plain summary of the state's wage and hour rules, and a look at how Clox tracks the hours behind those numbers.
Free Connecticut overtime calculator
Enter the hours someone worked in a week and their pay rate to see the regular and overtime split. The math follows Connecticut rules: time and a half after 40 hours, with no daily overtime.
Connecticut overtime calculator
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Regular pay (40 hrs × $20.00)$800.00
Overtime pay (5 hrs × 1.5 × $20.00)$150.00
Gross pay this week$950.00
Overtime is 1.5 times the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek. Connecticut follows the federal rule and has no daily overtime, so hours over 8 in a day do not trigger overtime on their own.
Connecticut minimum wage: $16.
Estimate only, for planning. Confirm current figures with the Connecticut labor department. This is not legal or payroll advice.
Connecticut wage and hour rules
Here is the short version of the rules an hourly Connecticut employer runs into. Each figure has a source below, and the rules change over time, so confirm anything you rely on with the state.
Rule
What it says
Minimum wage
$16.94/hr (effective Jan 1, 2026), up from $16.35. Single statewide rate, no local or employer-size variants. Indexed annually to the federal employment cost index under P.A. 19-4.
Overtime
1.5x the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek (aligns with federal FLSA; Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-76c). Each workweek stands alone; hours cannot be averaged across weeks.
Daily overtime
None. No daily overtime or double-time; overtime is weekly only. CTDOL: "No requirement to pay overtime on a daily basis, weekends, or holidays except by agreement."
Meal break
30-minute meal period required for employees working 7.5+ consecutive hours, taken after the first 2 hours and before the last 2 hours (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51ii). May be unpaid if the employee is fully relieved of duty. Statutory exemptions apply (e.g., fewer than 5 employees on a shift, continuous/single-employee operations, public-safety situations).
Rest break
No state rest-break requirement for adults. Connecticut law does not mandate paid or unpaid short rest breaks; only the 30-minute meal period is required.
Final paycheck
If discharged/laid off by the employer: by the next business day after termination. If the employee quits/resigns: by the next regular payday (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-71c).
Connecticut wage and hour rules for hourly workers, as researched for 2026.
Confirm before you rely on these
Minimum wage of $16.94/hr confirmed via Governor Lamont's Sept 2025 official press release and CTDOL; effective Jan 1, 2026. CT indexes its minimum wage to the federal employment cost index annually (announced by Oct 15, effective the following Jan 1), so a further increase is likely on Jan 1, 2027 but is not yet set. No mid-year (July) change applies for 2026. The § 31-76c overtime citation and the § 31-71c / § 31-51ii statute references are from CTDOL and legal-reference sources; exact statute numbers were cross-checked but the CTDOL wage-and-hour page itself does not print the numeric wage rate. This is general information, not legal or payroll advice. Check the Connecticut labor department for the current rules, and talk to a professional for your situation.
A calculator is only as good as the hours you feed it. Clox is time tracking built for field and trade crews, so the hours behind these numbers are captured accurately in the first place, then the overtime is figured for you.
Your crew clocks in with one tap on their phone, and it works offline, so a dead zone on the job does not lose a punch.
Lock clock-in to a geofenced worksite so a punch has to happen on site. It is a strong deterrent, not a foolproof guarantee, because the location comes from the phone.
Overtime is calculated automatically on the Connecticut weekly-40 rule, so you are not doing this math by hand every Friday.
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