Delaware Overtime Calculator and Time Tracking Rules
Overtime in Delaware is time and a half after 40 hours in a week. $15. 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 Delaware, two questions come up every payroll: how much do you owe once someone crosses into overtime, and are you following the state's rules. Delaware uses the federal 40-hour rule, so any hour past 40 in a workweek is paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. $15. This page gives you a free Delaware 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 Delaware overtime calculator
Enter the hours someone worked in a week and their pay rate to see the regular and overtime split. The math follows Delaware rules: time and a half after 40 hours, with no daily overtime.
Delaware 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. Delaware follows the federal rule and has no daily overtime, so hours over 8 in a day do not trigger overtime on their own.
Delaware minimum wage: $15.
Estimate only, for planning. Confirm current figures with the Delaware labor department. This is not legal or payroll advice.
Delaware wage and hour rules
Here is the short version of the rules an hourly Delaware 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
$15.00/hr (reached January 1, 2025; unchanged for 2026). No local or employer-size variants, one statewide rate. Tipped cash wage: $2.23/hr (tips must bring total to at least $15.00/hr). No 2026 increase is scheduled.
Overtime
1.5x the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek. Delaware has no state overtime statute; it follows the federal FLSA weekly-40 standard.
Daily overtime
None. No daily overtime and no double-time; overtime is weekly only (after 40 hours).
Meal break
30-minute unpaid meal break required for employees who work 7.5 or more consecutive hours, given after the first 2 hours and before the last 2 hours of the shift (Del. Code tit. 19 §707). Exemptions apply (e.g., fewer than 5 employees on a shift at one location, sole employee who can do the job, CBA/written agreement, certain certified professionals, public-safety cases).
Rest break
No state rest-break requirement for adults. Delaware law does not mandate paid rest breaks; if an employer voluntarily offers short breaks of 5-20 minutes, federal rules require they be paid.
Final paycheck
Next regularly scheduled payday. Wages of a separated employee (quit, discharged, suspended, or laid off) are due by the next regular payday as if employment had continued (Del. Code tit. 19 §1103). Unreasonable delay exposes the employer to liquidated damages of 10% of unpaid wages per day.
Delaware wage and hour rules for hourly workers, as researched for 2026.
Confirm before you rely on these
Figures reflect law in effect as of July 2026. Delaware's $15.00/hr minimum wage reached its scheduled ceiling on Jan 1, 2025 and has no further statutory increase scheduled, so it is unchanged for 2026 (no Jan 1 or Jul 1 2026 bump). The tipped cash wage remains $2.23/hr. The US DOL meal-break table returned an access error on direct fetch; the 30-min/7.5-hour meal rule (§707) and its exemptions were confirmed via the DOL search summary and the Delaware DOL meal-breaks page. The §1103 final-paycheck timing is confirmed via Justia's reproduction of the statute (the delcode.delaware.gov and justia direct-section fetches returned 403, but the statutory text was captured in search results). This is general information, not legal or payroll advice. Check the Delaware 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 Delaware weekly-40 rule, so you are not doing this math by hand every Friday.
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