Georgia Overtime Calculator and Time Tracking Rules
Overtime in Georgia is time and a half after 40 hours in a week. Georgia follows the federal minimum wage. 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 Georgia, two questions come up every payroll: how much do you owe once someone crosses into overtime, and are you following the state's rules. Georgia uses the federal 40-hour rule, so any hour past 40 in a workweek is paid at 1.5 times the regular rate. Effectively $7. This page gives you a free Georgia 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 Georgia overtime calculator
Enter the hours someone worked in a week and their pay rate to see the regular and overtime split. The math follows Georgia rules: time and a half after 40 hours, with no daily overtime.
Georgia overtime calculator
$
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. Georgia follows the federal rule and has no daily overtime, so hours over 8 in a day do not trigger overtime on their own.
Georgia minimum wage: Effectively $7.
Estimate only, for planning. Confirm current figures with the Georgia labor department. This is not legal or payroll advice.
Georgia wage and hour rules
Here is the short version of the rules an hourly Georgia 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
Effectively $7.25/hr (federal FLSA rate, unchanged since July 24, 2009). Georgia's own statutory minimum is $5.15/hr, but the federal $7.25 preempts it for all FLSA-covered employers, which includes essentially all field/construction workers. The $5.15 state rate applies only to the few employers not covered by the FLSA (e.g., very small, non-covered businesses). No local minimum wages, Georgia law preempts city/county wage ordinances. No 2026 increase.
Overtime
1.5x the regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek (follows federal FLSA). Georgia has no separate state overtime statute; overtime is governed and enforced federally by the US DOL Wage and Hour Division.
Daily overtime
None. No daily overtime and no double-time. Overtime is weekly only (over 40 hours); working more than 8 hours in a day does not trigger overtime.
Meal break
No state meal-break requirement for adult employees. Neither Georgia law nor the FLSA mandates meal periods. (Under the FLSA, if a bona fide meal period of typically 30+ minutes is given and the worker is fully relieved of duty, it may be unpaid.)
Rest break
No state rest-break requirement for adult employees. (Under the FLSA, if an employer chooses to give short breaks of 5-20 minutes, they must be paid.) Separately, Georgia and federal law require reasonable unpaid lactation break time and a private, non-restroom space for nursing employees.
Final paycheck
Next regular payday. Georgia has no specific final-paycheck statute; earned wages for the last pay period are due on the next scheduled payday whether the employee quits or is terminated. Accrued unused vacation need not be paid out unless required by contract or company policy.
Georgia wage and hour rules for hourly workers, as researched for 2026.
Confirm before you rely on these
Rates confirmed current as of July 2026. Georgia's minimum wage has no scheduled January 1 or July 1 change, the federal $7.25/hr has been static since 2009 and the state $5.15/hr since 2001. For hourly field/construction workers, treat $7.25/hr as the operative floor since such employers are virtually always FLSA-covered. The US DOL meal-break table (dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/meal-breaks) returned HTTP 403 and could not be fetched, but the no-break finding is confirmed directly on the Georgia DOL "Breaks and Meals" page. This is general information, not legal or payroll advice. Check the Georgia 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 Georgia weekly-40 rule, so you are not doing this math by hand every Friday.
Export payroll-ready files for QuickBooks, Gusto, ADP, and Paychex when the week is done.
You can see the plans on the pricing page, or start a free trial. It is 14 days free, no credit card to start, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.