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Some salaried employees are able to get time and a half overtime pay. Although it requires additional work, for some, it’s a nice way to increase income.

The U.S. federal government stipulates that one of two conditions must be met in order for a salaried employee to receive overtime.

First, they must make less than $35,568 per year. This comes out to about $684 per week or $17.10 per hour with a 40-hour weekly schedule.

Or, they must work in a job that is not exempt. As the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) indicates, this mostly applies to blue-collar workers and first responders, such as police, firefighters, and paramedics.^[1] The list of exemptions is detailed in the next section.

If the employee is salaried and their annual income is less than the thresholds listed above, or they work in a job that does not fall under one of the exemptions, they will be entitled to overtime pay for any hour worked above the normal 40-hour-a-week schedule.

Overtime Exemptions

There are exemptions that the FLSA gives in which salaried employees are not eligible for overtime pay. These include:

• Executive exemption
• Administrative exemption
• Professional exemption
• Computer Employee exemption
• Outside Sales exemption
• Highly Compensated exemption

Read the FLSA fact sheet^[1] to learn more about each of these exemptions and if they apply to you.

If you are a salaried employee, make more than $684 per week, and are included in one of these exemptions, then you will most likely not be eligible for overtime pay. Check with your employer to see whether you are an exempt or non-exempt employee.

You can calculate your salary using our hourly wage to salary calculator.

The U.S. Federal Government does not require time and a half or double pay for work on holidays unless overtime hours are worked on such days. However, each employer differs and may offer overtime pay on a company or federal holiday.^[2]

In general, overtime pay does not stack on top of holiday pay because an employee would be paid for the holiday whether they worked or not. Therefore, holiday pay hours are excluded in the number of hours worked per week, and an employee would still need to work more than 40 hours in that week to receive overtime pay.

Time and a half overtime pay is calculated on any hours worked over 40 per week. Therefore, if an employee is a not exempt salaried employee or an hourly wage employee, they would be eligible for time and a half overtime pay.

Commission pay does not earn time and a half pay for overtime, however, an employee who is paid an hourly wage plus commission would be eligible for 1.5 times their hourly wage for any hours worked over 40 in a week.