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Your state's rules on pay, overtime, your last paycheck and unused vacation, worked out for you in plain words.

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What is my pay this week?Your hours and rate, with any overtime added What is the minimum wage in my state?Today and the next planned raise When is my last paycheck due?The exact date after you quit or are let go What is my unused vacation worth?And whether your state says they must pay it What is my overtime rate?Time and a half and double time on your rate How much of my overtime is tax-free?The new federal break for 2025 to 2028

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What you earn per hour ($)

Before tax. It is on your pay stub.

Your work week starts on

Your pay stub or payroll knows. Most use Sunday or Monday.

Hours you worked each day

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Type 8.5 or 8:30 for eight and a half hours. Do not count unpaid lunch breaks.

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Your pay for the week from your hours and rate, with overtime added the way the state labor office counts it when it applies.

All 50 states and DC, checked again every January and July when rules change.

Free, no sign-up, no lawyer needed. Your result has a link you can show your boss or payroll.

How much is your unused vacation worth?

Leaving a job with vacation days you never took? In 14 states the law says they are owed to you when you leave (a few let a written policy limit that), and in the rest it depends on your employer's written policy. We have filled in an example of 5 days at $25 an hour. Change the numbers to see yours.

See the vacation payout rule in every state

Minimum wage by state, 2026 and 2027

15 states have an increase scheduled. Pick yours for the rate, the tipped wage and the overtime rule.

ALAlabama$7.25 AKAlaska$14.00, then $15.00 AZArizona$15.15, then $15.65 ARArkansas$11.00 CACalifornia$16.90, then $17.40 COColorado$15.16, then $15.71 CTConnecticut$16.94, then $17.48 DEDelaware$15.00 DCDistrict of Columbia$18.40 FLFlorida$15.00 GAGeorgia$7.25 HIHawaii$16.00, then $18.00 IDIdaho$7.25 ILIllinois$15.00 INIndiana$7.25 IAIowa$7.25 KSKansas$7.25 KYKentucky$7.25 LALouisiana$7.25 MEMaine$15.10, then $15.70 MDMaryland$15.00 MAMassachusetts$15.00 MIMichigan$13.73, then $15.00 MNMinnesota$11.41, then $11.87 MSMississippi$7.25 MOMissouri$15.00 MTMontana$10.85 NENebraska$15.00 NVNevada$12.00 NHNew Hampshire$7.25 NJNew Jersey$15.92, then $16.48 NMNew Mexico$12.00 NYNew York$17.00 NCNorth Carolina$7.25 NDNorth Dakota$7.25 OHOhio$11.00, then $11.40 OKOklahoma$7.25 OROregon$15.55 PAPennsylvania$7.25 RIRhode Island$16.00, then $17.00 SCSouth Carolina$7.25 SDSouth Dakota$11.85, then $12.30 TNTennessee$7.25 TXTexas$7.25 UTUtah$7.25 VTVermont$14.42 VAVirginia$12.77, then $13.75 WAWashington$17.13, then $17.73 WVWest Virginia$8.75 WIWisconsin$7.25 WYWyoming$7.25

Calculators

Pay calculatorYour pay for the week from your hours and rate. Any overtime is added for you under your state's rules.

California overtime calculatorLong days, long weeks and the seventh-day rule, all handled.

Time and a half calculatorYour overtime rate and pay, in two seconds.

Double time calculatorTwice your rate, and whether the law actually gives it to you.

True hourly rate calculatorOvertime when you also got a bonus, commission or two pay rates.

Holiday pay calculatorWhat working a holiday pays under your employer's policy.

No tax on overtime calculatorHow much of your overtime is tax-free in 2025 to 2028, and what it saves you.

Last paycheck date calculatorThe day your final check is due after being fired or quitting.

Unused vacation payout calculatorWhat your unused days are worth and what tax comes out.

PTO per paycheck calculatorHow much paid time off you build up each pay period.

Hourly to salary calculatorHourly rate to yearly pay and back again.

Minimum wage lookupThe lowest pay allowed in your state, now and next year.

Law tables

Overtime laws by stateDaily thresholds, double time, seventh-day rules

Final paycheck laws by stateDeadlines when fired or quit, and penalties

PTO payout laws by stateWhere unused vacation must be paid out

Tipped minimum wage by stateCash wage and tip credit

Why you can trust these numbers

Every rule shows where it comes from

The law itself or the state labor office page, linked right next to the rule, with the date we read it.

We tell you when things change

Planned increases are shown before they happen and marked as coming. See what changed and when.

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