Overtime pay in Nebraska for 2026 — the weekly rule, and whether the state adds anything to it, worked out on your rate, your days and your hours, from the official DOL and state sources. The federal comparison is on the page, and so is the line between overtime pay and the overtime tax deduction.
Gross pay before tax. For take-home on the same hours, use the Nebraska hourly pay after tax calculator.
40 regular hours · 5 at time-and-a-half. Federal rules alone would pay the same $1,188 for this schedule — Nebraska adds no premium on top for these hours.
Each bar is one piece of the week's pay at the rate above. Premium hours are never counted twice: an hour paid at a daily premium does not also count toward the weekly threshold.
| Hours | Count | Rate | Pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular hours | 40 | $25.00 | $1,000 |
| Time-and-a-half hours | 5 | $37.50 | $188 |
| Total | 45 | — | $1,188 |
The default week: $25 an hour, 5 days of 9 hours = 45 hours. Nebraska's rules split it into 40 regular hours ($1,000), 5 hours at time-and-a-half ($188) — a week of $1,188. Straight time for 45 hours would be $1,125, so the overtime premium in the week is $63.
Under federal rules alone the same schedule pays $1,188, and Nebraska adds nothing on top for this schedule. Change the days or the hours per day above and watch the split move: the premium follows the weekly total wherever the daily rules do not reach further.
The rules behind the split — including the one about taxes that most overtime pages get wrong.
No separate premium-pay (overtime) provision is listed for this state in the U.S. Department of Labor (WHD) State Minimum Wage Laws table; FLSA-covered workers get federal 1.5x after 40 hours/week. State minimum wage applies to employers of 4 or more employees.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division.
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered, non-exempt employees to be paid at least 1.5 times their regular rate for every hour over 40 in a single workweek — hours cannot be averaged across weeks or pay periods. The regular rate includes shift differentials and most bonuses, not just the base wage. Where a state rule pays more for the same hours, the higher (state) figure is the one owed.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division — FLSA overtime provisions.
The 2025–2028 federal "no tax on overtime" deduction counts only the premium half of FLSA overtime — the extra 0.5× on hours over 40 in a week — up to $12,500 ($25,000 joint), with a phase-out from $150,000 of modified AGI. The deduction is about the pay this page calculates, but it is a separate computation: see the overtime tax deduction calculator for caps, phase-outs and the Schedule 1-A mechanics.
Source: IRS FS-2026-01 — new deduction for qualified overtime compensation.
No separate premium-pay (overtime) provision is listed for this state in the U.S. Department of Labor (WHD) State Minimum Wage Laws table; FLSA-covered workers get federal 1.5x after 40 hours/week. State minimum wage applies to employers of 4 or more employees. This calculator applies exactly that to a uniform schedule: enter your rate, the days you work and the hours per day, and it splits the week into regular, time-and-a-half hours with no double-counting between daily and weekly rules.
At $25 an hour, a single 12-hour day in Nebraska pays $300 — all 12 hours at the regular rate. Nebraska has no general daily overtime rule, and the federal FLSA counts overtime by the week, not the day: the premium only starts once the week's hours pass 40. A long day early in the week is straight time unless the week as a whole crosses 40.
No — Nebraska has no general daily overtime rule, so a long day is paid at the regular rate until the week's total passes 40 hours. The federal rule is weekly only.
Only partly, and only the FLSA part: the 2025–2028 deduction covers the premium half of overtime required by the FLSA (hours over 40 in a week), up to $12,500 per return ($25,000 joint), phasing out from $150,000 of modified AGI ($300,000 joint). See the overtime tax deduction calculator for the full computation.
Only if they are non-exempt. The FLSA exemptions (executive, administrative, professional, outside sales and certain computer employees) turn on both duties and pay: the standard federal salary threshold is $684 a week, and the duties tests must also be met. A salary alone does not remove overtime rights — misclassification is one of the most common wage claims. This calculator assumes non-exempt hourly work.
Nebraska overtime pay calculator for 2026: weekly and overtime at 1.5× under Nebraska rules and the federal FLSA — enter your rate, days and hours for your exact week pay.
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What overtime really pays in Nebraska in 2026: the federal 40-hour rule, applied to your rate, days and hours, with the premium split shown hour by hour and the federal comparison alongside.
At $25 an hour on a 5 × 9-hour schedule, a week in Nebraska pays $1,188 in 2026 — $63 of it overtime premium.
The rules are applied the way payroll applies them: daily premiums first where the state has them, the weekly threshold on the hours not already paid at a premium, and double time where the state requires it — never the same hour counted twice.
Time-and-a-half — 1.5× the regular rate — after 40 hours in a workweek. The regular rate includes differentials and most bonuses, not just base pay.
There is no general daily rule to apply in Nebraska; the calculator flags the special cases (such as Oregon manufacturing) rather than applying them.
The pay itself is ordinary wages. Separately, the 2025–2028 federal deduction covers the FLSA-required premium half, subject to caps — a different computation, on the overtime tax deduction calculator.
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