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Hawaii Overtime Calculator
Hawaii pays overtime after 40 hours a week and carries a statutory minimum wage schedule — $16.00 since January 2026 and $18.00 from January 1, 2028. Its Legislature switched the federal overtime deduction off for state purposes.
Hawaii workweek
Bonus, shift pay & state options
$1,489.40
50 h worked · 10 h at 1.5×
| Straight-time pay (all hours + bonus) | $1,354.00 |
|---|---|
| Overtime premium at 1.5× | $135.40 |
| Double-time premium at 2× | $0.00 |
| Total for the week | $1,489.40 |
Your no-tax-on-overtime deduction
Hawaii (2026): taxes all overtime — no state deduction.
The $4,000 exemption and domestic workers
Hawaii’s wage and hour law exempts an employee guaranteed $4,000 or more a month, and since Act 248 of 2013 it covers domestic service workers for both minimum wage and overtime. The state law steps aside for FLSA-covered employment only when the federal rate is higher — which it no longer is.
How a Wage Standards complaint starts
The Wage Standards Division begins with a preliminary interview: a specialist decides which of the six laws it enforces applies, whether you are covered or exempt, and whether the complaint is timely. Only then are you given the complaint form to complete and sign.
A schedule set in statute
Hawaii moved from $8.50 in 2016 to $10.10 in 2018, $12.00 in 2022 and $14.00 in 2024, then $16.00 in 2026; the next and final step in the current law is $18.00 on January 1, 2028.
Act 35 and the overtime deduction
For 2025, Hawaii’s income tax conformed to the Internal Revenue Code only as of December 31, 2024 (Act 123), so the overtime deduction did not exist for Hawaii. Act 35 of 2026 moved conformity to December 31, 2025 but lists IRC § 225 among the provisions that are not operative in Hawaii for tax years after 2025.
Example week
Using Hawaii’s $27.08 median wage, a 50-hour week works out as follows.
| Day | Hours | Regular | 1.5× | 2× |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Minimum wage path
| 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | Now | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.50 | 10.10 | 10.10 | 12.00 | 14.00 | 16.00 | 18.00 |