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Tennessee Overtime Calculator
Tennessee has no minimum wage or overtime statute and no tax on wage income. Overtime in Tennessee is exactly the federal rule: time and a half for every hour past 40 in the workweek.
Tennessee workweek
Bonus, shift pay & state options
$1,252.90
50 h worked · 10 h at 1.5×
| Straight-time pay (all hours + bonus) | $1,139.00 |
|---|---|
| Overtime premium at 1.5× | $113.90 |
| Double-time premium at 2× | $0.00 |
| Total for the week | $1,252.90 |
Your no-tax-on-overtime deduction
Tennessee has no income tax on wages — overtime is untaxed by the state.
Who to call
Tennessee’s Department of Labor and Workforce Development handles complaints about its own programs and points workers to the agencies that cover other job issues. For unpaid overtime, that agency is the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
Tax: only the federal side
With no income tax on wages, Tennessee leaves nothing to deduct at the state level. If your employer reports qualified overtime in W-2 box 12 code TT, the full value of the break shows up on your federal return.
Example week
Tennessee’s median wage of $22.78 an hour over a 50-hour week:
| 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
| Now | Next |
|---|---|
| 7.25 | — |