Overtime Pay Calculator — Ohio (2026)
Overtime in Ohio starts with the federal FLSA floor: 1.5× your regular rate for every hour beyond 40 in a workweek. Some states add daily overtime or double-time rules on top. This calculator shows gross overtime pay and what survives federal, FICA and Ohio taxation in 2026. Ohio uses a progressive income tax with 3 brackets running from 0.00% up to 3.50%, applied after a state standard deduction of $0.
Ohio Overtime Pay Calculator
Your base pay per hour.
Hours beyond 40 in the workweek.
Overtime rules that apply in Ohio
Ohio follows the federal weekly standard: overtime is owed after 40 hours in a workweek, with no general daily overtime requirement.
The "regular rate" is not just your base hourly wage — non-discretionary bonuses, shift differentials and commissions must be folded in before multiplying by 1.5, which raises the true overtime rate for many manufacturing workers around Columbus.
Is overtime taxed more in Ohio?
No — overtime is ordinary wages. It can feel over-taxed because per-period withholding tables annualize a big check as if every week looked like that, temporarily withholding at a higher rate that you recover at filing.
The Ohio layer applies to overtime exactly as to base pay, at rates up to 3.50%.
Exempt vs non-exempt in Ohio
Salaried does not mean exempt. To be exempt from overtime a worker must clear both a salary threshold and a duties test; misclassification is one of the most common wage claims filed in Ohio.
Cost of living in Ohio sits 8% below the national average (index 92), median household income is $67,769, and a one-bedroom apartment in Columbus rents for roughly $1,250 a month.
Local and payroll taxes Ohio adds on top
Nearly 600 Ohio municipalities levy an income tax of 1%–3%, withheld where you work and sometimes where you live. That deduction sits outside the federal and state income tax lines, so build it into your own budget on top of the numbers above.
Most Ohio cities charge a municipal income tax of 1%–3% (Columbus 2.5%, Cleveland 2.5%, Cincinnati 1.8%). RITA or CCA collects these.
Overtime hours carry exactly the same local withholding as regular Ohio hours; the extra pay is taxed at your marginal rates, not at a special penalty rate, even though the deduction line looks bigger.
Working across a state line from Ohio
Ohio holds income-tax reciprocity agreements with Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. If you commute between them, your wages are taxed only by your state of residence — file the exemption certificate with your employer so the wrong state is not withheld from every paycheck.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Columbus resident spending part of the year at a client site in Michigan may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your Ohio tax bill
Ohio charges a 5.75% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 1.53% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $10.95 an hour.
County taxes push most combined rates to 7.0%–8.0%.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. Ohio recovers revenue through sales and property tax as well, which is why headline income tax rates alone are a poor guide to how far a salary really goes. Ohio exempts Social Security and offers a retirement income credit plus senior credit on other distributions.
Ohio vs Michigan on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $60,246 a year in Ohio against roughly $58,405 in Michigan — a difference of $1,841, or $153 a month.
Effective combined rates are 19.7% in Ohio and 22.1% in Michigan. Set that gap against living costs: index 92 here versus 91 there, with property tax at 1.53% and 1.38% respectively.
Ohio income tax brackets 2026 (single filer)
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 – $26,050 | 0.00% |
| $26,050 – $100,000 | 2.75% |
| $100,000 and up | 3.50% |