Overtime Pay Calculator — Utah (2026)
Overtime in Utah 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 Utah taxation in 2026. Utah uses a flat personal income tax of 4.55% applied to taxable income after a state standard deduction of $0.
Utah Overtime Pay Calculator
Your base pay per hour.
Hours beyond 40 in the workweek.
Overtime rules that apply in Utah
Utah 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 tech (Silicon Slopes) workers around Salt Lake City.
Is overtime taxed more in Utah?
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 Utah layer applies to overtime exactly as to base pay, at rates up to 4.55%.
Exempt vs non-exempt in Utah
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 Utah.
Cost of living in Utah sits 3% above the national average (index 103), median household income is $89,168, and a one-bedroom apartment in Salt Lake City rents for roughly $1,450 a month.
Local and payroll taxes Utah adds on top
Utah adds no state-mandated employee payroll deduction beyond FICA, so nothing extra is taken from your gross pay at the state level.
Utah has no separate city or county income tax, so the state figure above is the full sub-federal income tax you pay.
Overtime hours carry exactly the same local withholding as regular Utah 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 Utah
Utah has no income-tax reciprocity agreements, so if you live here and work across a state line you generally file a nonresident return in the work state and claim a credit at home to avoid double taxation.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Salt Lake City resident spending part of the year at a client site in Nevada may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your Utah tax bill
Utah charges a 6.1% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 0.57% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $7.25 an hour.
Combined state and local rates average about 7.25%.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. Utah 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. Utah taxes retirement income at the flat rate but offers a retirement credit that offsets much of the tax on Social Security.
Utah vs Nevada on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $58,180 a year in Utah against roughly $61,593 in Nevada — a difference of $3,413, or $284 a month.
Effective combined rates are 22.4% in Utah and 17.9% in Nevada. Set that gap against living costs: index 103 here versus 102 there, with property tax at 0.57% and 0.55% respectively.
Utah income tax brackets 2026 (single filer)
| Taxable income | Rate |
|---|---|
| $0 and up | 4.55% |