Overtime Pay Calculator — Washington (2026)
Overtime in Washington 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 state-free taxation in 2026. Washington does not levy a personal state income tax, so the only mandatory withholding on your earnings is federal income tax plus FICA (Social Security and Medicare).
Washington Overtime Pay Calculator
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Hours beyond 40 in the workweek.
Overtime rules that apply in Washington
Washington 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 workers around Seattle.
Is overtime taxed more in Washington?
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.
Since Washington has no income tax, overtime keeps a larger share than in most states — only federal tax and FICA apply.
Exempt vs non-exempt in Washington
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 Washington.
Cost of living in Washington sits 16% above the national average (index 116), median household income is $91,306, and a one-bedroom apartment in Seattle rents for roughly $2,050 a month.
Local and payroll taxes Washington adds on top
Paid Family and Medical Leave takes roughly 0.42% of wages and WA Cares long-term care insurance another 0.58%. That deduction sits outside the federal and state income tax lines, so build it into your own budget on top of the numbers above.
Washington has no income tax on wages, but enacted a 7% capital gains tax (above $262K) in 2022. State sales tax is 6.5% (up to 10.4% locally).
Overtime hours carry exactly the same local withholding as regular Washington 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 Washington
Washington 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 Seattle resident spending part of the year at a client site in Oregon may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your Washington tax bill
Washington charges a 6.5% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 0.94% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $17.13 an hour.
Seattle's combined rate is about 10.35%, among the highest nationwide.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. Washington 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. With no income tax on wages, retirement distributions are untaxed; only capital gains above $270,000 face the 7% excise tax.
Washington vs Oregon on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $61,593 a year in Washington against roughly $55,571 in Oregon — a difference of $6,021, or $502 a month.
Effective combined rates are 17.9% in Washington and 25.9% in Oregon. Set that gap against living costs: index 116 here versus 115 there, with property tax at 0.94% and 0.93% respectively.