California Employment and Wage Calculators
California labor law goes further than federal law: daily overtime, meal and rest break premiums, paid sick leave, final-pay deadlines and local minimum wages that change by city. These tools apply the state rules to your hours and pay so you can see what is owed, by whom and by when.
All 23 Employment tools
Workers checking their pay, small employers checking compliance, and anyone leaving or starting a job. Every tool shows how its result was worked out and links to the official source.
Employment guides
All guides →Overtime for Salaried Employees in California
The salary threshold, the duties tests, and the 1/40th rule that sets the overtime rate for a salaried non-exempt employee.
California Paid Sick Leave Rules
40 hours or 5 days a year under state law, the accrual and carryover caps, who counts as family, and the city ordinances that go further.
California Reporting Time Pay Rules
Sent home early? You're owed half your scheduled shift, 2 to 4 hours, at your regular rate. Examples, exceptions and call-in shifts.
California Split Shift Pay: The Premium Explained
One hour at minimum wage for each split-shift day, offset by pay above the minimum. Who qualifies and how to calculate it.
California Wage Garnishment Limits
The lesser of 20% of disposable pay or 40% above a minimum-wage floor, the higher limit for child support, and the hardship exemption.
How the CalSTRS Pension Formula Works
The age factor tables, service credit, final compensation, the career factor and the compensation cap, with worked examples.
CFRA vs. FMLA: Family Leave in California
Who each law covers, which relatives count, how pregnancy is handled and how the two leaves overlap.
How Workers' Comp Pays in California
Temporary and permanent disability, medical care, the job voucher and death benefits: what each pays and how it's figured.
Prop 22 Explained for Gig Workers
120% of minimum wage for engaged time plus a per-mile payment, how the floor is checked, the health care subsidy and what it leaves out.
AB5 and the ABC Test Explained
What each part of the ABC test means, the Borello exemptions, Prop 22 and what misclassification costs a business.
California Exempt Employee Salary Threshold
This year's and next year's minimum exempt salary, the duties tests and the special rates for software and medical professionals.
California Meal and Rest Break Rules
When meal and rest breaks are due, when they can be waived, and the extra hour of pay owed when an employer misses one.
California Fast Food Minimum Wage: Who Gets It
The current rate, which restaurants are covered, the AB 610 exemptions, how higher city minimums apply, and whether the Fast Food Council will raise it.
California Final Paycheck Law: When It's Due
Final pay deadlines after a firing, layoff or quit, why earned vacation must be paid out, why sick leave usually isn't, and the waiting time penalty.
How Overtime Is Calculated in California: Daily, Weekly and the 7th Day
California pays overtime by the day, not just the week. Daily, weekly, double time and 7th-day rules, with a worked example.
What Is a Living Wage in California? Minimum Wage vs. Real Costs
California's minimum wage is among the highest in the U.S., but rent sets the real bar. How to work out the wage your area requires.
PAGA Reform 2024: What AB 2288 and SB 92 Changed for California Employers
The reform set no flat penalty cap. It caps penalties at 15% or 30% for employers that took reasonable steps, and gives small employers a way to cure violations.
California Minimum Wage 2026: State Floor vs. City vs. Fast Food vs. Healthcare
California sets its minimum wage at four levels, and more than one can apply to the same worker depending on the city and the industry.
Local figures
Some of these rules change at the city or county line. These pages show the local figure next to the statewide one.