Alberta Overtime Calculator

Enter your hourly wage and each day’s actual hours and minutes. Alberta’s general 8/44 rule compares daily and weekly overtime and uses the greater candidate without double counting.

Your daily worked time

Hourly wage (CAD)

Enter the hours and minutes you actually worked, excluding unpaid breaks and other non-work time. Use 0 for a day not worked.

Alberta worked time, Sunday through Saturday
Day	Hours	Minutes
Sunday	Sunday hours	Sunday minutes
Monday	Monday hours	Monday minutes
Tuesday	Tuesday hours	Tuesday minutes
Wednesday	Wednesday hours	Wednesday minutes
Thursday	Thursday hours	Thursday minutes
Friday	Friday hours	Friday minutes
Saturday	Saturday hours	Saturday minutes

Review supported conditions

Choose each confirmation yourself. If any condition is unknown or does not apply, this estimate is unavailable.

My work is covered by Alberta provincial employment standards, not federal jurisdiction.The general Alberta overtime rule applies; no occupational exemption or special rule applies.I am paid hourly at one regular rate, with no salary, commission, piece work or multiple rates.No averaging arrangement, written overtime agreement or banked-time arrangement changes my overtime.No general holiday affects the worked time or pay for this week.My overtime will be paid in cash, not banked as time off.My employer's work week runs Sunday through Saturday for this estimate.My time is correctly allocated to that one work week.No employment contract or collective agreement changes the thresholds or premium.No Alberta industry-specific daily, weekly or monthly rule applies to this work.I am not in an exempt profession or occupation.Only one wage rate is used for this estimate.No unusual work-period or monthly overtime rule applies.

A selection does not determine legal eligibility. Exemptions, special industries, holidays, averaging and banked overtime are outside this estimate.

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Estimated gross pay (CAD)

Before your first calculation

Enter worked time and confirm scope to see an estimate.

The daily and weekly overtime candidates will be shown separately.

Daily-rule overtime candidate
Weekly-rule overtime candidate
Applied overtime hours

Alberta’s general 8/44 rule compares daily overtime with weekly overtime and uses the greater number; it does not add both totals together.

Inputs and assumptions used

My work is covered by Alberta provincial employment standards, not federal jurisdiction.
The general Alberta overtime rule applies; no occupational exemption or special rule applies.
I am paid hourly at one regular rate, with no salary, commission, piece work or multiple rates.
No averaging arrangement, written overtime agreement or banked-time arrangement changes my overtime.
No general holiday affects the worked time or pay for this week.
My overtime will be paid in cash, not banked as time off.
My employer's work week runs Sunday through Saturday for this estimate.
My time is correctly allocated to that one work week.
No employment contract or collective agreement changes the thresholds or premium.
No Alberta industry-specific daily, weekly or monthly rule applies to this work.
I am not in an exempt profession or occupation.
Only one wage rate is used for this estimate.
No unusual work-period or monthly overtime rule applies.

Before deductions; no tax, minimum-wage or special-rule assessment is included.

Rules last reviewed: 2026-09-11 · Alberta rule version: alberta-overtime-8-44-2026-09-11-v0.1

Official source: Alberta employment standards rules — overtime hours and overtime pay

How Alberta overtime works

Daily overtime is the total of hours above 8 on each day. Weekly overtime is the total above 44 hours in the work week. The estimate applies whichever candidate is greater.

Hours are not added across the two candidates. Each minute is classified once as regular or overtime at 1.5×.

Worked example

At $20/hour, five 9-hour days total 45 hours. The daily candidate is 5 hours and the weekly candidate is 1 hour, so 5 overtime hours apply and estimated gross pay is $950.

Illustrative arithmetic with confirmed supported conditions, not a legal eligibility or minimum-wage assessment.

Official sources

The source was retrieved and reviewed September 11, 2026. Special industry and profession rules are deliberately outside this tool.

Know the limits

This is a general-rule estimate before deductions. If your work has an averaging arrangement, banked overtime, a special industry rule, multiple rates or an uncertain work week, use the official guidance instead.

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