Alberta Overtime Calculator
Enter your hourly rate and hours to see regular pay, overtime and your weekly total under Alberta rules.
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Alberta Overtime Rules
Alberta pays overtime on hours over 8 in a day or 44 in a week, whichever total is greater, at 1.5x the regular wage. The daily and weekly counts are worked out separately and the higher one is the overtime owed — the two are not added together.
- 1.5x pay for overtime hours: those over 8 in a day or over 44 in a week, whichever is greater.
- Overtime agreements: under a written agreement, overtime can be banked and taken later as paid time off instead of overtime pay.
- Managers, supervisors, and some professionals can be exempt from overtime.
Example: four 10-hour days make a 40-hour week. The weekly test finds no overtime, but the daily test finds 2 hours a day — 8 overtime hours are owed, unless an averaging arrangement applies.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The weekly overtime threshold differs by province (40, 44, or 48 hours), and some provinces such as British Columbia add daily overtime. In Alberta, overtime starts after 44 hours a week or 8 hours a day.
Most employees are covered by their province’s employment standards. Workers in federally regulated sectors — banks, airlines, interprovincial transport, telecom — follow the federal Canada Labour Code instead, which uses 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week.
Managers and supervisors, and certain professionals, are commonly exempt from overtime. The exact exemptions vary by province, so check your provincial employment standards.