california overtime pay rate
California's Overtime Minimum Wage. Overtime pay, also called time and a half pay, is one and a half times an employee's normal hourly wage. Therefore, California's overtime minimum wage is $15.75 per hour, one and a half times the regular California minimum wage of $10.50 per hour. If you earn more then the California minimum wage rate, you are entitled to at least 1.5 times your regular hourly wage for all overtime worked.