Transparent, State-Specific Wage Calculations
We build mathematical wage and overtime calculation tools powered by verified statutory labor codes and official government guidance.
Our Mission
U.S. wage and hour law is deeply fragmented. While the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets a national baseline, individual states maintain complex, independent overtime thresholds, daily work definitions, meal period penalty rules, and minimum wage tiers.
Most online wage calculators make gross oversimplifications—treating daily overtime in California identical to weekly overtime in Texas, or ignoring anti-pyramiding rules and consecutive-day premiums altogether.
StateWageCalc was created to solve this problem by developing state-by-state calculation engines rooted in official state labor agency standards, with transparent mathematical formulas and publicly verifiable citations.
Our Core Principles
1. Zero Synthetic Data
We do not fabricate legal citations, testimonials, fake customer reviews, or synthetic lawyer profiles. Every citation links directly to an official government agency.
2. Strict Quality Rollout
We do not generate hundreds of empty placeholder pages for SEO. We publish a state only after its legal rules, statutory formulas, and unit tests have been verified.
3. Full Formula Transparency
Users should always understand where every dollar in their calculation originated. We display granular per-day breakdowns explaining each statutory multiplier.
4. Explicit Scope Disclosures
We clearly state who a calculator covers (e.g. non-exempt hourly employees) and who it does not (e.g. exempt professionals, AWS schedules, union contracts).