Shift hours, counted in hours.
Shift Calculators brings together the US Department of Labor state wage-and-hour tables, BLS national wage estimates and simple shift-hours calculators. The Department of Labor and your state labor office are the authority for every rule.
Open the calculators State tablesHours in one shift
Type your own start, end and unpaid break. The page does the subtraction on the numbers you type.
What is on the site
These counts are read from the fetch record, not written by hand.
56 jurisdictions
The basic minimum rate DOL lists for each jurisdiction, plus whether DOL lists a state rest-period rule (9 jurisdictions) or a meal-break rule (23 jurisdictions).
Reference18 occupations
BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates, one detailed occupation title per page, with the SOC code, employment and the median, mean and percentile wages.
Arithmetic20 schedule patterns
Rotation patterns defined by days on, days off and shift length, with the hours per cycle worked out from that definition.
Calculators
Each tool keeps a formula and inputs. Any rate, threshold or multiplier it uses is one you type; nothing is pre-filled with a figure this site cannot cite.
Shift Hours Calculator
Total worked hours for one shift, including a shift that crosses midnight, with an unpaid break you type.
CalculatorWeekly Hours Over 40 Calculator
Shift hours times days worked for the week, split at 40 hours, with the multiplier above 40 set by you.
CalculatorTwo-Week Hours Calculator
Two workweeks added together, each split at 40 hours, with your own multiplier above 40.
CalculatorHours Inside a Window Calculator
How much of a shift falls inside a window you define, and pay at a rate and a per-hour amount you type.
CalculatorRotation Hours Planner
Hours in a run of weeks for a cycle you define by days on, days off and shift length.
CalculatorHours in a Year Calculator
A weekly hours figure times the number of weeks you type.
CalculatorBreak Deduction Calculator
Gross shift length with a paid break counted and an unpaid break deducted, both in minutes you type.
CalculatorTwo Work Blocks Calculator
Hours in two separate work blocks and the clock spread between them, with any extra payment you type added on.
CalculatorHours at a Multiplier Calculator
Hours times a rate you type and a multiplier you type.
CalculatorTwo Patterns, Hours Compared
Weekly hours for two shift patterns you define, and the difference between them.
CalculatorLong Shift Hours Calculator
Worked hours for a shift of any length you set, and the weekly total for days you type.
CalculatorClock-Out Next Day Calculator
A shift whose end time is earlier than its start, with a rate and a per-hour amount you type.
CalculatorHours Over a Threshold Calculator
Hours split at a threshold and a period length you type, with a multiplier you type.
CalculatorHours Deduction Calculator
Shift hours minus a deduction you type, with an option to count the deduction at zero.
State tables
The DOL minimum wage page is dated July 1, 2026; the rest-period and meal-period tables are revised January 1, 2023.
Schedule patterns
Days on, days off, shift length — and the hours that follow from them.
Three 8-Hour Shifts Rotating
Three eight-hour shifts a day covering 24 hours, with five worked days in the seven-day cycle.
PatternThree 12-Hour Shifts
Three twelve-hour worked days then four days off — 36 hours in the seven-day cycle.
PatternFour 10-Hour Days
Four ten-hour worked days then three days off — 40 hours in the seven-day cycle.
Pattern2-2-3 Panama Schedule
Seven worked days in a fourteen-day cycle: two on, two off, three on, two off, two on, three off.
Pattern4-on / 4-off, 12-Hour Shifts
Four twelve-hour worked days then four days off — 48 hours in the eight-day cycle.
Pattern2-3-2 Pitman Schedule
Seven worked days in a fourteen-day cycle: two on, three off, two on, two off, three on, two off.
Where the figures come from
- State minimum wage rates and notes: US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, state minimum wage table (page updated July 1, 2026).
- Rest periods: DOL, Minimum Length of Rest Periods (revised January 1, 2023).
- Meal periods: DOL, Minimum Paid/Unpaid Meal Period (revised January 1, 2023).
- Wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national estimates, https://www.bls.gov/oes/.
Data retrieved 2026-09-29T01:41:36Z (September 2026). The Department of Labor and your state labor office are the authority for every rule; BLS is the authority for every wage figure.