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How to Calculate Overtime Pay

Enter the monthly wage and the overtime hours by type of day, and the tool calculates the hourly wage and the overtime and night-work pay at the minimum rates of the Labor Code. The tool also warns when overtime hours exceed the monthly limit.

Reference result

For reference under the regulations cited, checked 29 September 2026. Not a substitute for advice on a specific file.

Hourly wage = actual monthly wage paid / number of normal working days (not more than 26) / hours per day.

CaseMinimum rate
Overtime on a normal day150%
Overtime on the weekly rest day200%
Overtime on public holidays, Tet and paid leave days300%
Night work (22:00–06:00) within normal hoursat least 30% extra
Night overtime on a normal day200%, or 210% if daytime overtime was also worked that day
Night overtime on the weekly rest day270%
Night overtime on public holidays and Tet390%

Night overtime = the overtime rate + 30% for night work + 20% of the daytime hourly wage of that day.

Limits: overtime may not exceed 50% of normal working hours in a day, 40 hours per month and 200 hours per year (some sectors may reach 300 hours per year).

Legal basis

  1. Labor Code 2019 (Law 45/2019/QH14), Article 98, Clauses 1, 2, 3 (overtime pay, night work pay)
  2. Labor Code 2019, Article 106 (night working hours from 22:00 to 06:00 the next morning)
  3. Labor Code 2019, Article 107, Clause 2, Points b, c and Clause 3 (limits on overtime hours)
  4. Decree 145/2020/NĐ-CP, Article 55 (actual hourly wage paid, normal working days not more than 26), Article 56 (night work), Article 57 (night overtime)
  5. Consolidated Document 18/VBHN-VPQH 2026 (Labor Code as amended by Laws 71/2025, 113/2025, 124/2025 — no amendment to the articles above found)