Is my Computer Related Occupation Exempt From Overtime?
- Computer related jobs that meet several tests may be exempt from overtime. This is most commonly true of jobs with the title of:
- - computer programmer,
- - systems analyst,
- - computer systems analyst,
- - computer programmer analyst,
- - applications programmer,
- - applications systems analyst,
- - applications systems analyst/programmer/software engineer,
- - software specialist,
- - systems engineer, and
- - systems specialist.
- To determine if your computer related job is exempt, it must have ALL the following criteria:
- - You must be primarily engaged in intellectual or creative work that requires the exercise of discretion and independent judgment,
- - You must be highly skilled and proficient in the theoretical and practical application of highly specialized information to computer systems analysis, programming and software engineering.
- - You must be paid at least $47.81 per hour or $99,481.80 per year.
- - You must be primarily engaged in one or more of the following duties:
- - the application of systems analysis techniques and procedures (including consulting with users) to determine hardware, software or system functional specifications; or
- - the design, development, documentation, analysis, creation, testing or modification of computer systems or programs (including protypes) based on and related to, user or system design specifications; or
- - the design, documentation, testing, creation or modification of computer programs related to the design of software or hardware for computer operating systems.
- - a combination of these duties, the performance of which requires the same level of skills.
Even if you are exempt, if you work over eight hours in a day or forty hours a week and are not paid your hourly wage for this time, you may be entitled to overtime for the hours you have worked.
