Overtime & Surcharge Calculator 2026 (Colombia)
Overtime, night, Sunday and holiday pay under Colombia's 2026 labor reform.
Without transport allowance
Within regular hours, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Salary ÷ 210 hours
- Daytime overtime hour
- $ 10.422 / h
- Night overtime hour
- $ 14.591 / h
- Night premium (regular hours)
- $ 2.918 / h
- Sunday or holiday, daytime
- $ 15.842 / h
- Sunday or holiday, night
- $ 18.760 / h
- Daytime overtime on a Sunday or holiday
- $ 17.926 / h
- Night overtime on a Sunday or holiday
- $ 22.095 / h
Reference calculation with the rules in force in October 2026.
Calculate the value ofovertime and pay premiumsin Colombia with the rules in force in 2026: a maximum working week of42 hoursfrom July 15, 2026 (monthly divisor of 210 hours), night hours starting at7:00 p.m.and a Sunday and holiday premium of90%from July 1, 2026 (Law 2466 of 2025).
Premiums applied: daytime overtime 25%, night overtime 75%, night premium 35% and Sunday or holiday according to the period (80%, 90% or 100%). Premiums add up when they coincide; for example, night overtime on a Sunday = 75% + 90%.
When to use this tool
- When running payroll for someone who worked nights, Sundays or holidays.
- To adjust amounts for the 42-hour work week in effect since July 15, 2026.
- When reviewing a pay stub and checking the surcharges are complete.
- To plan shifts and estimate what overtime costs before approving it.
How to calculate overtime
- 1Enter the basic monthly salary (without the transport allowance).
- 2Choose the working week: 42 hours from July 15, 2026 or 44 hours for earlier periods.
- 3Choose the Sunday premium period according to the date the hours were worked.
- 4Enter how many hours of each type the person worked in the period.
- 5Check the hourly value of each type and the total to pay.
Shifts, dispatches and production in the same system
If your team works nights or weekends picking orders, producing or dispatching, in Katuq you see how many orders move per time slot and per day. That way you plan shifts with data, not by eye, and you know when you really need overtime.