Guide · 2026-10-06

2026 overtime: hourly wage × 1.5 is not net

Article 41 of Law 4857 raises the gross hourly wage by 50%. On 50,000 TL, 10 hours add 2,043.02 TL to the October net.

For a monthly-paid worker, hourly wage in Court of Cassation practice is monthly gross divided by 225. On 50,000 TL gross the hourly wage is 222.22 TL. Overtime is 1.5 times that: 333.33 TL. Ten hours gross 3,333.30 TL. In October that extra lifts net from 37,736.30 TL to 39,779.32 TL. The gap is 2,043.02 TL, not 3,333.30 TL.

Item50,000 TL, October10 overtime hours
Gross50,000.00 TL53,333.30 TL
Overtime gross0.00 TL3,333.30 TL
Income tax4,634.90 TL5,399.89 TL
Net37,736.30 TL39,779.32 TL

On minimum wage 10 hours add 2,202.00 TL gross. October net rises from 28,075.50 TL to 29,556.15 TL. The minimum-wage exemption zeroes tax on the minimum-wage worker; tax can still arise on the overtime extra.

Holiday work is separate

  • Public-holiday and weekly-rest pay is already in the monthly salary. Working that day pays one extra daily wage.
  • On 50,000 TL one daily wage is 1,666.67 TL. Ten overtime hours plus one public holiday make October net 40,800.83 TL.
  • Night premium, time off in lieu and collective-agreement differences are not on this chart. The yearly overtime cap is 270 hours.

The extra gross is written only on the overtime month. Calculating as if a higher gross ran from January overstates that month’s tax.

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