Colombia Overtime & Surcharge Calculator (Horas extra, recargos)
Pay for overtime, night hours and work on rest days or holidays, from your monthly salary.
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Colombia · labour reform rules Night work from 7 p.m. · the 42-hour week · Sources
What each kind of hour pays
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The multiples of the ordinary hour on this date
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Rules used and official sources
- Código Sustantivo del Trabajo arts. 160, 161, 162 and 168 — day and night work, hours, overtime premiums
- Código Sustantivo del Trabajo arts. 177, 179, 181, 186 and 192 — holidays, rest days, vacations
- Ley 2466 de 2025 — labour reform (night work, rest-day surcharge, overtime limit, cesantías base)
- Ley 2101 de 2021 — the 42-hour week and its phase-in
- Código Sustantivo del Trabajo art. 132 — integral salary
An estimate from the Código Sustantivo del Trabajo and the labour reform, not legal advice. Your payslip and contract decide.
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How this tool is checked
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- the rules of Colombia, as set out under ‘The rates’.
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About the Colombia Overtime & Surcharge Calculator (Horas extra, recargos)
Work out what overtime and surcharges pay in Colombia (horas extra y recargos). Enter your monthly salary, a day of the period and how many hours of each kind you worked: the calculator prices an ordinary hour from your salary and the legal week of that date, then pays daytime overtime at 25% more, night overtime at 75% more, ordinary night hours with the 35% night surcharge, and hours on a mandatory rest day or a public holiday with the rest-day surcharge as the labour reform phases it in.
The rules follow the date you enter: the 42-hour week, night work from 7 p.m. and the rest-day surcharge rising to 100%. A shift helper splits any shift into day and night hours, and the page warns when overtime goes past the legal limit. Nothing you type leaves your browser. Without a pass the page shows a free preview of your own result: the pay for the hours and the first rows of the table, while every other figure stays hidden until you unlock it with a Pro pass.
How to use it
- Enter your monthly salary and a day of the period you are counting; the rules of that date apply.
- Enter the hours of each kind. Use the shift helper to split a shift into day and night hours.
- Change the hours a week if your contract has fewer than the legal maximum, or the hours a month if your employer prices an hour on another divisor.
- Read the value of an ordinary hour, the pay for each kind of hour and the total.
- With a Pro pass, or after unlocking this result, copy the summary or download it as a CSV file; without one the page shows a free preview.
Examples
8 night hours in the schedule, 10 daytime and 4 night overtime hours, 8 hours on a Sunday (work in October 2026)
An hour is COP 10,000 (210 hours a month); the hours pay COP 375,000.
8 hours plus 2 of overtime on a rest day, in October 2026
With the 90% rest-day surcharge: COP 162,584.
The 8 hours are paid at 1.9 times the hour and the 2 overtime hours at 2.15 times (the hour, 90% and 25%).
At 80% and on the 44-hour week then in force (220 hours a month): COP 137,455.
5 day hours and 4 night hours (night work from 7 p.m.).
The rates
- Night surcharge (recargo nocturno): 35% on an ordinary hour worked at night ([CST art. 168](http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/codigo_sustantivo_trabajo_pr005.html)).
- Daytime overtime (hora extra diurna): the hour plus 25%.
- Night overtime (hora extra nocturna): the hour plus 75%. These three never combine with each other (art. 168 num. 4).
- Rest days and public holidays: the hour plus a surcharge of 100% ([CST art. 179](http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/codigo_sustantivo_trabajo_pr006.html)), phased in as 80% from July 2025, 90% from July 2026 and the full 100% from July 2027; an employer may pay 100% earlier ([Ley 2466 de 2025](http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/ley_2466_2025.html)). An hour on a rest day that is also night work or overtime adds the night surcharge or the overtime premium.
The legal week and the night
Night work runs from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. (art. 160 as changed by Ley 2466 de 2025; 9 p.m. before its change). The ordinary week is at most 42 hours, reached in steps since Ley 2101 de 2021: 44 hours from mid-July 2025 and 42 from mid-July 2026 ([Ley 2101 de 2021](http://www.secretariasenado.gov.co/senado/basedoc/ley_2101_2021.html)). Overtime may not pass 2 hours a day and 12 a week, though every hour worked is paid.
The calculator prices an hour as your monthly salary divided by the hours a month: the weekly hours shared over six working days, times 30 days (42 a week gives 210). If your employer uses another divisor, enter it.
Rest days worked often or now and then
Working up to two rest days in a calendar month is occasional: you choose a paid compensatory rest day or the pay in money (art. 180). Three or more is habitual, and a paid compensatory rest day is owed on top of the pay (art. 181). Your rest day is Sunday unless your contract names another day in writing (art. 179 par. 3).
Limitations
- Work from July 2025 onwards, when the first rest-day surcharge of Ley 2466 de 2025 applies.
- You classify the hours yourself: the calculator does not read a schedule or tell ordinary hours from overtime in a flexible week.
- An integral salary already pays these surcharges, and workers in management, trust or handling positions are outside the maximum hours (CST arts. 132 and 162).
- Shift systems of 36 hours a week, apprentices and sectors with their own rules (security, health) are not covered.
- An estimate from the Código Sustantivo del Trabajo and the labour reform, not legal advice: your payslip and contract decide.
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Frequently asked questions
What do I get without a pass?
Without a pass, Colombia Overtime & Surcharge Calculator (Horas extra, recargos) shows the pay for these hours in full, with the first rows of the table and the rules of the date (hours, night, surcharges); every other figure is hidden. Until you unlock it, the result can’t be downloaded or copied. A Pro, Premium or Ultimate pass, a one-time payment unless you choose automatic renewal, unlocks the full result. The pricing page lists the passes and their prices.
How much is an hour of overtime in Colombia?
Daytime overtime is the ordinary hour plus 25%, night overtime the hour plus 75%. On a COP 2,100,000 salary and the 42-hour week an hour is COP 10,000, so a daytime overtime hour pays COP 12,500 and a night one COP 17,500.
How much is a Sunday or holiday paid?
Each hour worked on a mandatory rest day or public holiday is paid with a surcharge of 100% under the labour reform, phased in: 80% from July 2025, 90% from July 2026 and 100% from July 2027, unless your employer already pays the full rate.
When does night work start?
At 7 p.m., until 6 a.m. Before the change of Ley 2466 de 2025 night work started at 9 p.m.; the calculator follows the date you enter.
How many hours of overtime are allowed?
At most 2 a day and 12 a week. Hours worked beyond the limit are still paid; the calculator warns you when your hours pass it.
Is my information sent anywhere?
No. Everything is worked out in your browser; nothing you enter is uploaded or stored on a server.