Do New Jersey truck drivers get time-and-a-half on their regular rate?

Not under N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a4(f). Trucking-industry drivers, helpers, loaders, and mechanics who are FLSA Motor Carrier Act exempt are owed an overtime rate not less than 1.5 times New Jersey minimum wage for hours over 40. In 2026 that floor is $23.88. Classic $20 × five 10-hour days → $1,038.80, not FLSA $1,100.

What if the hourly rate is already above 1.5× the minimum wage?

The statute is a floor. If the agreed hourly exceeds 1.5× NJ MW, overtime hours stay at that hourly — this page does not apply 1.5× the regular rate. $30 × five 10-hour days → $1,500 vs FLSA $1,650.

Is this the same as FLSA weekly 40?

No. /overtime/ is 29 U.S.C. § 207(a) at 1.5× the regular rate after 40. These employees are typically FLSA 13(b)(1) exempt, so federal overtime is off. New Jersey keeps a weaker after-40 line at 1.5× minimum wage.

Is this New Jersey tip-credit overtime?

No. /new-jersey-tip-credit/ is N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a4(e) cash wage plus tips. This page is subsection (f) trucking. Uncheck trucking to see ordinary (b)(1) 1.5× regular rate after 40.

Are hotel or farm employees on this page?

Subsection (b)(1) turns ordinary New Jersey overtime off for hotel, farm, motor-bus, limousine, and livestock employees. Check that box with trucking unchecked for straight time only. Trucking (f) still applies when the trucking box is on.

New Jersey Trucking Overtime — N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a4(f)

How 34:11-56a4(f) pays

The official NJDOL Wage and Hour Laws reprint (HTTP 200) and N.J.A.C. 12:56-19.3 (HTTP 200, Cornell LII) say every trucking-industry employer shall pay drivers, helpers, loaders, and mechanics for whom the Secretary of Transportation may prescribe maximum hours under 49 U.S.C. § 31502(b) an overtime rate not less than one and one-half times the minimum wage required by N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a4 and N.J.A.C. 12:56-3.1. Those employees are the FLSA § 213(b)(1) Motor Carrier Act set — federal overtime is off.

Formula: hours through 40 × hourly rate + hours over 40 × the greater of the hourly rate or 1.5 × NJ MW. 2026 NJDOL MW is $15.92 (HTTP 200 press, 1 Jan 2026), so the OT floor is $23.88. A $20 driver’s 10 overtime hours add $238.80, not $300. A $30 driver’s overtime hours stay at $30 because $30 already exceeds the floor.

Uncheck trucking for ordinary subsection (b)(1) 1.5× regular rate after 40 (same dollars as /overtime/ on a single hourly). Hotel / farm / motor-bus / limousine / livestock are off under (b)(1) when trucking is also off. This is not /new-jersey-tip-credit/, not /new-jersey-reporting-time/, and not waiting-time.

Five 10h days @ $20, trucking MCA → 40×$20 + 10×$23.88 = $1,038.80.
Same punches on /overtime/ → $1,100.
Same on /kansas-overtime/ → $1,040.
Same on /maryland-bowling-residential-overtime/ → $1,020.
Same on /new-york-miscellaneous-residential-overtime/ → $1,060.
Same on /flsa-778-310-lump/ + $75 → $1,182.50.
Same on /washington-meal-rest/ missed rests → $1,150.
Same on /missouri-amusement-overtime/ → $1,000.
MCA / FLSA 13(b)(1) with no NJ (f) line → $1,000 straight. $30 × five 10h trucking → $1,500 vs FLSA $1,650.

Sources

NJDOL Wage and Hour Laws reprint — N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a4(f) and N.J.A.C. 12:56-19 (HTTP 200)
Cornell LII N.J.A.C. 12:56-19.3 Overtime rates (HTTP 200)
N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a4 Minimum wage rate; exceptions (HTTP 200 reprint)
NJDOL: New Jersey minimum wage $15.92 effective 1 Jan 2026 (HTTP 200)
NJDOL wage and hour worker FAQs (2026 MW) (HTTP 200)

FAQ

Is the overtime rate 1.5× my $20 hourly?

No, not on this statute. Hours over 40 are paid at least $23.88 in 2026 (1.5 × $15.92), which is more than $20 but less than $30.

Who is a trucking industry employer?

N.J.A.C. 12:56-19.1: a business primarily operating to convey property by road or highway, including storage and warehousing, that is subject to the Secretary of Transportation under the Motor Carrier Act and whose employees are FLSA 13(b)(1) exempt.

Passenger bus or limousines?

Those sit in subsection (b)(1), not (f). Check the hotel/farm/bus box and uncheck trucking for straight time on this page.

Kansas after 46?

No. /kansas-overtime/ is KMWMHL after 46 at 1.5× the hourly. Same five 10-hour days are $1,040 there and $1,038.80 here.

Waiting-time or tip overtime?

No. This is a weekly overtime floor for MCA trucking, not a final-pay penalty and not the NJ tip-credit cash wage.