Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 11, 2026

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Jan 31, 2026
§ 778.305 - Computation where particular types of deductions are made.

The regular rate of pay of an employee whose earnings are subject to deductions of the types described in paragraphs (a)(1), (2), and (3) of § 778.304 is determined by dividing his total compensation (except statutory exclusions) before deductions by the total hours worked in the workweek. (See also §§ 531.36-531.40 of this chapter.)

authority: 52 Stat. 1060, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201
source: 33 FR 986, Jan. 26, 1968, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 778.305