Night Differential Calculator (NSD) 2026

What Night Shift Differential Actually Pays

Any hour you work between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM earns an extra 10% on top of the rate that already applies to that hour under the Labor Code. It is not a company perk — it is a statutory entitlement for rank-and-file employees. Excluded from this specific provision are managerial employees, officers or members of a managerial staff, field personnel whose hours can't be determined with reasonable certainty, family drivers and domestic helpers (kasambahay, who have their own separate law), and government employees.

NSD stacks multiplicatively, not additively

If your night hours also fall on overtime or a holiday, the 10% is applied on top of the rate that already includes those premiums — not on top of your plain hourly rate. Adding 30% (overtime) + 10% (NSD) + 100% (holiday) and calling it 140% extra understates what's owed; each premium compounds on the rate carried over from the one before it.

Common Questions

Does night differential apply on rest days and holidays too?▼

Yes. The 10% night premium applies regardless of what kind of day it is — it simply multiplies whatever rate already governs those hours, whether that's an ordinary day, a rest day, a special day, or a holiday. Select the day type above to see how it changes the peso amount.

Who is not entitled to night differential?▼

Managerial employees, managerial staff, field personnel, family drivers, domestic helpers (kasambahay), and government employees are excluded from this Labor Code provision — though kasambahay and government workers may be covered by separate rules of their own. Read more in our night shift differential guide.