Participants in the Work and Travel program can work between 32-40 hours per week. It is written in your Job Offer that at least how many hours your employer has committed to you and whether it gives overtime or not. One of the most frequently asked questions during working hours is overtime. Every hour that employees who complete 40 hours in a week work after the 41st hour is counted as overtime. In other words, after the 41st hour, you get an overtime fee for every hour you work. If your hourly wage is 10 USD, your wage will automatically increase 1.5 times and you will earn 15 USD for every hour you are in overtime. It is a good idea to read your Job Offer carefully before accepting the job to see these details.

In the Work and Travel program, there will usually be at least 32 hours of work per week. It is highly likely that there will be an increase in your weekly hours depending on the density of the place you work and the month you are in. For example, in Work and Travel Program, there are likely to be differences between the hours you get from mid-July to the beginning of September and the hours you get after the first week of September. Because, like September, schools open in America and the holiday season starts to close slowly. So, the intensity decreases and the hours you receive may decrease.

Sometimes, luck may need to be on your side to increase working hours. E.g, you get a housekeeper job at a hotel in California. The hotel has 6 housekeepers. If the staff leaves the job for any reason, your weekly hours will automatically increase. Or there may be more intensity than expected in the place where you work. Due to this intensity, it is a common situation in Work and Travel that you get extra hours in your own business as well as getting extra hours by going to help with side jobs, if any.