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Overtime Calculator

Split regular and overtime hours and see what the overtime is worth.

1.5 is time and a half; 2 is double time.

OvertimeExample

7.50

hours

Regular hours
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Overtime hours
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Total hours
0.00

What this answers

You know how many hours you worked and what you are paid. This splits the week at the overtime threshold, works out what an overtime hour is worth, and totals the pay.

If you have clock-in and clock-out times rather than a total, the Time Card Calculator adds up the week for you and applies the same overtime rules.

A worked example

47 hours in one week at $22.00 an hour, with the standard 40-hour threshold:

  • Regular: 40 hours × $22.00 = $880.00
  • Overtime rate: $22.00 × 1.5 = $33.00 an hour
  • Overtime: 7 hours × $33.00 = $231.00
  • Gross pay: $1,111.00

The mistake that costs the most

An overtime hour is paid once, at the higher rate. It is not your normal pay for that hour plus a premium on top. Those seven hours are worth $231.00, not $154.00 plus $231.00. Adding the two is how a payslip ends up looking far too generous on paper and wrong in the bank.

The formula:

gross = (regular hours × rate) + (overtime hours × rate × multiplier)

The overtime rate is shown to the cent, but pay is worked out from the exact rate. At $15.33 an hour the rate reads $23.00, and seven overtime hours come to $160.97 rather than the $161.00 that multiplying the rounded rate would give.

Who gets overtime, and after how long

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, non-exempt employees in the United States are owed at least time and a half for hours over 40 in a workweek. A workweek is a fixed period of seven consecutive days, and it does not have to start on a Monday.

Plenty of situations differ. Salaried exempt roles may be owed nothing extra. Some states set a daily threshold as well as a weekly one, and California also requires double time past 12 hours in a day. Union agreements and contracts often set better terms than the legal minimum. The threshold and multiplier above are editable for exactly this reason — set them to your rules rather than assuming the defaults are yours.

Daily thresholds need to know which hours fell on which day, which a single total cannot tell you. The Time Card Calculator handles those.

Hours, not clock times

This page wants a quantity — 47.5, not 47:30. Half an hour is 0.5 of an hour, not 0.30. If you have a figure in hours and minutes, the Decimal Hours Calculator converts it, and this page will say so if you enter one by mistake rather than quietly using the wrong number.

What this does not do

It shows gross pay. Tax, insurance, retirement contributions and any other deductions come out afterwards and depend on your circumstances. It also does not know your employer's rules — it applies the ones you enter.

Questions

What is time and a half on $22 an hour?

$33.00 an hour. Multiply the rate by 1.5. Enter your rate above and the overtime rate appears without needing any hours.

How is overtime pay calculated?

Hours above the threshold — 40 a week under United States federal rules — are paid at the rate times the multiplier. For 47 hours at $22: 40 regular hours are $880.00, and 7 overtime hours at $33.00 are $231.00, giving $1,111.00 gross.

Is overtime pay on top of my regular pay for those hours?

No, and this is the most common mistake. An overtime hour is paid once, at the higher rate. Seven overtime hours at time and a half on $22 is $231, not $154 of regular pay plus $231 on top.

Does everyone get overtime after 40 hours?

Not everyone. Federal rules cover non-exempt employees; salaried exempt roles, some contractors and certain industries are treated differently, and some states add daily thresholds. Change the threshold above to match your own rules.

What about daily overtime, or double time?

Daily thresholds need to know which hours fell on which day, so they live in the Time Card Calculator, which takes a week of punches. If every overtime hour is paid at double time, set the multiplier to 2 — a tier where only some hours are doubled is not modeled here or on the Time Card Calculator. California runs a tier like that; see the next question for its rule.

Does this calculate California double time?

No, and this is worth being exact about. California requires double the regular rate of pay for hours worked over 12 in a workday, and for hours over 8 on the seventh consecutive day worked in a workweek. Both depend on which day an hour fell on, which a single weekly total cannot show, so neither this page nor the Time Card Calculator works it out for you. If every overtime hour you enter should be doubled — a flat double-time agreement, say — set the multiplier to 2; a day-by-day rule like California’s has to be checked by hand.

I have 47:30, not 47.5. What do I enter?

47.5. Half an hour is 0.5, not 0.30. The Decimal Hours Calculator converts between the two, and this page will tell you if you enter a time by mistake.

Is anything I enter sent anywhere?

No. The arithmetic runs in your browser. Nothing you type is transmitted, stored or logged.