How to use the overtime calculator
- Enter your rate. Choose Hourly and type your hourly rate, or choose Weekly salary and type the salary and the hours it covers.
- Enter the hours you worked. Type all the hours of one workweek. Overtime starts after 40 hours unless you change it.
- Read the result. The calculator shows regular pay, overtime pay and total pay for the week, with the regular rate and the overtime rate.
What is an overtime calculator?
An overtime calculator is a tool that works out the pay for hours worked beyond the normal workweek. It finds the regular rate, multiplies it for the overtime hours, and adds the result to regular pay.
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Department of Labor says covered employees must be paid not less than one and one-half times their regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. That rate is called time and a half.
Features
- Time and a half, double time or any multiplier from 1 to 5
- An overtime threshold you can change from 40 hours
- A weekly bonus added to the regular rate, as federal rules require
- Double-time hours on top of time-and-a-half hours
- A mode for salaried employees who are owed overtime
- Each step of the calculation shown next to the result
- A PDF report of the week, to save or share on WhatsApp
How overtime pay is calculated
Overtime pay comes from three numbers: the regular rate, the multiplier and the overtime hours.
- Regular rate. Add the straight-time pay for the week, including any bonus that must be counted, and divide by the hours worked. With no bonus this is the hourly rate.
- Overtime rate. Multiply the regular rate by 1.5 for time and a half.
- Overtime pay. Multiply the overtime rate by the hours worked over 40.
- Total pay. Add regular pay for the first 40 hours to the overtime pay.
Worked example
An employee paid $20.00 an hour works 46 hours in a week. Regular pay is 40 × $20.00 = $800.00. The overtime rate is $20.00 × 1.5 = $30.00, so overtime pay is 6 × $30.00 = $180.00. Total pay is $980.00, which is $60.00 more than 46 hours at the plain rate.
Time and a half and double time
| Hourly rate | Time and a half (× 1.5) | Double time (× 2) |
|---|---|---|
| $10.00 | $15.00 | $20.00 |
| $12.00 | $18.00 | $24.00 |
| $15.00 | $22.50 | $30.00 |
| $18.00 | $27.00 | $36.00 |
| $20.00 | $30.00 | $40.00 |
| $25.00 | $37.50 | $50.00 |
| $30.00 | $45.00 | $60.00 |
| $40.00 | $60.00 | $80.00 |
Federal law sets time and a half and nothing higher. The Department of Labor says the Fair Labor Standards Act does not require double time pay, and that extra pay for weekend or night work is a matter of agreement between the employer and the employee. Double time comes from a state law, a union contract or an employer's own policy.
To add double time, type the double-time hours in the second box. At $20.00 an hour, a 50-hour week with 4 hours at double time pays $800.00 of regular pay, $180.00 for 6 hours at time and a half and $160.00 for 4 hours at double time, a total of $1,140.00.
Bonuses and the regular rate
The regular rate is not always the hourly rate. Federal regulations say a nondiscretionary bonus, such as a production bonus, is included in the regular rate, and so are shift differentials and commissions. The overtime rate rises with it.
The Department of Labor gives this example in 29 CFR 778.110: an employee paid $12.00 an hour works 46 hours and earns a $46.00 production bonus. Straight-time pay is $598.00, so the regular rate is $13.00 and the overtime rate is $19.50. The employee is owed $637.00 for the week. Enter the same numbers and the calculator returns the same $637.00.
Overtime on a salary
A salary does not by itself remove the right to overtime. For a salaried employee who is not exempt, the regular rate is the weekly salary divided by the hours the salary is meant to cover.
Department of Labor Fact Sheet 23 uses a $405.00 salary for a 45-hour week. The regular rate is $9.00. The salary already pays straight time for all 45 hours, so the 5 overtime hours are owed the extra half: 5 × $4.50 = $22.50, for a total of $427.50. Choose Weekly salary to work it this way.
Employees in executive, administrative and professional jobs can be exempt from overtime. The Department of Labor applies a salary level of $684 a week, which is $35,568 a year, together with a duties test for each exemption.
Workweek rules that change the answer
- The workweek is fixed. It is a regularly recurring period of 168 hours, seven consecutive 24-hour periods, and it can begin on any day and at any hour.
- Weeks are not averaged. The Department of Labor says averaging of hours over two or more weeks is not permitted. A 50-hour week followed by a 30-hour week has 10 overtime hours.
- Weekends and holidays are ordinary hours. Federal law does not require overtime pay for work on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays unless those hours take the week over 40.
- Daily hours do not matter federally. The Fair Labor Standards Act does not require overtime for hours over eight in a day.
States with daily overtime
A few states add a daily rule to the federal weekly rule. Where a state rule gives more pay, the state rule applies.
| State | Daily overtime | Double time | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Over 8 hours in a workday, and the first 8 hours on the seventh consecutive day of work | Over 12 hours in a workday, and over 8 hours on the seventh consecutive day | California Department of Industrial Relations |
| Alaska | Over 8 hours in a day, at employers with four or more employees | None | Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development |
| Nevada | Over 8 hours in a workday, for employees paid less than $18.00 an hour | None | Nevada Revised Statutes 608.018 |
| Colorado | Over 12 hours in a day or 12 consecutive hours | None | Colorado Department of Labor and Employment |
| Oregon | Over 10 hours in a day in mills, factories, manufacturing and canneries | None | Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries |
Kentucky requires time and a half for hours worked on the seventh day when an employee works all seven days of a workweek. To use this calculator for a daily rule, add up the hours that count as overtime and set the hours worked and the threshold to match, or use the time card calculator, which applies a daily limit to each day.
What you can use it for
- Check the overtime line on a pay stub
- See what an extra shift adds to this week's pay
- Find the time and a half rate for your wage
- Work out overtime in a week that includes a bonus
- Compare a contract's double-time rate with time and a half
What the calculator includes
- Period: one workweek. Work each week on its own, because weeks are not averaged.
- Inputs: hourly rates up to $10,000, up to 168 hours in the week, a multiplier from 1 to 5, and a bonus or weekly salary up to $1,000,000.
- Result: gross pay before tax. The paycheck calculator turns it into take-home pay, and the overtime tax deduction for 2025 to 2028 is worked out separately.
- Method: the federal regular-rate method in 29 CFR Part 778.
Is it private?
Yes. The calculation runs in your browser. Your rate, hours and result are not sent to a server and are not saved.
Tips for an accurate estimate
- Enter all the hours of one workweek, not of a pay period. Overtime is counted week by week.
- Add a production or attendance bonus for the week. It raises the regular rate and the overtime rate.
- Leave discretionary gifts and holiday bonuses out. They are not part of the regular rate.
- If your state counts overtime by the day, add up the daily overtime hours first, or use the time card calculator.
- For a salary, enter the hours the salary is meant to cover. A salary for 45 hours has a lower regular rate than the same salary for 40.
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Frequently asked questions
- How do I calculate time and a half?
- Multiply your hourly rate by 1.5. At $20.00 an hour, time and a half is $30.00 an hour. Multiply that by the hours you worked over 40 in the week to get your overtime pay.
- How many hours a week before overtime?
- Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, overtime starts after 40 hours in a workweek. Some states add daily overtime: California, Alaska and Nevada after 8 hours in a day, and Colorado after 12.
- Is overtime pay figured by the week or by the pay period?
- By the workweek. The Department of Labor does not allow hours to be averaged over two or more weeks, so in a two-week pay period each week is worked out on its own.
- Does a bonus change my overtime rate?
- Yes, when it is a nondiscretionary bonus such as a production bonus. Federal regulations include it in the regular rate, which raises the overtime rate for that week.
- Do salaried employees get overtime?
- Salaried employees who are not exempt do. Their regular rate is the weekly salary divided by the hours the salary covers. Exempt executive, administrative and professional employees do not.
- Is double time required by law?
- Not by federal law. The Department of Labor says the Fair Labor Standards Act does not require double time pay. California requires it for hours over 12 in a workday.
- Do I get overtime for working on a holiday?
- Not under federal law, unless the holiday hours take your week over 40. Extra holiday pay comes from an employer's policy or a contract.
Sources
Every rate, bracket and limit this calculator uses comes from the official sources below. The method is shown on this page, so any result can be checked by hand.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Fact Sheet #23: Overtime Pay Requirements of the FLSA. Overtime after 40 hours in a workweek, the 168-hour workweek, no averaging of weeks, and the $405 salary example.
- U.S. Department of Labor, 29 CFR Part 778, Overtime Compensation. The regular rate of pay: bonuses, shift differentials and commissions, and the $12 an hour production bonus example in section 778.110.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Overtime Pay (wages topic page). No federal overtime requirement for weekends, holidays or nights, and no federal double time.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, Fact Sheet #17A: Exemption for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Computer and Outside Sales Employees. The $684 a week salary level and the duties tests for exempt employees.
- State labor agencies, California Department of Industrial Relations, Overtime; Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Wage and Hour; Colorado COMPS Order #40; Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries; Kentucky Revised Statutes 337.050. Daily overtime, double time and seventh-day rules in California, Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Kentucky.
- Nevada Legislature, Nevada Revised Statutes, Chapter 608 (Compensation, Wages and Hours). Daily and weekly overtime, paydays, final pay, itemized deductions, meal and rest periods and paid leave.