Biweekly Overtime Calculator
A biweekly paycheck covers two workweeks. Federal-style overtime still starts after 40 hours in each of those weeks, not after 80 hours on the check. Enter both weeks and the rate.
Estimate for personal reference only. Not tax, legal, or employment advice. Overtime defaults follow a federal FLSA-style workweek, usually 1.5× after 40 hours. State and city rules may differ.
Why the pay period is not the overtime period
Biweekly pay means the employer adds two workweeks onto one check. It does not mean the overtime clock runs for fourteen days. The default on this biweekly overtime calculator is the same federal FLSA-style rule as the rest of the site: regular hours stop at 40 in the workweek, and hours past that line are paid at 1.5 times. Week one is split. Week two is split. Then the pay is added. A blank week counts as zero once the other week has hours.
The example button uses a rate of $20, 45 hours in week one, and 35 hours in week two. Week one is $800 regular and $150 overtime. Week two is $700 regular and no overtime. Gross pay for the paycheck is $1,650. The hours total 80, which looks like a “normal” biweekly schedule, and it is not all straight time. If you instead dumped 80 hours against an 80-hour line, the overtime would disappear and the gross would be $1,600. That comparison sits under the result so the shortcut is visible. It is not the default answer.
What to type, and what this page skips
Type the hours already worked in each workweek, not fourteen daily punches. Clock times such as 7:30 are accepted in either week box. If you still have the seven days, total them on the weekly overtime calculator and bring each week’s decimal here, or stay on that page and add two gross amounts yourself. One week, with a single hours box, is the overtime calculator. A block of hours that are already overtime, priced only at 1.5 times, is the time and a half calculator.
Convert minutes before you rely on a handwritten total. Eight hours and thirty minutes is 8.50 on the hours to decimal calculator, not 8.30. This form does not apply a state daily overtime rule, a seventh-day premium, or double time. It does not withhold taxes. It does not know which hours were hours worked. The weekly line is explained without the two-week form on overtime after 40 hours, and the federal summary is on FLSA overtime. The biweekly sentence in the formula list is on assumptions and formulas.
Change the weekly threshold only when you mean a different line per workweek. The comparison row doubles whatever threshold you typed. Leave the multiplier at 1.5 unless the overtime hours on both weeks use another factor. Nothing you type is uploaded.
Frequently asked questions
How does this biweekly overtime calculator split 45 and 35 hours?
Week 1 is 40 regular hours and 5 overtime hours. Week 2 is 35 regular hours and no overtime. At $20 an hour the gross is $1,650. Pooling both weeks against an 80-hour line would show $1,600 and would miss the overtime.
Is the threshold 80 because the pay period is two weeks?
The federal-style default stays at 40 hours per workweek. The 80-hour figure is only a comparison, so you can see what the pay-period shortcut would do.
Can I type a clock time?
Yes. 8:30 in a week box is 8.50 decimal hours. For a full seven-day card, use the weekly overtime calculator and add the two weeks yourself.