Overtime Calculator
Split one workweek into regular hours and overtime hours, then price both. The default line is the federal pattern: straight time until 40 hours, then 1.5×. You can move either number.
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.
What this overtime calculator does
Type the straight-time hourly rate and the hours actually worked in the workweek. Regular hours are the hours up to the threshold. Overtime hours are everything past it. Regular pay is regular hours times the rate. Overtime pay is overtime hours times the rate times the multiplier. Gross pay is the sum. If your timesheet is still in hours and minutes, run it through the hours to decimal calculator first, or type a clock value such as 45:30 straight into the hours box.
The worked check is the one to trust before you rely on a new number. Forty-five hours at $20, with the threshold left at 40 and the multiplier left at 1.5, is regular pay of $800 plus overtime pay of $150. Gross pay is $950. The five overtime hours are paid at $30, which is time and a half of $20. Use the button on the form if you want those inputs filled in for you.
The 40-hour workweek
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act pattern this page uses, overtime is a weekly idea. It is not “after eight hours today” unless a state rule, a contract, or a policy you are modeling says so. A workweek is seven consecutive days, 168 hours, and your employer picks when it starts. It does not have to be Sunday. If you have the seven daily totals, the weekly overtime calculator adds them before this same split.
Hours at the threshold are still regular. A 40-hour week at $20 is $800 and zero overtime. The first overtime hour is hour 41. If you are pricing only the overtime hours and you already know they are overtime, the time and a half calculator is the shorter form: rate, hours, 1.5×, done.
Double time is optional
Federal law does not require double time, and it does not require daily overtime. Some states and some contracts do. The checkbox stays off until you turn it on. When it is on, hours up to the overtime threshold stay regular, hours above the double-time threshold are priced at the second multiplier (2 by default), and the band between the two thresholds stays at the overtime multiplier. The double-time threshold has to be at least as high as the overtime threshold. For a stack of hours that are entirely double time, use the double time calculator instead of forcing this weekly split.
What the gross pay leaves out
The gross figure is not take-home pay. Nothing here subtracts income tax, Social Security, Medicare, insurance, or a retirement deduction. It also uses one hourly rate. If the week mixed two rates, a shift differential, piecework, or a nondiscretionary bonus, the FLSA “regular rate” can be a weighted number this form does not build. Read the how to calculate overtime steps and the FLSA overtime summary, then the Department of Labor pages below, before treating a result as what an employer must pay.
If the question is “how many overtime dollars are in the week?” rather than “what is the whole gross?”, the overtime pay calculator uses this same split and leads with the overtime amount. A salary that you want as an hourly rate first belongs on the salary to hourly calculator.
Frequently asked questions
How much is 45 hours at $20 an hour with overtime after 40?
Regular pay is 40 times $20, which is $800. The extra 5 hours are paid at $30, which is $150. Gross pay is $950.
Does federal overtime start after 8 hours in a day?
Not under the usual FLSA rule. The federal default in this calculator is weekly: 1.5 times after 40 hours in the workweek. Some states add daily overtime. This tool does not apply those rules unless you change the threshold yourself.
What if my overtime rate is not 1.5?
Change the multiplier. A contract or a state rule might use a different number. Leave double time off unless those hours are paid at a second, higher line.
Is the gross pay my take-home pay?
No. Gross pay here is regular pay plus overtime pay (and double-time pay if you turned that on). It does not subtract taxes, insurance, or other deductions.