Time and a Half for $18 an Hour
Time and a half for 18 an hour is $27 an hour. Eighteen dollars is filled in. Enter the overtime hours to price them at the full 1.5× rate.
$18 × 1.5 = $27.00 an hour. Six overtime hours are $162.00. The half-time piece is $9 an hour, already included in the $27.
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.
Twenty-seven dollars for the overtime hour
Eighteen times 1.5 is twenty-seven exactly, so this rate does not need a half-cent discussion. One overtime hour is $27. The example is six hours: 6 × $27 = $162. Those six hours at straight time would be $108. The premium is $54, which is six times $9. People sometimes add the $9 after they have already counted $27. That pays the premium twice. The result on this page shows the full overtime pay and the straight-time comparison so the $9 stays inside the $27.
A 46-hour workweek at $18 is a different shape. Forty hours at $18 are $720. Six hours at $27 are $162. Gross pay is $882. That weekly split belongs on the overtime calculator. This page assumes the hours you type are the overtime hours, which is what the checkbox says. Turn the checkbox off only if you brought a whole week. The general form, with an empty rate, is the time and a half calculator.
Eighteen dollars and a timesheet
Quarter hours are the usual companions of this wage. Fifteen minutes is 0.25 hours, and 0.25 × $27 is $6.75. Thirty minutes is 0.50 and $13.50. Forty-five minutes is 0.75 and $20.25. The hours to decimal chart lists those steps, and the hours to decimal calculator converts a full clock time such as 6:15 into 6.25 before you multiply. Typing 6.15 instead of 6.25 would price fifteen hundredths of an hour, which is nine minutes, not fifteen.
Nothing here withholds tax or applies a state daily overtime statute. If the workplace pays double time after a second threshold, that is a different multiplier and a different page. The $20 and $15 neighbors are time and a half for 20 an hour and time and a half for 15 an hour. Why “after 40” is still a workweek, not a pay period, is covered on overtime after 40 hours.
Frequently asked questions
How much is time and a half for 18 an hour?
The overtime rate is $27 an hour. Six overtime hours at $27 are $162. Straight time for those six hours would have been $108.
What is the half-time premium on $18?
Half of $18 is $9. That $9 is the extra inside the $27 overtime rate. It is not added again on top of $27.
Where do I price a full week instead of a block of overtime hours?
Use the overtime calculator. It keeps the first 40 hours at straight time and prices only the remainder at 1.5 times.