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Calculate Your Overtime Pay
The Tools Kit’s free Overtime Calculator works out how much you earn for the hours you work beyond your normal schedule. Enter your hourly rate and hours worked, set the overtime threshold, and choose time and a half or double time to see your regular pay, overtime pay, and total gross pay side by side. Everything is calculated instantly in your browser, with no signup.
Overtime pay = (hours worked − threshold) × hourly rate × multiplier. At $22.50 an hour for 46 hours, 6 overtime hours at time and a half add $202.50 to $900.00 of regular pay, for $1,102.50 in total. If you are not sure how many hours you worked, total your shifts first with the time card calculator.
How to Use the Overtime Calculator
- 1
Enter your hourly rate
Type your regular hourly pay rate in dollars, for example 22.50.
- 2
Enter the hours worked
Enter the total hours worked in the period you are checking, such as one workweek. Decimal hours like 46.5 are accepted.
- 3
Set the overtime threshold
Leave it at 40 for the standard US weekly rule, or enter a different number of hours after which overtime starts, such as 8 for a single day.
- 4
Choose the overtime multiplier
Select 1.5x for time and a half or 2x for double time.
- 5
Read your pay breakdown
Regular pay, overtime pay, and total gross pay appear instantly, with the regular and overtime hours shown under each figure.
Results appear once both the hourly rate and hours worked are filled in. If the threshold field is left blank, the calculator uses 40 hours.
Overtime Pay Formula With Worked Examples
The calculator splits your hours at the threshold. Regular hours are the smaller of your hours worked and the threshold; overtime hours are anything above it. Regular pay is regular hours × rate, overtime pay is overtime hours × rate × multiplier, and total pay is the two added together.
- Time and a half, weekly: $18 an hour, 52 hours, 40-hour threshold, 1.5x. Regular pay is 40 × $18 = $720.00, overtime is 12 × $18 × 1.5 = $324.00, and total pay is $1,044.00.
- Double time, daily: $20 an hour, 10 hours in one day, 8-hour threshold, 2x. Regular pay is 8 × $20 = $160.00, overtime is 2 × $20 × 2 = $80.00, and total pay is $240.00.
- No overtime: $25 an hour for 38 hours with a 40-hour threshold is all regular time: 38 × $25 = $950.00, with zero overtime pay.
To see what share of your paycheck came from overtime, divide overtime pay by total pay with the percentage calculator; in the first example, $324 of $1,044 is about 31%.
US Overtime Rules: Weekly, Daily, and Double Time
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), non-exempt employees must be paid at least 1.5 times their regular rate for every hour over 40 in a workweek. A workweek is any fixed, recurring seven-day period set by the employer, and each one stands alone: hours cannot be averaged across two weeks. Working 50 hours one week and 30 the next still means 10 overtime hours, even though the two-week total is exactly 80. For a biweekly paycheck, run the calculator once per week and add the results.
Federal law does not require daily overtime or double time, but some states and union contracts do. California, for example, requires time and a half after 8 hours in a workday and double time after 12. This calculator applies one threshold and one multiplier per calculation, so set the threshold to 8 for a daily check, and split a day that crosses into double time into two calculations. State rules change, so confirm your own state’s law or your employment contract.
Your FLSA regular rate can also be higher than your base wage, because certain non-discretionary bonuses and commissions must be folded into it. The calculator multiplies only the hourly rate you type in, so adjust that figure first if a bonus applies.
From Overtime Pay to Take-Home Pay
The total shown here is gross pay, before any tax or deduction. Overtime is taxed as ordinary wages, so to estimate what actually lands in your bank account, enter your gross pay into the paycheck calculator. Salaried workers who are non-exempt can find their hourly rate with the salary to hourly calculator, and if you want to see what a steady overtime schedule adds up to over a year, the hourly to salary calculator annualizes an hourly wage. Freelancers billing extra hours to a client can turn the result into a bill with the invoice generator.
Common uses
- Checking that a pay stub pays overtime at the right rate
- Estimating a paycheck before a week with extra shifts
- Comparing what time and a half and double time pay for the same hours
- Working out daily overtime for a long shift in a state with daily rules
- Budgeting overtime labor costs for a small business payroll
- Deciding whether picking up an extra shift is worth it
For more pay, loan, and everyday math tools, browse the full set of calculator tools.
Overtime terms explained
| Term | What it means here |
|---|---|
| Regular rate | Your normal hourly pay; the base that the overtime multiplier is applied to |
| Overtime threshold | The number of hours after which overtime pay starts, 40 per workweek under US federal law |
| Time and a half | Overtime paid at 1.5 times the regular rate; $20 an hour becomes $30 an hour |
| Double time | Overtime paid at 2 times the regular rate; required in some situations by certain state laws or union contracts |
| Workweek | A fixed, recurring period of 168 hours (seven consecutive 24-hour days) used to measure overtime under the FLSA |
| Non-exempt employee | A worker covered by the FLSA overtime rules, typically paid hourly |
| Gross pay | Total earnings before taxes and deductions; what this calculator shows |
Frequently Asked Questions
Hours up to the overtime threshold are paid at your regular hourly rate, and every hour beyond it is paid at your rate times the overtime multiplier. At $22.50 an hour for 46 hours with a 40-hour threshold and time and a half, you earn $900.00 regular pay plus 6 × $22.50 × 1.5 = $202.50 overtime, for $1,102.50 in total.
Multiply your hourly rate by 1.5 to get the overtime rate, then multiply by the overtime hours. At $20 an hour, time and a half is $30 an hour, so 5 overtime hours pay $150. Select the 1.5x option in the calculator to apply this automatically.
Multiply your hourly rate by 2 for each double-time hour. At $20 an hour, double time is $40 an hour. With the 2x option, a threshold of 8 and 10 hours worked, the calculator shows $160.00 regular pay and $80.00 overtime pay, for $240.00 in total.
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, non-exempt employees must receive at least 1.5 times their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. Federal law has no daily overtime rule, but some states do; California, for example, requires overtime after 8 hours in a workday and double time after 12.
Yes, for a single tier. Enter the hours worked that day and set the threshold to the daily limit, such as 8. The calculator applies one threshold and one multiplier at a time, so a day that mixes time and a half and double time needs two separate calculations.
Only with care. Under the FLSA, overtime is measured per workweek and two weeks cannot be averaged together, so 50 hours one week and 30 the next still earns 10 overtime hours. Run the calculator once for each week and add the totals rather than entering 80 hours with an 80-hour threshold.
No. It calculates gross pay only, before federal, state, and payroll taxes or any deductions. Use the Paycheck Calculator to estimate take-home pay once you know your gross pay.
All of your hours are treated as regular hours. Overtime hours and overtime pay show as zero, and total pay equals your hours times your hourly rate.
The calculator falls back to a 40-hour threshold instead of treating a blank field as zero, which would otherwise count every hour as overtime and inflate the total.
Some do. Being paid a salary does not by itself make an employee exempt from overtime; exemption depends on meeting the FLSA salary and job-duties tests. If you are non-exempt, convert your salary to an hourly rate first and then use this calculator.
Not in this calculator. Under the FLSA, certain non-discretionary bonuses and commissions must be included in the regular rate used for overtime, which can raise it above your base hourly wage. This tool multiplies only the hourly rate you enter, so add any such adjustment to the rate yourself.
Reviewed by Raja Jahangir · Last reviewed: October 7, 2026
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How is overtime pay calculated?
Under the US Fair Labor Standards Act, non-exempt employees earn 1.5× their regular rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. At $20 an hour, overtime pays $30. Some states add daily overtime rules that trigger before 40 weekly hours, so state law can be more generous than federal.