This weekly overtime pay calculator splits hours worked into straight time and overtime. Hours up to the threshold are paid at the hourly rate. Hours above it are paid at the rate times the multiple. The default threshold is 40 hours and the default multiple is 1.5, which is the time-and-a-half rule in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act for nonexempt workers after 40 hours in a workweek. The sample is $22 an hour for 48 hours.
The headline is gross pay for that one week. It also shows what a year would be if every week matched this one. Most years do not. The form does not compute California daily overtime, which can start after eight hours in a day and can require double time after 12. It does not decide whether a worker is exempt.
How to use this calculator
- Enter the straight-time hourly rate. The sample is 22, meaning $22 an hour.
- Enter hours worked in the workweek. The sample is 48.
- Leave the threshold at 40 unless you are testing a different rule. Leave the multiple at 1.5 for time and a half, or use 2 for double time.
- Press Calculate. Read straight-time pay, overtime pay, the overtime hours, and the extra half-time premium.
How weekly overtime pay is calculated
Straight-time hours are the smaller of hours worked and the threshold. Overtime hours are the rest, and they are zero when hours worked do not exceed the threshold. Straight-time pay is the rate times straight-time hours. Overtime pay is the rate times the multiple times overtime hours. Weekly gross is the sum. The extra above straight time is overtime pay minus the rate times the overtime hours. At a 1.5 multiple, that extra is the half-time premium: half the rate, times the overtime hours.
At $22 an hour and 48 hours, with a threshold of 40 and a multiple of 1.5, straight-time pay is 22 × 40 = $880. Overtime pay is 22 × 1.5 × 8 = $264. Weekly gross is $1,144. The extra above straight time on those eight hours is $88, which is 22 × 0.5 × 8. Paying all 48 hours at $22 and then adding $88 produces the same $1,144. That is the usual way to explain time and a half: every hour is paid, and the overtime hours are paid an extra half.
The federal rule this default matches is a workweek, not a pay period. Two weeks of 32 and 48 hours are not the same as two weeks of 40, even though both total 80, because the 48-hour week has eight overtime hours if the threshold is 40. The calculator looks at one week only. The annual line multiplies that week by 52 and is labeled as a repeat of this week, not as a forecast.
Formula
Straight-time hours = min(hours worked, threshold) Overtime hours = max(0, hours worked − threshold) Straight-time pay = hourly rate × straight-time hours Overtime pay = hourly rate × multiple × overtime hours Weekly gross = straight-time pay + overtime pay Extra above straight time = overtime pay − (hourly rate × overtime hours) At a 1.5 multiple, that extra = hourly rate × 0.5 × overtime hours Repeated year = weekly gross × 52
A multiple of 1 pays overtime hours at the same rate as straight time, so the extra above straight time is $0. A multiple of 2 doubles the overtime hours. At $19 an hour, 50 hours, a threshold of 40, and a multiple of 2, overtime pay is 19 × 2 × 10 = $380, and the extra above straight time is $190.
The rate is the regular rate you type. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act the regular rate can include certain bonuses and differentials, spread over all hours in the week. This form does not rebuild that regular rate. If the legal regular rate is higher than the base hourly rate, enter the regular rate, not the lower posted rate.
Worked weekly overtime examples
$22 an hour, 48 hours, time and a half after 40
Straight-time pay is $880.00. Overtime pay is $264.00. Overtime hours are 8. The extra above straight time is $88.00. The headline is $1,144.00 this week. If every week of the year matched it, gross pay would be $59,488.00. A flat 40-hour week at the same rate is $880, so the eight overtime hours add $264, not $176.
Forty-eight hours at straight time would have been $1,056. The overtime law, at this multiple, adds $88 to that. Both ways of saying it land on $1,144.00. Tax is not withheld from the $1,144.00.
$30 an hour and exactly 40 hours
Straight-time pay is $1,200.00. Overtime pay is $0.00 and overtime hours are 0. The extra above straight time is $0.00. The headline is $1,200.00 this week. The repeated year is $62,400.00, which is 30 × 40 × 52 and matches the hourly-to-salary calculator for a 52-week year with no overtime.
Hitting the threshold exactly does not create an overtime hour. The next hour, the 41st, would be paid at $45 if the multiple stays 1.5. The form treats the threshold as the last straight-time hour, not as the first overtime hour.
$19 an hour, 50 hours, double time after 40
Straight-time pay is 19 × 40 = $760.00. Overtime pay is 19 × 2 × 10 = $380.00. The extra above straight time on those 10 hours is $190.00. Weekly gross is $1,140.00. A year of identical weeks would be $59,280.00.
Double time is not the federal minimum for hours over 40. The federal minimum for nonexempt overtime is one and a half times the regular rate. A multiple of 2 is for a contract, a state daily-overtime rule, or a what-if. This page will apply whatever multiple you type. It will not check that the multiple is legal.
Weekly gross pay at time and a half after 40 hours
| Rate | Hours | Straight-time pay | Overtime pay | Weekly gross | If every week matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $22 | 40 | $880.00 | $0.00 | $880.00 | $45,760.00 |
| $22 | 48 | $880.00 | $264.00 | $1,144.00 | $59,488.00 |
| $30 | 40 | $1,200.00 | $0.00 | $1,200.00 | $62,400.00 |
| $30 | 45 | $1,200.00 | $225.00 | $1,425.00 | $74,100.00 |
| $16 | 55 | $640.00 | $360.00 | $1,000.00 | $52,000.00 |
What this overtime estimate leaves out
The federal overtime requirement applies to nonexempt employees. Executive, administrative, professional, and other exemptions can remove the requirement, and those exemptions depend on duties and on a salary level this form does not ask for. Entering hours here does not mean the law requires the premium.
California, and some other states, add daily overtime and, in California, double time after 12 hours in a day and after eight hours on the seventh day in a workweek. A week of five 10-hour days can owe California daily overtime even though it is 50 hours with only 10 hours over 40. This calculator sees only the weekly total. It also does not handle a regular rate that mixes two jobs or a nondiscretionary bonus.
The result is gross pay for one week. It does not withhold income tax, Social Security, or Medicare. Overtime wages are generally still taxable wages. A deduction for qualified overtime on a federal return, if one applies to your year, is not computed here and is not the same thing as the half-time premium in the paycheck.
Frequently asked questions
How is time and a half calculated after 40 hours?
Hours up to 40 are paid at the hourly rate. Each hour after 40 is paid at 1.5 times that rate. At $22 an hour and 48 hours, straight-time pay is $880.00 and overtime pay is $264.00, so the week is $1,144.00. The extra above straight time on the eight hours is $88.00.
Does a 40-hour week include any overtime in this calculator?
No. Overtime hours are the hours above the threshold. At exactly 40, overtime pay is $0.00. At $30 an hour the week is $1,200.00. The 41st hour is the first overtime hour when the threshold is 40.
Can two workweeks be averaged to avoid overtime?
Not in this calculator, and not under the basic federal weekly rule it is modeling. A 32-hour week and a 48-hour week are entered as two separate calculations. The 48-hour week still has eight overtime hours at a 40-hour threshold. The form looks at one week at a time.
Does this weekly overtime tool apply California daily overtime?
No. It only compares the weekly total with the threshold you enter. California daily overtime, including double time after 12 hours in a day, needs the hours of each day. A multiple of 2 is available if you want to price a double-time hour yourself.
Is the overtime premium tax-free?
The weekly gross on this page is before tax. Social Security, Medicare, and income tax can still apply to overtime wages. This calculator does not withhold them and does not apply any federal deduction for qualified overtime. The $1,144.00 sample is a gross week, not a net paycheck.
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