Overtime Calculator
Enter your hourly rate and the hours you worked this week to see your overtime hours, your overtime rate and your gross pay — with time and a half, double time, or both.
Enter your hourly rate and the hours you worked.
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How overtime pay is calculated
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, non-exempt employees must be paid at least one and a half times their regular rate for every hour worked over 40 in a workweek.
Worked example: 46 hours at $20.00 an hour
- Regular: 40 × $20.00 = $800.00.
- Overtime: 6 hours × $30.00 (1.5 × $20) = $180.00.
- Gross pay: $980.00 for the week — $60 more than 46 straight-time hours.
Overtime is per workweek, not per day or pay period
Federal law looks at each workweek on its own: a fixed, recurring block of seven consecutive days that your employer sets. A 10-hour day isn't overtime federally if the week stays at 40, and a 50-hour week isn't cancelled out by a 30-hour week after it. States can add daily overtime: California pays overtime after 8 hours in a day and double time after 12, Alaska after 8, Colorado after 12, and Nevada after 8 for lower-paid workers. See overtime rules by state, or let the time card calculator apply them shift by shift.
Your overtime rate may be higher than 1.5 × your base rate
Overtime is based on your regular rate, which includes most extra pay you earn in the week — shift differentials, production bonuses, commissions — not just your base hourly wage. If you earned $900 straight-time pay (including a $40 night differential) for 45 hours, your regular rate is $900 ÷ 45 = $20.00, and each overtime hour earns an extra half of that: 5 × $10.00 = $50.00. The shift differential calculator shows the effect. Some payments, like discretionary bonuses, gifts and true holiday premiums, are left out.
Who gets overtime?
Most hourly workers are "non-exempt" and get overtime. Some salaried employees in executive, administrative, professional, computer and outside sales jobs are "exempt" if they're paid a salary above a set threshold and their duties meet the tests in the regulations. Being paid a salary alone doesn't make someone exempt. If you're not sure, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division can help.
Frequently asked questions
What is time and a half for $15 an hour?
$22.50 an hour ($15 × 1.5).
What is time and a half for $20 an hour?
$30.00 an hour.
What is double time for $18 an hour?
$36.00 an hour ($18 × 2).
Do I get overtime for working on a holiday or weekend?
Not under federal law, unless the hours push you over 40 in the workweek. Many employers pay a holiday or weekend premium anyway, by policy or union contract.
Does paid time off count toward the 40 hours?
Not under federal law: overtime is based on hours actually worked, so vacation, holidays and sick days you're paid for but don't work don't count. Some employers count them anyway.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division — Fact Sheet #23: Overtime Pay Requirements of the FLSA; 29 CFR Part 778 (regular rate, including 778.207 on shift differentials).
- California Labor Code §510; Alaska Statutes §23.10.060; Colorado COMPS Order, 7 CCR 1103-1; Nevada Revised Statutes 608.018.
- For information only, not legal advice. How we calculate.