Overtime Calculator
Regular hours at your base rate, overtime hours at a premium: enter both and the calculator totals the gross pay. The multiplier arrives prefilled at 1.5× — the common time-and-a-half convention — and stays fully editable, with an optional second tier for arrangements like double time. What legally counts as overtime varies by jurisdiction and employment type; this page does the arithmetic on the hours you classify.
Hours and rates
Example: 40h at 20 plus 10h overtime at 1.5× → 1,100 gross.
How the pay adds up
Total = regular hours × base rate + overtime hours × (base rate × multiplier), plus the second tier's hours × (base rate × its multiplier) when used. The reference week — 40 hours at 20 with 10 overtime hours at 1.5× — splits into 800 regular pay and 300 overtime pay for a 1,100 total, every figure computed at build time by the same engine behind the form.
Convention, not counsel
Time-and-a-half past 40 weekly hours is the US FLSA baseline for non-exempt employees, and many other systems rhyme with it — but daily-overtime rules, exemption categories, and negotiated premiums differ enough that no calculator should decide your classification for you. When the raw hours themselves are the question, the hours calculator measures a shift and the time card calculator totals a week; to see what an hourly figure means annually, the salary calculator converts across pay periods.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the 1.5× default come from?
It is the most widespread overtime convention: in the United States, the Fair Labor Standards Act sets time-and-a-half as the floor for non-exempt employees beyond 40 hours in a workweek. But exemptions, state and national rules, union agreements, and individual contracts all vary — which is why the field is editable rather than fixed, and why this page states the convention instead of asserting your entitlement.
How is the overtime rate applied?
The multiplier scales the base rate, and overtime hours are paid at that scaled rate: at 20/hour with a 1.5× multiplier, the overtime rate is 30/hour, so 10 overtime hours add 300 on top of 800 regular pay.
What is the second tier for?
Arrangements that pay a higher multiplier past a further threshold — double time on holidays, or after 12 hours in a day under some rules. Adding 4 hours at 2× to the example contributes 160 more, bringing the total to 1,260. Leave the tier blank if your situation has only one overtime rate.
Is the result before or after taxes?
Before. Everything here is gross pay — withholding, payroll taxes, and deductions depend on your jurisdiction and elections, and no honest calculator can compute them from hours and a rate alone.
Which hours count as overtime in the first place?
That is a legal question this tool deliberately does not answer: thresholds differ (per week, per day, per shift), and so does who qualifies. Count your regular and overtime hours according to the rules that govern your employment, then let this page do the multiplication.
Can I use a multiplier other than 1.5 or 2?
Any positive multiplier works — 1.25×, 1.75×, 3× — since contracts occasionally specify unusual premiums. The engine treats the multiplier as plain arithmetic; nothing special happens at the conventional values.
Hours and rates are processed in your browser and go nowhere else. Figures are gross pay under the multipliers you chose — not a determination of overtime eligibility, which depends on law and contract. See the methodology page for engine details.