Enter Your Hourly Rate
Add your normal hourly wage before any overtime multiplier is applied.
Free Overtime Pay Calculator
Time and a Half Calculator
Calculate your time-and-a-half overtime rate, regular earnings, overtime pay and estimated total gross pay in seconds.
Calculate Overtime Pay
Enter your hourly wage and hours worked.
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Your normal hourly wage before overtime.
Choose the symbol used in your results.
hrs
Hours paid at your normal hourly rate.
hrs
Hours paid at 1.5 times your regular rate.
This calculator uses a standard time-and-a-half
multiplier of 1.5× and estimates gross pay before
taxes, deductions or other payroll adjustments.
Instant Results
Calculate overtime earnings in seconds.
Full Pay Breakdown
See regular pay and overtime separately.
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Understanding Overtime Pay
What Is Time and a Half?
Time and a half is a pay rate equal to 1.5 times an employee's regular hourly wage.
Time and a half means an employee receives their normal hourly rate plus an additional 50% of that rate for qualifying overtime hours.
For example, an employee earning $20 per hour would have a time-and-a-half rate of $30 per hour. If that employee worked 8 overtime hours, the estimated overtime earnings would be $240.
This time and a half calculator separates regular earnings from overtime earnings so you can see exactly how the final estimated gross pay is calculated.
How It Works
How to Use the Time and a Half Calculator
Estimate your overtime rate and total pay in three simple steps.
Add Your Hours
Enter the number of regular hours and overtime hours you worked.
Review the Breakdown
See your overtime rate, regular earnings, overtime earnings and estimated total pay.
Overtime Formulas
How Time and a Half Is Calculated
The calculator uses three simple formulas to estimate overtime earnings and total gross pay.
Overtime Rate
Overtime Rate = Hourly Rate × 1.5
Multiply your normal hourly wage by 1.5 to find the time-and-a-half hourly rate.
Overtime Pay
Overtime Pay = Overtime Rate × Overtime Hours
Multiply the time-and-a-half rate by the number of overtime hours worked.
Total Pay
Total Pay = Regular Pay + Overtime Pay
Add your regular earnings and overtime earnings to estimate total gross pay.
Calculation Example
Time and a Half Example
Here is a simple example showing how overtime pay is calculated.
Imagine an employee earns $20 per hour, works 40 regular hours and completes 8 overtime hours.
The time-and-a-half rate is $20 × 1.5, which equals $30 per overtime hour. Regular pay is $20 × 40, or $800. Overtime pay is $30 × 8, or $240.
The estimated total gross pay is therefore $1,040 before taxes, deductions or other payroll adjustments.
Pay Breakdown
What This Overtime Calculator Shows
The calculator provides a clear breakdown of your estimated regular and overtime earnings.
Included in the Result
The calculator provides the main figures needed for a basic time-and-a-half pay estimate.
- Standard hourly pay rate
- Time-and-a-half overtime rate
- Regular gross earnings
- Overtime gross earnings
- Total hours and estimated total pay
Important Considerations
This calculator provides a general estimate based on a 1.5× overtime multiplier. It does not determine whether particular hours legally qualify for overtime.
Actual payroll may also include taxes, benefits, bonuses, double-time rates, shift premiums, deductions or other adjustments.
Frequently Asked Questions
Time and a Half Calculator FAQs
Answers to common questions about overtime rates and time-and-a-half pay.
Time and a half is a pay rate equal to 1.5 times an employee's regular hourly wage.
Multiply the regular hourly rate by 1.5. For example, a $20 hourly rate becomes a $30 time-and-a-half rate.
Time and a half for a $20 regular hourly wage is $30 per hour because $20 multiplied by 1.5 equals $30.
Yes. The calculator estimates regular earnings, overtime earnings and combined total gross pay.
No. The result is an estimated gross pay amount before taxes, deductions, benefits or other payroll adjustments.
Yes. You can enter decimal hours such as 2.5 or 7.75 to calculate partial-hour overtime earnings.
Yes. The calculator is free to use and performs the calculation directly in your browser.