Calculate your regular wages, overtime hours,
adjusted regular rate, overtime premium, total
overtime compensation, weekly gross pay, effective
hourly earnings, and estimated yearly income.
Enter Your Workweek Details
Enter your hourly wage and total hours worked.
Overtime hours are calculated automatically
from the threshold you choose.
Work & Pay Details
$
Your normal hourly wage before overtime.
hrs
Total compensable hours in one workweek.
hrs
Default 40 hours; change if your applicable rule differs.
Additional Compensation
$
Optional bonus, commission, or other compensation you want included when calculating the regular rate.
$
Optional additional pay added to gross earnings without changing the regular-rate calculation.
Default Threshold
40 Hours
Default Multiplier
1.5×
Projection Period
52 Weeks
Federal rule note:
The default 40-hour threshold and 1.5×
multiplier reflect the standard federal FLSA
overtime rule for covered, nonexempt employees.
You can change both values when a different
applicable rule or employment policy applies.
What Is an Overtime Pay Calculator?
An Overtime Pay Calculator estimates the additional
wages earned when hours worked exceed a selected
regular-hours threshold.
Enter your hourly wage, total workweek hours,
overtime threshold, and overtime multiplier to
calculate regular hours, overtime hours, overtime
premium, total gross earnings, and effective hourly pay.
The calculator also provides optional compensation
fields so you can model additional pay that you want
included in or excluded from the regular-rate calculation.
How the Overtime Pay Calculator Works
1
Enter Hourly Pay
Add your standard hourly rate and total
hours worked during the workweek.
2
Set Overtime Rules
Choose the regular-hours threshold and
overtime multiplier applicable to your estimate.
3
Review Extra Pay
See overtime hours, premium pay, total
overtime compensation, and gross earnings.
Overtime Hours Formula
Overtime Hours =
Maximum of 0 or
(Total Hours Worked − Overtime Threshold)
Basic Overtime Rate
Basic Overtime Rate =
Base Hourly Rate × Overtime Multiplier
Adjusted Regular Rate
Adjusted Regular Rate =
(Straight-Time Earnings + Included Compensation)
÷ Total Hours Worked
Suppose an employee earns
$25 per hour and works
48 hours in one workweek.
Hourly Rate:
$25
Total Hours:
48
Regular Hours:
40
Overtime Hours:
8
Overtime Multiplier:
1.5×
Basic Overtime Rate:
$37.50 per hour
With no additional includable compensation, the
employee earns $1,000 for the first 40 hours and
$300 for eight overtime hours, producing $1,300
of estimated weekly gross pay.
Base Hourly Rate vs. Regular Rate
For a simple hourly employee with no additional
includable compensation, the regular rate can be
the same as the employee's normal hourly wage.
However, some compensation can affect the regular
rate used for overtime calculations. This is why
the calculator includes a separate field for
compensation you want included in the regular-rate
estimate.
When included compensation is entered, the calculator
spreads that compensation across the hours worked
and uses the resulting adjusted regular rate when
calculating the overtime premium.
Does Weekend Work Automatically Count as Overtime?
Under the standard federal FLSA calculation, overtime
is generally based on total hours worked within the
workweek rather than automatically applying merely
because work occurs on Saturday, Sunday, a holiday,
or another regular day of rest.
An employer agreement, collective bargaining agreement,
or applicable state or local rule may provide more
generous overtime, premium pay, daily overtime, or
double-time requirements.
Annualized Overtime Earnings
The annualized result assumes the same weekly hours,
hourly rate, bonus amounts, and overtime pattern
continue for all 52 weeks.
This is only a planning projection. Actual annual
earnings will change if hours, wages, overtime,
bonuses, or other compensation vary throughout the year.
Important Overtime Pay Considerations
Actual overtime calculations can be more complicated
for salaried workers, piece-rate workers, commissions,
shift differentials, multiple hourly rates,
nondiscretionary bonuses, fluctuating schedules,
tipped employees, and other compensation arrangements.
Employee exemption status and state or local law can
also affect whether overtime is required and how it
must be calculated.
Important:
This calculator provides an informational wage estimate
only. The default 40-hour threshold and 1.5× multiplier
are intended as a standard federal FLSA reference for
covered, nonexempt employees. Actual overtime rights,
regular-rate calculations, daily overtime rules,
exemptions, and premium-pay requirements can differ
by jurisdiction and employment situation.
Overtime Pay Calculator FAQs
For a basic hourly calculation, determine the overtime hours, multiply the applicable regular rate by the overtime multiplier, and multiply that overtime rate by the overtime hours. This calculator can also account for compensation entered as includable in the regular rate.
Time-and-a-half means an overtime multiplier of 1.5. For example, an employee with a $20 regular rate would have a basic time-and-a-half rate of $30 per overtime hour before any adjustments required to the regular rate.
For covered, nonexempt employees under the standard federal FLSA rule, overtime generally applies after 40 hours worked in a workweek. State laws, employment agreements, and special rules can differ.
Some compensation can be included in the regular rate used to calculate overtime while other payments may be excluded. This calculator provides separate fields for compensation you want included in the regular-rate calculation and other pay you want excluded.
Not necessarily under the standard federal FLSA rule. Weekend or holiday work does not automatically require overtime merely because of the day worked, although other laws or employer policies may provide additional pay.
No. It provides an informational mathematical estimate. Actual overtime entitlement and the correct regular rate can depend on employment classification, compensation type, jurisdiction, industry, and other wage-and-hour rules.