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Overtime Pay Calculator
Find out what a week of long hours is really worth. Enter your hourly rate, regular and overtime hours and an overtime multiplier, then press Calculate to see your gross pay.
Written by TopicDrill Editorial Team·Updated June 2026
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How the overtime pay calculator works
The tool splits your week into two buckets. Regular hours are paid at your base rate, and overtime hours are paid at that rate multiplied by your chosen factor. It adds the two together for your gross weekly pay and isolates the overtime premium, the extra dollars you earn only because those hours were paid above the normal rate.
The bar chart shows the pay earned in each individual hour of the week. The shorter bars are your regular hours, and the taller ones are overtime, so you can see at a glance how much more each late hour is worth compared with a standard one.
A quick example
Say you earn 22 dollars an hour, work 40 regular hours and 8 overtime hours at time-and-a-half. Your regular pay is 880 dollars and your overtime rate is 33 dollars an hour, so the 8 overtime hours add 264 dollars. Your gross pay for the week is 1,144 dollars, of which 88 dollars is the overtime premium above plain pay.
Things to keep in mind
Rules vary by employer, state and country, so confirm your overtime threshold and multiplier before relying on a number. The United States Department of Labor explains the federal standard on its overtime pay page. To see how a steady habit of saving part of that extra pay could grow, run the figure through our future value calculator.
Frequently asked questions
How is overtime pay calculated?
Overtime pay is your hourly rate multiplied by an overtime multiplier, then multiplied by the number of overtime hours. The most common multiplier is one and a half, so a 22 dollar an hour wage becomes 33 dollars an hour for each overtime hour. Your regular hours are still paid at the base rate and added on top.
What does time-and-a-half mean?
Time-and-a-half is a multiplier of 1.5. For every overtime hour you earn your normal rate plus half of it again. Double time means a multiplier of 2, where each overtime hour pays twice the base rate. This calculator lets you pick either one or enter a custom multiplier.
When do overtime hours start?
Under the United States Fair Labor Standards Act, non-exempt employees generally earn overtime for hours worked beyond 40 in a single workweek. Some states and contracts add daily overtime or higher multipliers. Enter your own regular-hour cap and overtime hours so the result matches your specific rules.
Is the result before or after tax?
This calculator shows gross pay, which is your earnings before any deductions. Income tax, Social Security, Medicare and benefits all come out afterward, so your take-home amount will be lower. Treat the figure here as the top-line number on your paycheck for that week.
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