Overtime Pay Calculator

Standard overtime is 1.5× your regular hourly rate ("time and a half") for hours over the weekly threshold. Pay = (regular hours × rate) + (overtime hours × rate × 1.5), plus any double-time hours × rate × 2. This is an estimate, not payroll or legal advice.

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), non-exempt employees earn at least 1.5× their regular rate for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. There is no federal daily overtime - overtime is weekly.

A few states add daily rules. California, for example, pays 1.5× over 8 hours/day and 2× over 12 hours/day, plus rules for the 7th consecutive day. Always use your state and employer policy; this tool lets you set custom thresholds and multipliers.

No. Overtime dollars are taxed the same as regular wages. A bigger paycheck can push more of that check into a higher withholding bracket for that period, but the underlying tax rate on overtime is not special.

It is the real average you earn per hour once every pay tier is factored in. If you work 50 hours and earn $1,100 total, your blended rate is $22/hr, even though your base rate is $20/hr.

It depends. Salaried workers can be non-exempt under the FLSA if their weekly salary falls below the exemption threshold (currently $684/week ($35,568/year)) or if their job duties do not qualify as exempt. Your state may set even higher thresholds.

Yes. Nondiscretionary bonuses (for production, attendance, or efficiency) must be folded into the regular rate used to calculate overtime pay. This can raise your effective overtime rate above a simple 1.5 times base pay.