Overtime Pay
Time-and-a-half and double time, itemised into a gross weekly total.
About this calculator
Rate, hours, and where overtime starts; out comes the itemised week โ regular pay, overtime at your multiplier, double time if configured โ and the gross total. Defaults follow the US federal rule (1.5ร past 40 hours/week), with everything adjustable because jurisdictions genuinely differ.
The rules, roughly mapped
The US federal baseline is time-and-a-half past 40 hours in a week, but the map is patchier than folklore says: California adds daily overtime (1.5ร past 8 hours in a day, 2ร past 12), several countries route extra hours into time off instead of pay, and salaried-exempt roles may earn no overtime at all โ that's a contract and classification question no calculator can settle. What this one does honestly: the arithmetic, itemised, in gross terms โ tax withholding varies too much by person and place to fake. The companion calculation people want next: whether the overtime-heavy job actually beats a higher base rate โ the salary converter makes those comparable โ and the time tracker is where the hours number should come from rather than memory.
Frequently asked questions
How is time and a half calculated?
Overtime hours ร rate ร 1.5: at $20/hour, each overtime hour pays $30. Eight overtime hours add $240 to the 40-hour base of $800 โ $1,040 gross.
When does overtime legally start?
US federal: past 40 hours in a workweek. Some states add daily rules โ California starts daily overtime past 8 hours and double time past 12. Other countries differ again; the thresholds here are adjustable for that.
Do salaried employees get overtime?
Depends on classification: non-exempt salaried workers do (their rate is salary รท hours); exempt roles generally don't. That's a legal category, not a calculator setting โ check the contract.
Is this net or gross pay?
Gross โ before tax and deductions. Withholding varies too much by jurisdiction and person for an honest universal estimate.