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Overtime Calculator
Straight-time hours, usually up to 40.
Hours past 40, paid at the overtime rate.
How often you get a paycheck.
This paycheck (2 weeks)
Before taxes · blended $23.83/hour
Regular pay
Per week
Overtime pay
Includes a $88.00 premium
Weekly gross
Annualized gross
If you worked these hours every week for a year
Overtime is figured weekly, the way US federal law (the FLSA) requires — a premium on hours past 40 in a week. This is gross pay before taxes and deductions; your take-home is lower. Some states and roles have different overtime rules (daily overtime, exemptions), so check yours. Estimate only, not legal or tax advice.
Overtime Pay
This paycheck (2 weeks)
$2,288.00
Gross pay before taxes. Overtime figured weekly per the FLSA. Not legal or tax advice.
Calculated using the standard formulas described at https://trycleartally.com/methodology — for educational estimates only, not a quote or financial advice. Verify with your lender or financial institution before making decisions.
See what your overtime is really worth. Enter your hourly rate and hours, pick your overtime multiplier, and get your regular pay, overtime pay, and gross total.
Reviewed by the ClearTally editorial team · Last updated July 25, 2026 · Methodology & sources
This is gross pay. To see what actually lands in your account after federal tax, FICA, and state tax, run the total through the take-home pay calculator, or convert between hourly and salary with the paycheck calculator.
How it works
Overtime pay is your regular hours at your normal rate, plus your overtime hours at a higher one. Under US federal law — the Fair Labor Standards Act — non-exempt employees earn at least time-and-a-half (1.5×) for hours worked beyond 40 in a week. So the calculation is regular pay = rate × regular hours, overtime pay = rate × 1.5 × overtime hours, and your gross is the two added together. Overtime is measured by the week, not the day, at the federal level.
The part people undervalue is the premium — the extrathe multiplier adds over straight time. At time-and-a-half, each overtime hour is worth your normal rate plus half again, so the premium alone is half your hourly rate per overtime hour. That's money you only get by staying past 40, which is why picking up overtime raises your blended hourly rate for the week.
Example: at $22 an hour, a 40-hour week plus 8 overtime hours at 1.5× pays $880 in regular wages and $264 in overtime — $1,144 gross for the week. Those 8 hours pay $264 versus $176 at your normal rate, so the overtime premium is $88. Keep that pace all year and it annualizes to about $59,488, a blended $23.83 an hour. All figures are before taxes.
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FAQ
Multiply your hourly rate by your overtime multiplier, then by your overtime hours. Federal law sets the floor at 1.5× (time-and-a-half) for hours past 40 in a week, so at $20 an hour your overtime rate is $30, and 6 overtime hours pay $180. Add that to your regular pay — rate times regular hours — for your gross. Some employers or union contracts pay 2× (double-time) for holidays or hours past a higher threshold; change the multiplier to match yours.
Not under federal law, which only counts hours past 40 in a week — so working four 10-hour days (40 hours) triggers no federal overtime. But some states set their own, stricter rules: California, for example, requires overtime after 8 hours in a single day and double-time past 12. This calculator uses the weekly federal model; if your state has daily overtime, total your qualifying overtime hours for the week and enter them here.
No — this is the most common myth about overtime. Overtime is taxed exactly like regular wages; there's no special overtime tax rate. What confuses people is withholding: a bigger paycheck can push that single check into a higher withholding tier, so proportionally more is held back that week, but it evens out when you file and any excess comes back as a refund. Your actual tax depends on your total annual income, not on which hours were overtime.
Overtime protection applies to 'non-exempt' employees — most hourly workers. 'Exempt' employees, typically salaried workers in executive, administrative, or professional roles who earn above a federal salary threshold, generally don't receive overtime. Job title alone doesn't decide it; the actual duties and pay do. If you're unsure of your status, the US Department of Labor publishes the current tests and salary threshold, linked below.
No — only to the overtime hours. Your first 40 hours are paid at your normal rate, and just the hours beyond that get the 1.5× (or 2×) rate. That's why your blended hourly rate for the week lands between your base rate and your overtime rate, not at the overtime rate. This calculator shows that blended figure so you can see what the week averaged out to per hour.