Guide
Understand your US overtime pay result
This US overtime pay calculator applies the hourly rate and overtime multiplier you enter to estimate regular pay, overtime pay, and combined weekly gross pay.
Results are for general information. Review the site disclaimer before using a result for an important decision.
Use the hours that belong to the same workweek
Enter regular paid hours and eligible overtime hours from the same workweek. The result is clearer when the two fields do not count the same hour twice.
When a timesheet includes minutes, convert them to decimal hours before entering them. Thirty minutes is 0.5 hours, not 0.30 hours.
Start with the federal time-and-a-half example
For many covered, nonexempt employees, federal law requires overtime pay at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate after 40 hours in a workweek. Enter 1.5 as the multiplier for that example.
State law, employment classification, industry rules, collective bargaining agreements, bonuses, and other pay arrangements can change the calculation. The tool applies your inputs; it does not decide legal eligibility.
Treat the result as gross pay
The combined result is before federal, state, and local taxes, benefits, retirement contributions, and other deductions. It is an arithmetic estimate rather than a payroll statement.
Compare the result with the approved timesheet and pay stub. For a dispute or important employment question, check the applicable state and federal guidance or speak with a qualified adviser.